A look at the headlines right now:
- Police arrest key suspect in Kerala rape and murder case: A migrant labourer from Assam has reportedly confessed to killing the 29-year-old Dalit law student in Perumbavoor in April.
- Sheila Dikshit to be appointed Congress’ Punjab in-charge after Kamal Nath is removed, say report: The party has not formally announced the change yet.
- Barack Obama meets Dalai Lama amid strong opposition from China: Beijing had warned Washington against the meeting, and said such communication will send the wrong message to 'separatist forces', and can affect Sino-US ties.
- Sensex plunges over 300 points and Nifty trades below 8,120: Experts feel the slump was triggered by profit-booking following Thursday's market gains during a weak global market.
- LIGO scientists detect gravitational waves for the second time this year: The researchers also detected a third gravitational wave, one too weak to be recorded officially, that is helping them study the frequency of collisions.
- Supreme Court refuses to stay ‘Udta Punjab’ release, movie will be out on Friday: Earlier this week, the Bombay High Court had ordered the film be released as scheduled, with one cut and a fresh rating certificate.
- Ishrat Jahan files went missing in September 2009 when P Chidambaram was home minister: Panel report: The one-man team also noted that the view of the then law minister sought on the second affidavit, which removed Jahan's links with the LeT, was not recorded.
- Centre to fall back on buffer stocks and imports to deal with price rise of essential food items: The decision was taken on Wednesday when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met agriculture, food, urban development and commerce ministers and their secretaries.
- Team from Opposition to visit Kairana after inquiry finds holes in BJP claims: State investigators said only nine people from the list of 346 Hindus given by BJP’s Hukum Singh left the district because of harassment.
- Petrol price increased by 5 paise per litre, diesel by Rs 1.26 a litre: This is the fourth hike in the cost of fuel since May 1.
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