The big news: Vijay Rupani takes oath as Gujarat chief minister, and nine other top stories
BJP demanded action against men who shot senior RSS leader in Punjab, and eight teachers quit an Allahabad school after the national anthem was banned.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Vijay Rupani sworn in as chief minister of Gujarat: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Patel is the new deputy chief minister of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.
- Senior RSS leader shot at in Punjab, SIT set up to investigate attack: Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja (retired) was in critical condition after sustaining three bullet injuries.
- Allahabad school principal resigns after ban on national anthem ahead of Independence Day: Reports said that eight teachers at the institution also quit.
- Financial Technology founder Jignesh Shah granted bail in NSEL scam: A special court that deals with cases related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act set his bail bond at Rs 2 lakh.
- Twenty-six blackbucks die in Telangana after reportedly eating pesticide-laced crop: Their bodies were sent for postmortems and tissue given for forensic examinations.
- Three juveniles detained for molesting pregnant Myanmar woman in Delhi: Police said the incident took place when she was walking home in Sitapuri Extension.
- Thailand votes for new Constitution, results to be declared later on Sunday: The army had revoked the former Constitution when it took over power in a coup in 2014. The country's general elections will take place 2017.
- Mumbai man assaulted in Peshawar jail, Sushma Swaraj asks Indian High Commissioner to seek report: Hamir Ansari’s family asked the government to ensure his safe return after he was attacked for the third time in prison.
- Two dead, several feared trapped after two-storey building collapses in Bhiwandi: Four people have been rescued so far, while officials said seven or eight more are suspected to be caught under debris.
- Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel briefly detained in Delhi after Kolkata Police issue lookout notice: The Calcutta High Court on Friday had asked the police department to suspend their investigation into the sting video case till the next hearing on August 19.