A look at the headlines right now:

  1. No room in India for intolerant Indians, says Pranab Mukherjee: The president, in a veiled manner, took a dig at all those politicians who criticised Kargil soldier’s daughter Gurmehar Kaur for speaking her mind.
  2. Centre may bring demands for ‘azaadi’ under sedition law, hints Venkaiah Naidu: The Union minister said shouting ‘anti-national’ slogans at universities was an attempt ‘to create a divisive mindset, and we have the right to condemn it’.
  3. BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav puts out new video, says he is being targeted: The constable claimed the force had taken away his phone and was trying to show he had connections in Pakistan.
  4. India will have the world’s largest Muslim population by 2050, finds Pew study: Followers of Islam are also expected to exceed the number of Christians by the end of this century.
  5. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuses himself from 2016 presidential election investigation: The decision came a day after the Washington Post reported that he had met the Russian Ambassador twice last year, while he was with Trump’s campaign.
  6. Indian athlete in US is charged with sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl: Tanveer Hussain had been in the news after initially being denied a visa to participate in the World Snowshoe Championships in New York.
  7. RSS spokesperson announces a Rs 1-crore bounty on Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s head: Kundan Chandrawat of the outfit’s Madhya Pradesh unit blamed the Left leader of killing BJP and RSS workers.
  8. JNU administration orders removal of poster seeking ‘freedom for Kashmir’: The illustration is believed to have been put up by members of the Democratic Students Union, an image of which was later circulated by the ABVP.
  9. Jat quota agitators have reached Delhi and are threatening to paralyse the city if they aren’t heard: The community also wants the government to free those arrested for the violence in February 2016.
  10. BJP wants female security personnel at ‘sensitive’ UP polling booths to check IDs of burqa-clad women: The step will minimise incidents of bogus voting, the party said in a letter to the chief election commissioner.