A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Rahul Gandhi lashes out at Modi during ‘Jan Aakrosh’ rally, says PM’s words do not carry any weight: Earlier, in the day BJP National President Amit Shah said that hatred for India would be on display at the rally. 
  2. UP board exam results declared; 72.43% clear Class 12 exams, 75.16% pass Class 10 tests: More than 10 lakh students did not appear for the examinations after the government imposed measures to curb cheating.   
  3. Seoul says Pyongyang has offered to close down its nuclear test site: Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he might meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the next three to four weeks.  
  4. Two NCP workers reportedly shot dead in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra: Three weeks ago, a party legislator had been arrested along with three others for the murder of two Shiv Sena leaders.  
  5. ‘The monument has not been handed over’, says Centre after row over private firm adopting Red Fort: The Ministry of Tourism said the MoU signed with the Dalmia Bharat group was only meant for the development and operations of the site.
  6. Congress attacks Union minister Piyush Goyal over business deals, asks PM Modi to sack him: A report had alleged that the minister sold the entire stock of a company he owned to the Piramal Group at nearly 1,000 times its face value. 
  7. Israeli soldiers kill four Palestinian protestors in Gaza: At least 17 demonstrators have suffered gunshot wounds that ultimately cost them their legs, said the Palestinian health ministry. 
  8. Governors and lieutenant governors have been acting like BJP agents since 2014, alleges AAP: The party said that Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi’s ‘no toilets, no free rice’ order was unjustified. 
  9. Indian Navy plane makes emergency landing near Moscow: The IL-38 aircraft, which was sent to Russia for a mid-life upgrade, suffered a chassis failure during a test flight on Saturday.
  10. Bomb blast at the office of a hydroelectricity project in Nepal which PM Modi will inaugurate: No one was injured in the explosion and an investigation has been launched, the chief district officer of Sankhuwasabha said.