A look at the headlines right now:

  1. RSS sacks leader who offered Rs 1-crore bounty on the head of Kerala chief minister: Kundan Chandrawat had retracted his offer on Thursday night saying he had made an ‘emotional statement’.
  2. Schoolchildren will no longer get their midday meals unless they enrol for Aadhaar, says Centre: An HRD ministry notification says students of Classes 1 to 8 must sign up for the identity number by June 30.
  3. China will take care of India’s concerns if Tawang is handed over, says former boundary negotiator: The British government created the border dispute, we should not let the ghosts of colonialism continue to haunt our bilateral relations, said Dai Bingguo.
  4. Pakistan will not extradite alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, Sartaj Aziz tells Senate: The foreign affairs adviser said a case was being prepared against the Indian national who was arrested from Balochistan in March 2016.
  5. Soldier who exposed ‘sahayak system’ in Army found dead near Nashik camp: Lance Naik Roy Mathew had featured in a clip that highlighted the prevalent ‘buddy system’ from the British era at the Deolali Cantonment.
  6. Ambedkarite scholar Krishna Kiravale found dead in his Kolhapur home: The former head of the Marathi department at Shivaji University was known for his extensive work on Dalit literature.
  7. Bitcoin price surges ahead of gold value for the first time: Experts attributed the rise to a strong demand in China after Beijing’s imposed restrictions on the metal’s import.
  8. Jane Fonda reveals she was raped, sexually abused as a child: In an interview to The Edit, the two-time Oscar-winning actor said she was happy to see female stars fighting for equal pay now.
  9. A Delhi University college has postponed all of its programmes after the Ramjas College fracas: No event will be held on campus till further notice, the principal of Shri Ventakeshwara College Principal P said.
  10. Opposition claims Kerala Budget was leaked, walks out of Assembly: Ramesh Chennithala read out excerpts from the document during a parallel media briefing.