The big news: Palaniswami wins trust vote after DMK expelled from Assembly, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: A North Korean was arrested in connection with Kim Jong-nam's murder, and the landmark Hindu marriage Bill was passed by Pakistan's senate.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Live: Palaniswami wins trust vote 122-11 after DMK expelled and Congress walks out of Assembly: DMK Working President MK Stalin is going on a hunger strike to protest the ‘lack of democracy’ of the vote.
- North Korean arrested in connection with Kim Jong-nam assassination case: Officials said they conducted a second autopsy since the first examination proved inconclusive.
- Pakistan senate passes landmark Hindu Marriage Bill: A proponent of the law said it would help deter forced conversions in the country.
- Arunachal Pradesh: Kalikho Pul’s widow demands CBI probe into his death: Dangwimsai Pul alleged that her family was getting threats from the state government and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Bangladesh government revokes NoC issued to Irrfan Khan-starrer Doob: No Bed of Roses: Director Mostofa Sarwar Farroki condemned the ban and said that he will take the matter to court.
- Malayalam actor allegedly abducted, driver arrested: The complainant told the police that a group of men waylaid her car, took photos of her during the incident and fled at Palarivattom, Kerala.
- Trump administration considering allowing the National Guard to act against illegal immigrants: The White House has called the report false, and he also Donald Trump called the media the ‘enemy of the American people’.
- Centre suspends plans to build wall along India-Pakistan border in Jammu: An official said India will focus on building a ‘smart fence’ that detects infiltrations.
- US auction house to sell Adolf Hitler’s wartime telephone over the weekend: Although the bidding price starts from $100,000, Alexander Historical Auctions officials hope that the device can fetch $300,000.
- Pakistan lists JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, four others under anti-terrorism act: The Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 empowers the government to mark a person as “proscribed” and to place that person on the fourth schedule on an ex-parte basis.