A look at the headlines right now:
- Kansas man gets life in prison for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla: Adam Purinton had reportedly yelled ‘get out of my country’ before fatally shooting the 32-year-old at a bar.
- Section 144 imposed in Aligarh after clashes over Jinnah portrait at varsity, says report: Some Aligarh Muslim University students purportedly burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- IMD forecasts more thunderstorms, squalls and heavy winds across India over the next few days: More than 125 people have died in weather-related incidents across the country since Wednesday.
- Man killed, wife injured after suspected militants open fire in Kashmir’s Sopore: The police suspect the involvement of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- Four men allegedly gangrape, burn to death 16-year-old in Jharkhand: The accused were enraged after the village panchayat imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on them for raping the teenager.
- Flooding in Kenya has claimed 112 lives since March, says Red Cross: Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Abbas Gullet said 48,000 households have been displaced.
- Kasauli shooting accused remanded in five-day police custody: The police said they have recovered the weapon Vijay Singh Thakur used to kill the officer conducting an anti-encroachment drive.
- UP minister praises BJP leaders for visiting Dalit homes despite being bitten by mosquitoes: Anupama Jaiswal was defending fellow minister Suresh Rana, who visited a Dalit villager’s house for dinner but purportedly had the meal catered.
- GST Council approves simplified system for filing tax returns: The council also decided that the central and state governments would fully take over the equity of the GST Network company.
- Nobel Prize in Literature cancelled this year after sexual assault scandal: Six of the 18 members of the Swedish Academy have resigned in recent months.
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