A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Censor board turns down filmmakers’ plea to speed up certification process for Padmavati: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a petition asking that ‘objectionable scenes’ in the movie be deleted before its release.  
  2. Former Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi dies at 72: He has been in coma since 2008 when he suffered a major stroke.
  3. Congress’ schedule for presidential election is out, Rahul Gandhi might contest unopposed: Sonia Gandhi has been the party’s longest-serving president.
  4. Euro slides to three-month low against yen after German chancellor says coalition talks have failed: The European currency also declined over 0.4% against the US dollar.
  5. In Manipur, editorial columns go blank in protest against burning of newspaper by BJP Yuva Morcha: The BJP activists had burnt copies of ‘Poknapham’ on Saturday after it described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘cattle thief’.
  6. Police orders inquiry into ‘love jihad’ pamphlets at Jaipur fair: The organisers of the Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair have distanced themselves from the controversy.
  7. Family raises questions over suspicious death of judge presiding over Sohrabuddin case, reports Caravan: The family of Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, who died in 2014, says there are number of unanswered questions surrounding his death.
  8. RJD chief Lalu Yadav predicts early Lok Sabha polls, dares government to send him to jail: The former Bihar chief minister said his writ ran large even in prisons.
  9. Delhi HC asks telecom ministry, Vodafone to reply to Mukul Roy’s phone tapping allegations: The BJP leaders told the court that his conversations on four mobile numbers and a landline were being intercepted.
  10. Turkey bans all LGBT events in Ankara to ‘prevent public hostility’: Though homosexuality is legal in Turkey, queer individuals have often complained of harassment, abuse and animosity.