A look at the headlines right now:

  1. ‘Selling pakodas is better than being unemployed,’ says Amit Shah in first Rajya Sabha: The BJP chief said the Modi government had ended the prevalence of caste, dynasty and appeasement from Indian politics.
  2. No one should interfere when two adults get married, says Chief Justice of India: The bench condemned khap panchayats for inciting violence and demanded that the Centre do more to curb honour killings. 
  3. To hold simultaneous polls, Election Commission says five constitutional amendments are needed: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ruled out the possibility of the next general elections being held later this year with Assembly polls in three states.
  4. CBI finds property and bank documents allegedly linked to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain: The agency reportedly found the papers while raiding the houses of Delhi Dental Council Registrar Rishiraj, who was arrested in a separate corruption case.
  5. ‘Narendra Modi is morally not right to be prime minister,’ says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah: The chief minister asked the BJP to support with facts its allegations that the state has rampant corruption and misgovernance.
  6. CBI names 16-year-old student as main accused in Gurugram school murder case: Meanwhile, the court rejected the bail plea of the juvenile accused for the third time.
  7. Legislators should not be stopped from practising law, recommends panel set up by Bar Council: The council will make a final decision on the matter only next week as one member of the panel had a differing view.
  8. CBI books billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi for cheating Punjab National Bank of Rs 280 crore: The bank also claimed that some of its own officials were involved.
  9. North Korea to send ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam to the South for the first time in years: He will lead a 22-member delegation during his three-day visit, but it is unclear whether he will attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. 
  10. Lone surviving Paris terror attack suspect goes on trial in Brussels: Salah Abdeslam is being tried not for the 2015 Paris terror attacks, but for attempted murder of police officers in Brussels during his arrest in March 2016.