A look at the headlines right now:
- CBI arrests Karti Chidambaram for allegedly violating Foreign Exchange Management Act: The investigating agency arrested the former finance minister’s son at Chennai airport and is taking him to Delhi to be produced in court.
- Fans, Bollywood celebrities attend Sridevi’s condolence meet in Mumbai: The actor will be cremated at the Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery around 3.30 pm.
- In Madhya Pradesh bye-polls, Congress leads in both Kolaras and Mungaoli: In Odisha’s Bijepur, the Biju Janata Dal candidate was leading by over 6,000 votes at 10.30 am.
- Former stock broker Ketan Parekh gets three years in jail for violating SEBI Act: The Panther Fincap and Management Services Ltd director was found to have violated the SEBI Act while acquiring the shares of Shonkh Technologies International.
- UN finds evidence that North Korea is helping Syria build ‘chemical weapons’, say reports: The development follows reports of suspected use of chlorine gas by the Bashar al-Assad-led Syrian government.
- Exit polls predict massive gains for BJP in Tripura, close competition in Nagaland: In Meghalaya, the ruling Congress is predicted to win 13 to 19 seats.
- After PNB scam, Centre asks state-run banks to identify operational risks in 15 days: The Finance Ministry directed the banks’ managing directors to detect frauds and refer the cases to the CBI.
- Maldives says it turned down India’s invitation for naval exercises because of an emergency at home: Indian Navy Chief Sunil Lanba had said that Maldives will not be participating in Milan, a biennial regional naval exercise.
- Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Jitan Ram Manjhi quits NDA: The former CM had threatened to leave the NDA if his party was not granted a Rajya Sabha seat.
- Facebook removes Myanmar monk’s page for ‘inflammatory posts’ about Muslims: Burmese anti-Muslim movement leader Ashin Wirathu was once dubbed as the ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’.
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