A look at the headlines right now:
- TTV Dinakaran denies trying to bribe EC into getting AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol: Alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrasekhar was arrested on Sunday, and a BMW and Mercedes were taken from him.
- Yogi Adityanath urges everyone to speak up against triple talaq: The chief minister compared people’s silence on the issue with the episode from the ‘Mahabharat’ when Draupadi was disrobed.
- CBI registers FIR against TMC’s Madan Mitra and 12 others in Narada sting case: The First Information Report also included the names of party Vice President Mukul Roy and leader Saugata Roy.
- Supreme Court orders auction of Aamby Valley property after Sahara fails to pay dues: The apex court has asked the Bombay High Court to act as liquidator in the sale.
- Food-delivery platform UberEATS will be launched in India by the end of 2017, reports Economic Times: The service will first be launched in either Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai or Pune.
- Indian Union Muslim League candidate wins Malappuram bye-poll by over 1.7 lakh votes: PK Kunhalikutty said ‘the unity of the Congress-led UDF’ and their pitch for a ‘secular outlook’ had won them the seat.
- Amol Palekar files plea against ‘pre-censorship’ of films, Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response: The bench also asked the I&B Ministry to direct the CBFC to implement the recommendations of the Shyam Benegal-led panel.
- Sonu Nigam grumbles about ‘forced religiousness’ after Muslim call to prayer wakes him up: The singer questioned using electricity at places of worship ‘to wake up people who don’t follow the religion’.
- TVF chief Arunabh Kumar gets anticipatory bail in molestation case: A police officer from the MIDC Police Station said they had objected to his application.
- Brought down medicine prices even though pharma companies were unhappy, says Narendra Modi in Surat: As the state prepares for Assembly elections later this year, the prime minister is making his presence felt.
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