A look at the headlines right now:
- Two Varanasi Police officials, magistrate removed after violence on Banaras Hindu University campus: The SSP’s office said that a First Information Report had been filed against 1,000 students.
- Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy quits party: Roy said he would quit the Rajya Sabha after Durga Puja ends on September 30.
- US President Donald Trump extends travel ban to citizens from North Korea, Chad and Venezuela: Iraqis will have to face increased vetting procedures while restrictions on Sudan were lifted.
- Hardik Pandya stars as India take unassailable 3-0 series lead against Australia: Pandya’s 72-ball 78 and his crucial 5th-wicket stand with Manish Pandey helped the hosts chase down their 294-run target with 13 balls to spare.
- Angela Merkel wins fourth term, far-right party finishes third: She is likely to go for an alliance with the Liberal Free Democrats and the Grune Party to form the government.
- At the UN, Pakistan’s envoy passes off photo of girl injured in Gaza as a Kashmiri: The country’s UN Mission even tweeted the photo Rawya abu Jom’a at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and claimed it to be a picture from Kashmir.
- Myanmar Army says it has found bodies of 28 Hindus killed by Rohingya militants: Hindus living in Ye Baw Kya village said that militants had entered the village on August 25, killed many people and carried others off into the forest.
- MK Stalin asks Centre to order CBI inquiry into Jayalalithaa’s death: The DMK working president cited Forest Minister Dindigul C Srinivasan’s statement that AIADMK leaders had lied about her health.
- BJP to focus on 2019 elections at its first-ever televised national executive meet on Monday: The party is likely to discuss ways to counter criticism of the Central government’s economic policy.
- Bangladesh bars telecom majors from selling mobile phone connections to Rohingyas: The authorities said the ban could be lifted once biometric identity cards were issued to the refugees.
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