A look at the headlines right now:
- Bandaru Dattatreya resigns as labour minister, Nirmala Sitharaman from commerce & industry portfolio ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle: Five ministers had stepped down from their posts on Thursday.
- Two die in Ghazipur landfill collapse in Delhi, four vehicles fall into nearby Kondli Canal: Five people have been rescued so far, officials said.
- Neet petitioner from Tamil Nadu commits suicide allegedly after failing to get a seat in medical college: Anitha, 17, had challenged the applicability of the national test in the state, saying it would affect the aspirations of students from rural areas.
- Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds Jat quota law, but stays its implementation till March 2018: The bench has asked the National Commission for Backward Classes to submit a report on the quantum of reservation the community can be provided.
- 400 die in a week after Rohingya militants clash with Army in Myanmar: According to UN officials, around 38,000 people crossed the border into Bangladesh till August 31.
- Kamal Haasan says his political ideology will not lean left or right: The actor said he will meet and seek inputs from several leaders before announcing his entry into politics.
- Kerala government allows bars in hotels within 50 metres of schools and places of worship: The new rule applies to hotels rated four star and above, but three-star ones will have to stick to the current 200-metre restriction.
- Kenya Supreme Court rejects presidential election results that declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner: The apex court said there were irregularities in the poll proceedings.
- 13 Dera Sacha Sauda followers in Haryana arrested for violence that followed the Ram Rahim verdict: Six were held in Faridkot for vandalising a petrol pump, and seven others were taken into custody in Barnala for setting a telephone exchange on fire.
- United States awards contracts to build prototypes of wall along Mexico border: Border Protection officials have signed deals worth more than Rs 3 crore each to four companies to build prototypes of the structure.
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