A look at the headlines right now:
- BJP’s Biren Singh wins Manipur Assembly floor test: The party had won 21 seats against Congress’ 28, but got support from regional outfits and Independents.
- Idea Cellular, Vodafone India confirm merger to create India’s largest telecom company: Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla, will head the merged entity.
- Missing Indian clerics return to New Delhi, say Pakistan daily falsely called them ‘RAW agents’: They said they were untraceable because they were meeting devotees in the interiors of Sindh, which does not have phone connectivity.
- Union Cabinet approves four draft GST Bills, to be picked up by Parliament this week: The supporting bills will be introduced in the House as Money Bills.
- Man of Indian origin arrested in London in connection with the murder of one-year-old boy: He was tracked by Scotland Yard after the incident that took place on Saturday night.
- Google to change ad policy to avoid products being placed next to controversial content: The move came after several big brands pulled out and the UK government summoned company executives over the issue.
- Catholic priest from Kerala stabbed in Melbourne church, allegedly for ‘being Indian’: An Italian man attacked him with a kitchen knife while he was leading mass.
- Delhi on high alert despite Jat protests being suspended, metro services restored: The police said that it would conduct security checks across the city and border areas.
- BSP leader Mohammad Shami shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad district: He had defected from the Samajwadi Party right before the Assembly elections this year.
- Uber president Jeff Jones quits after seven-month stint: This comes after a series of controversies and high-profile resignations in the company.
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