A look at the headlines right now:
- Donald Trump pulls US out of Iran nuclear deal: Barack Obama, who had signed the pact in 2015, said the decision was misguided.
- Nearly 10,000 voter IDs seized from flat in Bengaluru days before Karnataka Assembly elections, EC orders probe: All the major political parties accused each other of fraud.
- Prashant Bhushan files RTI, asks how Constitution bench to hear plea on CJI impeachment motion was formed: He asked who passed the administrative order that listed the petition before the five-judge bench in the SC.
- 2019 Lok Sabha elections will not be brought forward, Amit Shah tells The Indian Express: The BJP chief also said that simultaneous polls could take place only if there was a consensus on the matter among all political parties.
- There is no tension between India and China, says Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: But she parried questions on the presence of the Chinese Navy in the ocean.
- Vijay Mallya loses lawsuit filed by Indian bank consortium in the UK, says report: The 62-year-old businessman is fighting a number of lawsuits in the UK and India related to fraud and money-laundering allegations and an extradition case.
- 18 arrested as Times of India employee allegedly conspires to defraud newspaper of Rs 15 crore: A senior editor’s secretary is alleged to have presented invoices for freelance articles that had never actually been published.
- Body of tourist who died in protest near Srinagar arrives in Chennai: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has called an all-party meeting in Srinagar on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Kashmir Valley.
- Three dead, hundreds stranded after heavy snowfall in Uttarakhand: The meteorological department warned of more rain and storm across North India on Wednesday.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the second time in two months: Kim thanked China for supporting his country’s efforts to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.
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