A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Utttar Pradesh: 13 children killed, eight injured as school van collides with train in Kushinagar: In another accident in Delhi, a girl died and 17 children were injured as school van collided with milk tanker.
  2. Modi says BJP’s focus in Karnataka will be development, accuses Congress of caste politics: The prime minister said the Congress offered “lollipops” to caste groups before polls so they get busy with it.  
  3. ‘Is the Modi government above law?’ Congress criticises Centre for not elevating KM Joseph to SC: The Centre notified Indu Malhotra’s appointment as Supreme Court judge.
  4. Turkey court sentences 14 staff of opposition newspaper to prison on terrorism charges: They were accused of supporting the exiled cleric who Turkey claims plotted the failed coup attempt of 2016.   
  5. Ahead of Assembly elections, Congress appoints Kamal Nath as party chief in Madhya Pradesh: Girish Chodankar will head the party in Goa.  
  6. Naga peace pact in final stage but Centre, rebel groups still differ on separate flag, says report: The accord is likely to be signed before the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.  
  7. Advocate for main accused in Kathua case calls Mehbooba Mufti a ‘jihadi CM’: Ankur Sharma claimed that the Bakerwal community, which the Kathua victim was a part of, had encroached upon forest land in Jammu and Kashmir.   
  8. India lost over Rs 20,000 crore due to internet shutdown between 2012 and 2017, shows study: The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations said governments had shut down the internet for over 16,000 hours in the five years.  
  9. Delhi High Court tells JNU to initiate inquiry against professor accused of sexual harassment: The court asked if the vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University had no power to take action against Professor Atul Johri.  
  10. CBI books 12 Army officials for allegedly accepting bribes to hire religious teachers: The Army had hired religious teachers at the Artillery Centre, Hyderabad, in 2013 to lead spiritual activities to motivate the troops.