A look at the headlines right now:
- No room in India for intolerant Indians, says Pranab Mukherjee: The president, in a veiled manner, took a dig at all those politicians who criticised Kargil soldier’s daughter Gurmehar Kaur for speaking her mind.
- Centre may bring demands for ‘azaadi’ under sedition law, hints Venkaiah Naidu: The Union minister said shouting ‘anti-national’ slogans at universities was an attempt ‘to create a divisive mindset, and we have the right to condemn it’.
- BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav puts out new video, says he is being targeted: The constable claimed the force had taken away his phone and was trying to show he had connections in Pakistan.
- India will have the world’s largest Muslim population by 2050, finds Pew study: Followers of Islam are also expected to exceed the number of Christians by the end of this century.
- US Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuses himself from 2016 presidential election investigation: The decision came a day after the Washington Post reported that he had met the Russian Ambassador twice last year, while he was with Trump’s campaign.
- Indian athlete in US is charged with sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl: Tanveer Hussain had been in the news after initially being denied a visa to participate in the World Snowshoe Championships in New York.
- RSS spokesperson announces a Rs 1-crore bounty on Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s head: Kundan Chandrawat of the outfit’s Madhya Pradesh unit blamed the Left leader of killing BJP and RSS workers.
- JNU administration orders removal of poster seeking ‘freedom for Kashmir’: The illustration is believed to have been put up by members of the Democratic Students Union, an image of which was later circulated by the ABVP.
- Jat quota agitators have reached Delhi and are threatening to paralyse the city if they aren’t heard: The community also wants the government to free those arrested for the violence in February 2016.
- BJP wants female security personnel at ‘sensitive’ UP polling booths to check IDs of burqa-clad women: The step will minimise incidents of bogus voting, the party said in a letter to the chief election commissioner.
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