The big news: All airline fares must be refundable, says aviation ministry, and 9 other top stories
The AITA has picked Leander Paes as Rohan Bopanna’s Olympics partner, and the Rajya Sabha elections are on.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Aviation Ministry announces series of passenger-friendly measures, including new refund rules: Excess baggage will not be charged more than Rs 100 per kg, upto five kg beyond the limit, while refunds will be applicable on all fares now.
- Rohan Bopanna will partner Leander Paes and Sania Mirza at the Rio Olympics, says AITA: Prarthana Thombare will team up with Mirza in the women's doubles category.
- Voting begins in Rajya Sabha polls for twenty-seven seats in seven states: Legislators in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Haryana will vote today.
- After Mathura violence, land documents go missing while state says it had no plans of evicting occupants: The title papers proving government ownership of the 280-acre land in Jawahar Bagh have not been located at the tehsil or commissioner levels.
- 'The Voice' singer Christina Grimmie shot dead at Florida concert venue: The 22-year-old vocalist was signing autographs when the gunman killed her and then himself.
- Saina Nehwal enters Australian Open badminton finals, Kidambi Srikanth crashes out: Nehwal defeated fourth seed Wang Yihan in straight sets 21-8 21-12.
- Candidates for RBI governor to be shortlisted by Centre-appointed panel: The recommendations will be sent to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, which is headed by the prime minister.
- CBI arrest Sanatan Sanstha member in connection with rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder: Virendra Tawde, the prime suspect, was nabbed in Navi Mumbai late on Friday.
- Two die in accident on board INS Vikramaditya: Four people repairing the sewage treatment unit reportedly inhaled toxic fumes.
- WhatsApp will now let users quote messages: The update has been introduced for Android beta testers for now but will soon be available to Android and iOS users.