A look at the headlines right now:
- Five people, including three minors, detained for assault on a Swiss couple near Agra: They will be produced in a local court on Friday.
- You need to get me out, Hadiya says in new video: Her husband Shafin Jahan has written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, saying her rights were being violated.
- Donald Trump releases over 2,800 secret files about John F Kennedy’s assassination: He, however, held back a few thousand other documents for 6 months as security agencies wanted them blocked reportedly in the interest of national security.
- Former BBC journalist Vinod Verma arrested by Chhattisgarh Police for alleged extortion: He allegedly had several sex tapes involving a minister, and was using them to extort money from him.
- Ready to support Congress in Gujarat Assembly election, Hardik Patel tells HT: A formal announcement will be made only after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi assures the Patidar leader of support to their OBC demand.
- Rajasthan Police deliberately weakened Pehlu Khan lynching case, says independent fact-finding team: It said the filing of the FIR was delayed, and the accused were slapped with nominal charges.
- Syrian regime was responsible for deadly gas attack, according to UN report: More than 87 people were killed on April 4 when sarin gas projectiles were fired on rebel-held Khan Sheikum town.
- Japan will propose talks with India, US, Australia to improve maritime trade, says foreign minister: The plan to build ports and roads across Asia and Africa is aimed at countering China’s cross-continent expansion under its One Belt One Road initiative.
- Malayalam author Punathil Kunjabdulla dies at 77: He had won the Sahitya Akademi award for his 1980 novel ‘Smarakasilakal’.
- India needs to spend Rs 50 lakh crore over the next five years on infrastructure, says Crisil: The global ratings agency said the country will have to first tackle the problem of stressed assets to be able to spend such large amounts of money.
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