A look at the headlines right now:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ‘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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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