Morning headlines: Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM today, and 9 other top stories
Sushma Swaraj has sought a report on a Nigerian student being attacked in Hyderabad, and the Centre will invest Rs 5,534 crore in urban infrastructure.
A look at the biggest stories right now:
- Mamata Banerjee sworn in as chief minister of West Bengal today: The TMC leader was re-elected to office, but she faces a massive state debt as she returns.
- Nigerian student assaulted in Hyderabad over parking: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has ordered a report from the state government.
- Centre approves investment of Rs 5,534 crore to improve infrastructure in 111 cities: Taps, better water supply, sewerage networks and urban transport services are among the amenities that will be provided across six states.
- Retirement age for government doctors will be raised to 65, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister made the announcement at a rally in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the NDA's two years in office.
- Six arrested for assaulting minor boy in Delhi: A group of men got into a petty argument with the 16-year-old, brutalised him and paraded him naked in his locality.
- Elections to two Tamil Nadu seats where polls were deferred should be held by June 1, says governor: In a letter to the chief election commissioner, K Rosaiah recommended that polls in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur be held at the earliest.
- Switch to chip-and-PIN technology at ATMs by 2017, RBI tells banks: The move will protect users from skimming and cloning, which they are currently vulnerable to because the machines process their data from magnetic strips.
- Jammu and Kashmir seeks Rs 7 crore from Centre to set up separate prison for terror convicts: It submitted its proposal to the Home Ministry, following reports that ordinary prisoners face the risk of being influenced by extremist inmates.
- Haryana bus blast injures 12, Home Ministry officials tell NDTV it was a terror attack: The low-intensity explosion took place inside the vehicle, which was carrying 40 people, in Kurukshetra.
- Donald Trump has clinched enough delegates to be the Republican presidential candidate, says AP: According to the agency’s count, some of the party’s unbound delegates pledged their support for the business tycoon, taking him past the required 1,237 mark.