A look at the headlines right now:
- Police rescue 13 hostages, kill six gunmen and capture one in Dhaka siege: The number of casualties is unconfirmed, but includes six gunmen and at least two police officials.
- Driver Shyamvar Rai details how Indrani Mukerjea executed Sheena Bora murder in approver's statement: He also said his employer had implicated him in an arms case soon are the murder by giving him a crude gun that he could not throw away without getting caught.
- Police arrest man accused of killing Infosys employee S Swathi: The 22-year-old, Ramkumar, tried to commit suicide when the officials surrounded him.
- Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna progress to second round of men's doubles at Wimbledon: Both the Indian tennis players, playing with different partners, won in straight sets in their first round matches.
- Nirmala Sheoran qualifies for the Rio Olympics in women's 400 metres: The Haryana sprinter set a time of 51.48 seconds at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships in Hyderabad on Friday.
- India abstains from voting on UN resolution to appoint an LGBT rights expert: During a session of the UNHCR, 23 member countries were for the motion and 18 of them were against.
- Centre seeks report from Law Commission on implementation of Uniform Civil Code: The recommendatory body to the government will now consult stakeholders and political parties.
- Francois Hollande says Britain cannot delay or cancel its departure from the EU: Leaders Germany and Italy also agree with the French president while Britain is in no mood to rush things.
- Sikh musician says he was profiled in Orlando after ‘concerned citizen’ found his flute case suspicious: Neelamjit Dhillon posted on his Instagram account that a police official came up to him and checked his bag while he was eating at a local restaurant.
- Italy will add cricket to the Olympics if Rome wins 2024 hosting bid: The Italian cricket federation announced that they had agreed to a deal with the organising committee.
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