A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Voting begins for 69 seats in third phase of Uttar Pradesh elections: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav is contesting from Kannauj.
  2. Edappadi Palaniswami becomes the Tamil Nadu chief minister after winning trust vote 122-11: DMK Working President MK Stalin submitted a letter to the governor against how the vote was conducted.
  3. SP leader Amanmani Tripathi killed his wife in 2015, then faked a car crash to evade suspicion, says CBI: He also physically tortured her while they were married, the agency said in its chargesheet.
  4. Neiphiu Rio slated to be the next Nagaland CM, MLAs huddle at a resort near Kaziranga: Earlier, 42 MLAs had supported Shurhozelie Liezietsu to succeed Chief Minister TR Zeliang, but they have now been moved out of the state.
  5. Pakistan lists Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed and aide under Anti-Terrorism Act: Their inclusion on the fourth schedule restricts their movement within the country, a report said.
  6. Squash star Joshna Chinappa progresses to quarter-finals of Cleveland Classic: The other Indian in the event, Sachika Ingale, failed to go beyond the qualification phase.
  7. 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.
  8. GST council approves draft of compensation law: The finance minister said he hoped all other laws under the GST constitutional amendment will be passed in the rest of the Budget session.
  9. Volcano on Andaman and Nicobar Islands is active again: Barren Island volcano is India’s only active one, and was dormant for 150 years before it showed signs of ‘intermittent activity’ in 1991.
  10. One killed and at least 20 injured after train derails in Belgium: A carriage fell to its side shortly after the train left Brussels station.