The big news: Two dead in shooting at Florida nightclub, and nine other top stories
Navjot Singh Sidhu quit Rajya Sabha because he was told to stay away from Punjab, and after Narsingh Yadav, his sparring partner tested positive for doping.
A look at the headlines right now:
- At least two killed, 17 injured in a shooting at a Florida nightclub: Club Blu Bar and Grill in Fort Meyers was hosting a 'teen night' when the incident took place. One suspect has reportedly been detained.
- I resigned from the Rajya Sabha as I was asked to stay away from Punjab, says Navjot Singh Sidhu: The 53-year-old said no political party is above the state for him, but did not mention his plans for the future.
- Wrestling body head alleges conspiracy after Narsingh Yadav's sparring partner too fails doping test: The president of the Wrestling Federation of India said Yadav, who was to represent India at the Olympics, has not got a fair deal.
- Salman Khan acquitted in 1998 blackbuck and chinkara poaching cases: The actor moved the Rajasthan High Court after a lower court had sentenced the actor to one year's jail term in the blackbuck case and five years' imprisonment in the chinkara case.
- KP Oli steps down as prime minister of Nepal ahead of no-confidence vote in Parliament: The 64-year-old Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) leader said the country's Congress and the Maoists were conspiring against his government.
- Nine-member committee to look into AAP MP Bhagwant Mann's Parliament video: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has advised him to not attend the Monsoon Session till the panel submits in report in August.
- Israeli woman gangraped in Manali: Police have not made any arrests yet, and are going through local CCTV footage.
- US telecom major Verizon to buy Yahoo’s Internet business in $5-billion deal: The official announcement will be made on Monday, and the internet company’s CEO Marissa Mayer is expected to step down.
- At least 12 injured in Germany blast, police suspect attacker was killed in the explosion: According to local media, the incident took place near a wine bar at the entrance to an open-air music festival in Ansbach, near Nuremberg.
- At least 20 people killed in a suicide bomb blast in Baghdad's Shia district of Kadhimiya: In an another terror attack, three people were killed and at least 11 people were injured in an explosion in an open market in Abu Ghraib on Sunday.