A look at the headlines right now:
- MK Stalin elected president of DMK: His election to the post was smooth as all the 65 district secretaries of the party had proposed his name for the post and his was the only nomination.
- Donald Trump announces US-Mexico trade deal, to negotiate with Canada on new terms: The US president threatened to impose auto tariffs on Canada if it did not agree to the new deal.
- Sharad Pawar says PM can be decided after polls, happy with Rahul Gandhi’s ‘not in the race’ remark: The Nationalist Congress Party chief insisted on forge alliances with anti-BJP parties at the state level.
- Heavy rain in Delhi, Gurugram causes waterlogging, triggers traffic jam: The Palam observatory recorded 101 mm of downpour in 24 hours from 8.30 am on Monday.
- Sanathan Sanstha claims it has no links with those arrested in Nalasopara and Dabholkar murder cases: The Hindutva organisation claimed it will take legal action against ‘false stories’.
- Facebook bans Myanmar military officials after UN report says they should be tried for genocide: The social media network said it has also banned 52 pages, followed by 12 million people, and one Instagram account..
- Supreme Court allows woman who married Muslim man converted to Hinduism to live with her parents: Anjali Jain told the bench that she wanted to return to her parents out of her own free will.
- Police raids reported on homes of human rights activists in Mumbai, Ranchi and Hyderabad: Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Stan Swamy and Varavara Rao are among those whose homes have been searched..
- Law and order situation in state is the best in 15 years, claims Adityanath: The chief minister said the Opposition parties were depriving the House of constructive debate due to their ‘negative attitude’.
- Museum for all PMs at Teen Murti complex will not hurt Nehru’s legacy, says director: Shakti Sinha said that the idea was merely to ‘democratise’ the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.
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