A look at the headlines right now:
- Early trends show BJP in the lead as counting for the MCD polls results continues across 35 centres: Exit polls had predicted a clean sweep for the saffron party.
- AIADMK’s TTV Dinakaran arrested for attempting to bribe Election Commission official: The party leader’s longtime aide Mallikarjuna has also been taken into custody, though his role in the cash-for-symbol scandal is not clear yet.
- Sensex hits all-time high, Nifty soars past 9,300 mark after early trends show BJP win in MCD polls: Wipro and Gail were the top gainers on both indices.
- Neighbouring states seal borders with Chhattisgarh to ‘flush out’ Maoists behind Sukma ambush: Border areas of Odisha, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have been put on high alert.
- North Korea conducts major live-fire drill even as US sends a submarine to South Korea: President Donald Trump will join his Senate for a briefing on the isolated nation today.
- CBI files FIR against former director Ranjit Sinha in coal scam case: He allegedly met a few prime accused at his house, and tried to influence the investigation into the case.
- Centre cautions states against leak of Aadhaar data: The Information and Technology ministry said such breaches could attract jail term of up to three years.
- States will decide whether to scrap ‘grace marks’ policy, clarifies Centre: Boards should not be in a race to increase marks and sky-touching grades should be replaced with genuine scores, said the human resource development minister.
- BJP chief Amit Shah launches ‘Mission Bengal’ from Naxalbari village: Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee downplayed the event and accused the saffron party of trying to divide people along religious lines.
- Bombay High Court grants bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in 2008 Malegaon blast case: The bench denied relief to Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was the other prime accused in the case.
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