A look at the headlines right now:
- Mumbai Police arrest 39-year-old man on charges of harassing actor Zaira Wasim: Vikas Sachdeva was identified with the airline’s help and the description provided by the actor.
- Eight arrested for allegedly assaulting French tourists, their Indian friends in Mirzapur: One of the tourists said they were attacked with sticks.
- Three suspected militants, one civilian killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara town: Director General of Police SP Vaid said the militants were ‘apparently Pakistanis’.
- Police deny permission to Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi roadshows in Ahmedabad: Officials said the requests were rejected to avoid causing inconvenience to the public.
- We are one ‘impulsive tantrum’ away from destruction, says chief of anti-nuclear weapon group Ican: Beatrice Fihn, who received the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday, urged India to choose sense over senselessness and sign the UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
- ‘Do we really value human rights,’ asks former CJI RM Lodha, citing cow vigilantism, ‘love jihad’: He said the National Human Rights Commission had become a toothless tiger.
- Palestinian man stabs Israeli guard in Jerusalem, clashes break out near US embassy in Beirut: The guard is reportedly in serious condition and is breathing using a respirator.
- Six-year-old girl raped and murdered in Haryana’s Hisar district, autopsy finds wooden stick was used: Two men allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl in Lucknow, and a passerby she approached for help assaulted her, too.
- Family of labourer who was hacked to death in Rajasthan wants case to be heard in West Bengal: The family said they fear harm if they travel to Rajasthan.
- Who is Max Born? Google doodle honours physicist for his contributions to quantum mechanics: Born won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1954 for his research in quantum mechanics.
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