The big news: Karnataka to release Cauvery water to some Tamil Nadu farmers, and 9 other top stories
Police said militants used civilians as shields during exchange of fire in Baramulla, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is on respiratory support.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Karnataka Assembly decides to release water to farmers in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery river basin: Officials said the resolution was passed unanimously as the level of water in the four reservoirs had risen, allowing them to meet farmers' request.
- Militants who attacked Baramulla Army camp used civilians as shields, say Jammu and Kashmir police: The Pakistani Army also violated the ceasefire in Poonch district on Monday morning, Defence Ministry officials said.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on respiratory support, says Apollo hospital: Social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy filed a petition in the Madras High Court, seeking details of AIADMK leader's health.
- India win 2nd test against New Zealand, reclaim No. 1 spot in ICC rankings: The hosts defeated the Kiwis by 178 runs to gain a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
- SC sentences Vikas and Vishal Yadav to 25 years in jail for Nitish Katara's murder: The bench of justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan also gave their aide Sukhdev Pehalwan 20 years in prison.
- National Green Tribunal website hacked in 'act of revenge against India Army's surgical strikes': A message from the hackers, replete with abusive language, said, 'We are Unbeatable...Now kiss the burn of Cyber War'.
- Coasts of Gujarat, Maharashtra on high alert after intel on two India-bound boats from Karachi: Intelligence agencies are believed to have shared the coordinates of the vessels with the state governments.
- Murder-accused Amarmani Tripathi's son Samajwadi Party's candidate for Nautanwa seat: Amanmani Tripathi's father is serving a life sentence for the murder of poet Madhumita Shukla, while he, too, is an accused in the case of his wife's death.
- Colombia dropped from Nobel Peace Prize list after country votes against ending war with rebels: Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, said the state was off his ‘credibility list’.
- Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group ties up with Dassault to help French firm invest in India for Rafale deal: The defence company has agreed to invest 50% of its earnings from the contract with the government to supply 36 units of the aircraft, as per a new rule.