A look at the headlines right now:
- CBI seals Punjab National Bank’s Brady House branch in Mumbai: Top Punjab National Bank officials reached the Central Vigilance Commission office in New Delhi on Monday morning to discuss the scam.
- CBI raids Rotomac Pens owner’s Kanpur house amid allegations of Rs 800-crore loan default: Vikram Kothari, who reportedly owes money to five public sector banks, said he had met with the banks and the matter is pending with a tribunal.
- BJP leading in 37 municipalities, Congress ahead in 26 in Gujarat civic elections: The Bharatiya Janata Party currently rules 59 of the 75 municipal corporations in the state.
- Meghalaya NCP candidate Jonathone N Sangma, three others killed in a blast: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said the perpetrators of the crime will be brought to book soon.
- FBI failed to act on a warning because it focused on the Russian probe, Trump says on Florida shooting: The US president claimed he never said Moscow did not interfere in the 2016 elections.
- Virgin group signs deal with Maharashtra to build Mumbai-Pune hyperloop by 2025: The cost of building a hyperloop system would be much less than that of building a high-speed railway line, Virgin Hyperloop One’s Richard Branson said.
- Six men allegedly molest, beat up Delhi University student in Mukherjee Nagar: One of the accused pulled off the complainant’s cap, and his friends then attacked her.
- Manufacturing sector reported loss of 87,000 jobs from April to June 2017, shows Labour Bureau data: There was a loss of 12,000 jobs in the corresponding period in 2016.
- Gunman kills 5 women in an attack on church in Russia, Islamic State claims responsibility: The 22-year-old gunman, who was carrying a hunting rifle, bullets and a knife, was killed.
- Nagpur journalist’s mother, daughter found murdered, police arrest grocery shop owner: The police said the accused killed the woman and the infant by slitting their throats.
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