A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Over a dozen people injured in clashes in Bihar’s Arrah during Bharat Bandh protests, 127 arrested: Demonstrators also blocked roads, stopped trains and forcibly closed markets in Patna, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Muzaffarpur, Bhojpur, Sheikhpura and Darbhanga.
  2. Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to observe day-long fast on April 12 to protest washout of Budget Session: Other MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party will also join the hunger strike.
  3. Uttar Pradesh Police arrest brother of rape-accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar: Atul Singh Sengar had allegedly beaten the girl’s father, who died in judicial custody on Monday, after she filed a complaint against the legislator.
  4. BJP moves SC after EC revokes order extending date of filing nominations for West Bengal civic polls: The Election Commission had extended the deadline by a day after violence broke out in the state.
  5. Eighteen dead, dozens injured after truck crashes into a barricade on Pune-Satara highway: Most of the victims were construction workers and hailed from Karnataka.  
  6. ‘Bihar has moved from Satyagraha to Swachchagraha,’ says PM Modi at Champaran movement centenary: The prime minister also flagged off multiple railway projects, including India’s first high-speed electric locomotive.  
  7. Ten arrested for protesting outside Chennai’s Chepauk stadium ahead of IPL match: The activists, identified as members of Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi, were demanding that the Cauvery Management Board be set up.
  8. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un makes first public mention of talks with US President Donald Trump: After the elusive country told the US that it was willing to discuss denuclearisation, the US president said the meeting could be in May or early June.  
  9. After IndiGo, Jet Airways pulls out of race to buy Air India stake from government: The national carrier’s Rs 33,000-crore debt dissuaded the airline from bidding for it.  
  10. Police launch investigation after reports claim Assam youth has joined Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir: The incident came to light after photographs of Qamer-Uz-Zaman, who has reportedly been missing since July, went viral on social media.