A look at the headlines right now:
- Bandaru Dattatreya and Nirmala Sitharaman among ministers who resign before Sunday’s Cabinet reshuffle: PM Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah have made it clear that the BJP is a two-man party.
- Subsidised LPG price up by Rs 7, jet fuel by 4%: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had asked oil companies to raise the price of LPG by Rs 4 every month to remove all subsidies by next March.
- 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.
- Residents moved out of 33-year-old Mumbai building after it begins to tilt: The four-storey Noorani Mahal was declared dangerous by the Thane Municipal Corporation.
- LeT militant killed in J&K’s Kulgam district: Ishfaq Paddar’s killing comes hours after members of the outfit had shot at a police bus in Srinagar.
- In Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, warning issued against sacrificing cow, buffalo on Bakr-Eid: Muslims have been confused about the Qurbani ritual since the government began to crack down on slaughterhouses in the state in March.
- Assam extends AFSPA orders on its own for the first time: The BJP government has declared the state to be disturbed and extended implementation of the Act for another six months.
- Uttar Pradesh Police arrest paediatrician Kafeel Khan in connection with Gorakhpur deaths: He was among nine people named in an FIR last week.
- Kenya Supreme Court rejects presidential election results that declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner: The apex court said there were irregularities in the poll proceedings.
- Two die in Ghazipur landfill collapse, four vehicles fall into nearby Kondli Canal: Five people have been rescued so far, officials said.
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