A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Three suspected al Qaeda agents arrested in Madurai for alleged plot to kill Narendra Modi: The accused, who planned to kill 21 other leaders, were arrested in separate raids conducted by the National Investigation Agency.
  2. Centre proposes 30% tax, 10% penalty and 33% surcharge on undisclosed income: However, the tax department will levy 75% tax and 10% penalty on any wealth not declared voluntarily but detected after demonetisation.
  3. Seven reportedly injured in shooting at Ohio State University: The suspect was killed by law enforcement. A security sweep of the campus is now on.
  4. Home Ministry gives NIA permission to prosecute Masood Azhar and three others for Pathankot attack: The agency will file the chargesheet against the four under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act and various other sections of the IPC.
  5. Khalistan leader Harminder Singh Mintoo arrested by Delhi Police a day after fleeing from Nabha jail: The armed men who had broken into the prison had reportedly not intended to free the insurgent group leader.
  6. Lieutenant General AK Bhat appointed new director general of military operations: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, whom Bhat has replaced, was shifted to head the Strike 1 Corps in Mathura.
  7. Pay Rs 600 crore by February or go back to jail, SC tells Subrata Roy: The apex court also extended the Sahara chief’s parole.
  8. BJP-Shiv Sena alliance leads in Maharashtra municipal polls: Elections for 147 municipal councils and 17 nagar panchayats across 25 districts were held on Sunday.
  9. Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Pargat Singh join Congress: The Bharatiya Janata Party leader hinted that her husband Navjot Sindh Sidhu would also join the party.
  10. Rebels in Aleppo have suffered worst defeat yet, say reports: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that government forces seized Sakhour district.