A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Protesting farmers hold off plan to block Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai till they meet CM Devendra Fadnavis: They walked around 18 km from Somaiya Grounds in Sion to Azad Maidan in South Mumbai so students appearing for exams on Monday are not inconvenienced.
  2. At least nine trekkers feared dead in forest fire in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district: There are varying figures on the number of people trapped in the flames in the Bodi forest region.
  3. Three suspected militants killed in gunfight with security forces in Anantnag: Authorities ordered all schools and colleges in Srinagar to be closed on Monday in fear of protests.  
  4. BJP nominates entrepreneur Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane for the Rajya Sabha: The Congress named journalist Kumar Ketkar as its Rajya Sabha poll candidate in Maharashtra.
  5. BJP MLA in Uttarakhand booked for assaulting two Dalit women, using casteist abuses: Rajkumar Thukral claimed he had only tried to resolve a dispute between two families and the allegations against him were baseless.
  6. India, Pakistan accuse each other of harassing diplomatic staff: Pakistan has issued a démarche to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, mentioning 18 incidents.
  7. French researcher claims he found details of 20,000 Aadhaar cards in public domain in 3 hours: The UIDAI dismissed the reports about the security breach as ‘irresponsible’ and ‘far from the truth’.
  8. There are 3,045 pending criminal cases against 1,765 lawmakers in India, Centre tells Supreme Court: These MPs and MLAs will be tried by the special courts that will be set up to hear only cases against politicians.
  9. Myanmar is razing Rohingya homes and building security bases, says Amnesty International: This could destroy evidence of violence against Rohingya Muslims, the nonprofit said.  
  10. Turkish business heiress and her friends among 11 feared dead in Iran plane crash: Mina Basaran and her friends were returning home in a private plane after celebrating her bachelorette party in Dubai.