A look at the headlines right now:
- No evidence of corruption against Alok Verma, says judge who supervised CVC inquiry: Former Supreme Court judge AK Patnaik said that the findings in the CVC inquiry report, on the basis of which Verma was removed, were not his.
- Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul suspended with immediate effect after Koffee with Karan controversy: The announcement came hours before the start of the first one-day international of a three-match series against Australia in Sydney.
- Donald Trump promises changes to H-1B visa programme, including potential US citizenship: The US president said his administration wanted to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the country.
- Rahul Gandhi promises special category status for Andhra Pradesh if Congress wins elections: The Congress president made the comment in his address to the Indian diaspora in Dubai. He is in the United Arab Emirates on a two-day visit.
- Meera Sanyal, former banker and an AAP leader, dies in Mumbai at 57: She was the former chairperson of the Royal Bank of Scotland in India and had contested the 2014 General Elections on an AAP ticket.
- Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu member of US Congress, says she will run for president in 2020: Gabbard’s aide Rania Batrice will manage her presidential campaign.
- National Stock Exchange chairman quits after CBI gets sanction to prosecute him in Aircel-Maxis case: The NSE in a brief statement said Ashok Chawla had resigned ‘in light of recent legal developments’.
- DMK asks Palaniswami to quit after video links him with robbery at Jayalalithaa’s estate: A security guard was killed during the robbery attempt in April 2017.
- Army major and a soldier killed in blast along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowshera: An Army porter was killed in sniper fire in a separate attack in Rajouri district’s Sunderbani sector.
- Most of the accused in Sabarimala violence belong to Sangh Parivar outfits, says Kerala CM: Pinarayi Vijayan told the governor that 9,489 of the 10,561 people accused of inciting violence are from Hindutva outfits.
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