A look at the headlines right now:
- As AAP celebrates, BJP calls Supreme Court judgement on L-G powers a ‘verdict against anarchy’: Former CM Sheila Dikshit said the ruling that the lieutenant governor is bound by government’s advice is not a vindication for AAP as it ‘has always been so’.
- Punjab CM Amarinder Singh orders mandatory dope test for all government employees: The chief secretary of the state has been asked to work out the modalities and issue the necessary notifications.
- More than 300 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims evacuated in Nepal today, two Indians dead: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said her ministry would offer its assistance whenever necessary.
- Lucknow University officials attacked by group claiming to be Samajwadi Party workers, says VC: Officials said the campus will remain closed until further notice.
- Aligarh Muslim University not a minority institution, why does it not have quotas, asks SC/ST panel: The varsity claims it is governed by the AMU Act, 1981, which grants minority status.
- Iran will remain in nuclear deal only if benefits are guaranteed, says President Hassan Rouhani: He said US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 deal, signed during Barack Obama’s tenure, was illegal.
- Four policemen suspended over lynching of anti-rumour campaigner in Tripura: The Inspector General of Police said a departmental inquiry has also initiated against them.
- Zakir Naik says he will not return to India until he is ‘safe from unfair prosecution’: The Islamic preacher claimed reports about his deportation from Malaysia were baseless and false.
- Sports Authority of India to be rebranded as Sports India, says Rajyavardhan Rathore: The sports body, established in 1984, organised its 50th general body meeting on Wednesday.
- ‘Scrap minority status of Muslims, impose two-child policy on them,’ demands Pravin Togadia: The former VHP leader said the new outfit he launched last month will create a vote bank of 20 crore Hindus to influence politics in a democratic country.
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