A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Shivpal Yadav resigns from UP cabinet, Samajwadi Party posts after meeting brother Mulayam Singh: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had stripped him of key ministerial posts soon after Shivpal replaced him as the Samajwadi Party chief. 
  2. Hillary Clinton back on campaign trail as Donald Trump catches up on opinion polls: ‘I had to admit that maybe a few days of rest would do me good’, the Democratic presidential candidate said.
  3. Five men gangrape two teenagers in a field in outer Delhi after beating up their friends: The police have arrested four of them and are verifying if they are juveniles.
  4. Fuel prices: Petrol up by 58 paise, diesel cheaper by 31 paise a litre: This means petrol will cost Rs 64.21 a litre and diesel will cost Rs 52.59 a litre in Delhi.
  5. Two Muslim men assaulted in Delhi for carrying animal remains after Bakr-Eid: Four men have been arrested – all of them suspected to be gau rakshaks.
  6. During Cauvery row, Karnataka fights chikungunya epidemic as 911 people test positive for disease: Data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shows the state currently has more than 50% of the total number of suspected cases in the country.
  7. India requests Pakistan to speed up 26/11 attack trials: In a letter Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar asked his counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry ‘to cooperate through legal channels’.
  8. Malaysia confirms debris found near Tanzania is from the missing aircraft: Investigators are studying the debris, an outboard flap, for more clues.
  9. Ordnance factory refuses to divulge details of pump action guns under RTI for security reasons: Human rights activist Venkatesh Nayak had filed an application to know details about the weapon, its efficacy and types of cartridges that can be used.
  10. Vijay Mallya can return to India by applying for Emergency Certificate, says External Affairs Ministry: Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said their embassies provided this facility especially to grant citizens with requisite travel documents.