A look at the headlines right now:

  1. After Nawaz Sharif's UNGA speech, India asks if ending terror is ‘unacceptable’ condition for talks: Sharif said Pakistan had gone the ‘extra mile’ on Kashmir and called Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani a ‘leader’.
  2. Karnataka will defer release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, says CM Siddaramaiah: The state government reached its decision after convening an all-party meeting to discuss the dispute after the Supreme Court's latest order in the matter.
  3. Jammu & Kashmir High Court refuses ban on pump action guns, affirms its use for crowd control: The Centre has been criticised heavily for deaths and injuries caused by pellets from the guns during the ongoing crisis in the state.
  4. Kairana migration caused by worsening law and order situation, not communal issue: Human rights body: People from Muzaffarnagar settling in the UP town after the 2013 riots had changed the demography and made it a Muslim-majority region, the NHRC found.
  5. MEA summons Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, hands over evidence from Uri attack: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the siege shows that the terror machinery in the neighbouring country is still thriving.
  6. Emergency declared in Charlotte, North Carolina, after protestor is killed in clash with police: Around 16 police officers were also injured as demonstrators protested the fatal shooting of African-American man.
  7. Blogger arrested in West Bengal for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam: A local Trinamool Congress leader had filed an FIR against Tarak Biswas with the Howrah Police.
  8. Cabinet advances Union Budget by a month, merges railway and annual budgets from next year: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the actual date of presenting the Budget will be decided after taking into consideration Assembly election dates.
  9. Flipkart says it now has more than 100 million registered users: The Indian e-commerce platform said it was the first firm outside USA or China to achieve this record.
  10. IISc-Bangalore climbs 50 spots in world university rankings: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2016-’17 rated it in the 201-250 band, making it the country's highest-ranked institution.