A look at the headlines right now:
- AIADMK’s Sasikala bribed senior officials for special treatment in jail, claims prison report: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered an inquiry into the matter.
- Garbage cannot be dumped within 500 metres of the Ganga, rules Green Tribunal: Anyone who violates this directive will be fined Rs 50,000.
- Thirteen arrested, 30 detained for vandalism, rioting in Noida society violence: All those taken into custody lived in slum clusters in and around Sector 78 where violence broke out on Wednesday morning.
- Man beaten up for allegedly carrying beef in Nagpur: Four suspects have been detained for questioning by the Maharashtra police.
- Sri Lankan Navy rescues elephant stranded in the Indian Ocean: A patrol boat had spotted the animal in the water 16 kilometres off the coast.
- Hizbul militant who was behind police officer’s lynching killed in encounter, say police: Sajid Ahmad Gilkar had joined the group after police official Mohammad Ayub Pandit was killed in Nowhatta, officials said.
- 10 Indians killed after fire breaks out in a house in Saudi Arabia: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Indian officials will reach the city of Najran soon to take stock of the situation.
- Nasa’s Juno has released its first close-up images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: The spacecraft flew 9,000 km above the extraterrestrial storm, which is roughly twice the size of Earth.
- Man killed, several injured in clashes over gangster’s death in Rajasthan: Suspected gangster Anand Pal Singh’s family refused to cremate him until the CBI investigates his death, claiming he had been shot in a fake encounter.
- Pune engineer found dead with a note saying there is ‘no job security in IT’: His body was handed over to his family members after the postmortem examination.
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