A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Mother Teresa to be canonised today, thousands gather at Vatican as Pope hails her work: Supporters in Kolkata have organised special screening and prayer sessions, while the Indian delegation, including Sushma Swaraj, has reached Rome.
  2. Rajnath Singh says all-party delegation will meet again after Kashmir visit: Home Ministry officials said the minister had also approved the use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd control in the state.
  3. Sacked AAP minister Sandeep Kumar arrested for rape after woman in incriminating video complains: The woman said she had gone to him for help with her ration card a year ago when he spiked her drink and assaulted her while taping the act.
  4. India defeat higher-ranked Puerto Rico 4-1 in a friendly football match in Mumbai: Sunil Chhetri struck two well-directed free kicks in the first half, resulting in a comfortable victory for India.
  5. Muslim law board faces flak for saying triple talaq is ‘not appreciated’, but allowed under Shariat: Activists have decried as ‘obstinate and rigid’ the body’s stand that the practice cannot be done away with ‘in the name of social reforms’.
  6. Ahead of G20 summit, China ratifies Paris climate change agreement: The proposal to adopt the accord suggested that the step will help Beijing play a ‘bigger role in global climate governance’.
  7. India offers Vietnam $5-m grant for software park, $500-m credit line for defence cooperation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed 12 agreements with his counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in areas ranging from health to defence and space research.
  8. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares ‘state of lawlessness’ in country after Davao blast: The head of the state, however, clarified that he was not declaring martial law in the country following the attack that killed 14 civilians.
  9. ED attaches Vijay Mallya's properties and shares worth Rs 6,600 crore: A Bengaluru apartment, a mall under construction and a farmhouse in Maharashtra were among the properties attached by the agency.
  10. ‘Anachronistic land law’ to be blamed for the method adopted to acquire land in Singur, says CPM: The Left party said ‘the administrative and political mistakes in this regard proved costly’.