A look at the headlines right now:
- ‘Congress has blood on its hands, but we’ll accept it so that you learn from it’, says Salman Khurshid: The former Union minister said he made the statement ‘as a human being’.
- Venkaiah Naidu says he rejected CJI impeachment motion ‘in conformity with Constitution’, say reports: The Rajya Sabha chairperson said it was not a hasty decision as it was made ‘after over a month of due diligence’.
- Sushma Swaraj calls for decisive action against nations that sponsor terrorism: She also raised concerns about China’s Belt Road Initiative during a meeting of the foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s member nations.
- 18 killed in fire at karaoke lounge in China, man arrested for suspected arson: Five people are being treated for injuries sustained in the fire at a local hospital.
- Coimbatore blasts convict booked for promoting enmity after making ‘threat’ against Modi: Mohammed Rafiq, however, confessed to the police that there was no such conspiracy, and he had only said those words to threaten a truck contractor.
- Police say they have killed six more Maoists in encounter in Gadchiroli: The security forces had on Sunday claimed that 16 Naxals were killed in an operation.
- Van mows down pedestrians in Toronto, 10 killed and 15 injured: The suspect has been arrested, but his motives are unclear.
- Two people arrested, seven booked for allegedly abetting Dalit woman’s suicide: Nineteen-year-old Pooja Sakat, whose house was burnt down during the violence in January, was found dead on Sunday afternoon.
- NITI Aayog chief says states such as Bihar, UP and Chhattisgarh are holding back the nation: India needs to improve its position on the human development index, Amitabh Kant said in a lecture at Jamia Millia Islamia University.
- Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in race for Bank of England top job, says report: United Kingdom Chancellor Phillip Hammond will select the British bank’s next chief.
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