A look at the headlines right now:
- Centre asks Delhi government to cancel appointments of 9 aides, AAP calls it a diversionary tactic: Adviser Atishi Marlena draws Re 1 per month for her role. Raghav Chadha claimed he was ‘sacked’ from a position he held for just 45 days two years ago.
- ATMs run dry in many states, Arun Jaitley says problem due to excess cash in other areas: The Congress asked if it was a result of gross mismanagement or a deliberate ploy by the Centre.
- India and Sweden announce partnership on cyber security, Modi meets Swedish CEOs: The prime minister and his counterpart Stefan Lofven also also discussed ways to deepen trade and business relations.
- Girl’s parents booked for accepting bribe from her alleged rapists to withdraw case in Delhi: The police have arrested her mother, but the father is still on the run.
- Inmates of detention centre launch hunger strike after Indian allegedly commits suicide in Japan: More than 40 immigrants at the East Japan Immigration Centre have been on fast since Sunday.
- ‘Pick up courage, speak up and save the democracy,’ Yashwant Sinha urges BJP MPs: In an editorial for The Indian Express, he highlighted the ‘grim’ state of the economy and women’s safety, and said Parliament was reduced to a joke.
- Syrian military shot down missiles fired at air base, claims state TV: Investigators from the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Syrian and Russian authorities were stopping them visiting chemical attack site.
- We will not be able to prove claim to Taj Mahal, UP Sunni Waqf Board tells Supreme Court: The board, however, urged the court to list the monument as its property.
- Police file chargesheet against four Delhi University students for allegedly stalking Smriti Irani: Sitanshu, Karan, Avinash and Amit had reportedly chased the Union minister’s vehicle when she was returning home from the international airport in April 2017.
- Man arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a seven-year-old in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah: While her parents were busy during a wedding, the 19-year-old took the child to a building under construction nearby and allegedly assaulted her.
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