A look at the headlines right now:
- After winning in Gujarat and Himachal, the BJP will have to decide on its Himachal Pradesh chief minister: The party was dented in Gujarat, but the saffron sea now covers 19 states.
- 12 workers dead after fire breaks out in Mumbai shop: The workers were sleeping on a loft inside the shop and got trapped when the fire broke out.
- At least six dead as train derails on inaugural run in Washington state: President Donald Trump said that the derailment showed that it was an urgent need to fix the country’s infrastructure.
- AAP has not won any seats in the Gujarat elections: The Aam Aadmi Party asked why slips from Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails were not being counted, and alleged the BJP was ‘hiding something’.
- Caste leaders Alpesh Thakor, Jignesh Mevani deliver for the Congress in Gujarat Assembly elections: The BJP failed to win major Patidar bastions.
- Chief election commissioner says no electronic voting machines were tampered with: Achal Kumar Joti said that the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails had enabled people in Gujarat to see who they voted for.
- Adani drops contractor on controversial Australian coal mine project: The company announced its decision after the Queensland government refused to provide it with a tax payer-funded loan.
- Both Houses of Parliament adjourned as Opposition demands apology from PM Modi: The Opposition demanded that PM Modi apologise for alleging that his predecessor Manmohan Singh spoke to Pakistani officials about the Gujarat polls.
- Myanmar military destroyed 40 Rohingya villages in two months, says Human Rights Watch: Dozens of buildings were burned the same week that Bangladesh signed an agreement with Myanmar to repatriate refugees, the NGO said.
- Japan court rejects plea by Nagasaki residents who wanted official victim benefits for 1945 bombing: Nearly 6,300 people lived outside the officially-designated affected zone and are not eligible for full compensation.
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