A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Toll in Patna-Indore Express derailment rises to 145, minister promises ‘strictest possible action’: Suresh Prabhu assured Lok Sabha members that the guilty would be taken to task.
  2. Pakistan submits dossier to UN body on ‘ceasefire violations’ by India in PoK: This came even as Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said New Delhi would welcome good ties with any neighbour.
  3. India beat England by 246 runs in second Test match as spinners complete the job: India went up 1-0 up in the five-match series.  
  4. Kashmir returns to its paralysed state after separatists resume shutdown: Schools, colleges and other business establishments remained closed.  
  5. Islamic Research Foundation says FIR against Zakir Naik is illegal, reports Mint: The non-governmental organisation said another complaint was filed against the televangelist for the same crime in 2012, and the case was closed after probe.
  6. Angela Merkel will seek fourth term as German chancellor: She said the decision was ‘anything but trivial’ for her country, her party and herself.
  7. Indian-American sentenced to 40 months in prison for trying to go to Syria to join Islamic State: Mohammed Hazra Khan, 21, was arrested from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport in 2014 when he was attempting to leave the country with his brother and sister.
  8. Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic on his way to ATP World Tour Finals title: The British star will end the season as World No. 1.  
  9. US ‘indispensable’ for world order, new leader should maintain status, says Barack Obama: The outgoing president also defended the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which Donald Trump has called a ‘terrible deal’.  
  10. One Indian soldier dead, three injured during cross-border firing in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir: On Saturday, a BSF jawan and a civilian were injured, and two houses were damaged when the Pakistani Army targeted Indian posts and civilian areas.