A look at the headlines right now:
- RSS sacks leader who offered Rs 1-crore bounty on the head of Kerala chief minister: Kundan Chandrawat had retracted his offer on Thursday night saying he had made an ‘emotional statement’.
- Schoolchildren will no longer get their midday meals unless they enrol for Aadhaar, says Centre: An HRD ministry notification says students of Classes 1 to 8 must sign up for the identity number by June 30.
- China will take care of India’s concerns if Tawang is handed over, says former boundary negotiator: The British government created the border dispute, we should not let the ghosts of colonialism continue to haunt our bilateral relations, said Dai Bingguo.
- Pakistan will not extradite alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, Sartaj Aziz tells Senate: The foreign affairs adviser said a case was being prepared against the Indian national who was arrested from Balochistan in March 2016.
- Soldier who exposed ‘sahayak system’ in Army found dead near Nashik camp: Lance Naik Roy Mathew had featured in a clip that highlighted the prevalent ‘buddy system’ from the British era at the Deolali Cantonment.
- Ambedkarite scholar Krishna Kiravale found dead in his Kolhapur home: The former head of the Marathi department at Shivaji University was known for his extensive work on Dalit literature.
- Bitcoin price surges ahead of gold value for the first time: Experts attributed the rise to a strong demand in China after Beijing’s imposed restrictions on the metal’s import.
- Jane Fonda reveals she was raped, sexually abused as a child: In an interview to The Edit, the two-time Oscar-winning actor said she was happy to see female stars fighting for equal pay now.
- A Delhi University college has postponed all of its programmes after the Ramjas College fracas: No event will be held on campus till further notice, the principal of Shri Ventakeshwara College Principal P said.
- Opposition claims Kerala Budget was leaked, walks out of Assembly: Ramesh Chennithala read out excerpts from the document during a parallel media briefing.
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