A look at the headlines right now:
- AAP prepares for bye-elections even as it gears up for legal battle over disqualification of MLAs: Alka Lamba, who represented Chandni Chowk in the Delhi Assembly, said the party is prepared to seek a fresh mandate if the courts do not rule in its favour.
- The world’s richest 1% got 82% of the wealth that rose in 2016’17, says Oxfam report: The report added that 73% of the wealth generated in India in 2016-’17 went to the richest 1% of the population.
- Protestors against ‘Padmaavat’ block roads, torch vehicles in Gujarat, attack toll plaza in Noida: The police arrested at least 16 people in Surat and 14 in Noida..
- Edward Snowden says he agrees with former RAW chief’s concerns about Aadhaar: The American whistleblower said Aadhaar was being abused as a proxy for identity and such efforts should be criminalised.
- Edward Snowden says he agrees with former RAW chief’s concerns about Aadhaar: The American whistleblower said Aadhaar was being abused as a proxy for identity and such efforts should be criminalised.
- Sitaram Yechury offers to resign after CPI(M) body rejects proposal on alliance with Congress: Instead, the Central Committee adopted the strategy backed by the party’s former general secretary Prakash Karat.
- Gujarat starts cow tourism project to popularise the animal: Those interested can now take a trip to cow shelters and grazing spots to see how the animal is reared and how products are made with cow urine and dung.
- Aadhaar should be linked with voter ID cards, says newly-appointed chief election commissioner: Om Prakash Rawat clarified that he did not want electronic voting machines changed to integrate the feature.
- Loan recovery agents allegedly crush Dalit farmer to death under a tractor in UP’s Sitapur: The agents had demanded that Gyan Chandra pay the finance company back immediately or hand over the vehicle.
- Government and political parties must stay out of the judicial controversy, says Narendra Modi: In an interview to TimesNow, the prime minister said the country’s justice system was ‘very capable’ of finding a solution to the problem.
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