The big news: Pakistani prisoners' release stayed after Jadhav's death sentence, and 9 other stories
In other headlines: California school shooting left three including a student dead, and Somali pirates took nine Indian crew members of a ship hostage.
A look at the headlines right now:
- India stays release of 12 Pakistan prisoners after Kulbhushan Jadhav is sentenced to death: They were to be repatriated on Wednesday.
- Man opens fire in California school, kills wife, a student and then himself: One more student was injured in the incident that took place in a classroom which had 15 children with special needs.
- Somali security forces free hijacked Indian cargo ship, pirates take nine crew members hostage: They told Reuters that they would use the men to free more than hundred pirates lodged in Indian prisons.
- Lok Sabha passes amendments to Motor Vehicles Act that includes heavy fines for traffic violators: Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Bill seeks to save lives, crack down on fake driving licences and bring in transparency to the sector.
- EC postpones Anantnag bye-elections to May 25: The decision comes after violence marred the Srinagar bye-polls on Sunday.
- United Airlines drags passenger out of an overbooked flight, social media outraged: The airlines apologised for the ‘overbook situation’, but not for the incident.
- Personal laws such as triple talaq cannot deny Muslim women their rights, says Centre: In an affidavit, it has urged the Supreme Court to examine whether practices such as nikah halala and polygamy were, indeed, an intrinsic part of Islam.
- It was an indefensible slip on my part, Tarun Vijay says about ‘black South Indians’ remark: The word ‘black’ was not used in reference to any other state – it was, like we say in Hindi – people of all colours are around us, said the BJP leader.
- Madhya Pradesh stares at prohibition as CM says all liquor shops will slowly be shut down: Stocks of nine companies incurred heavy losses after the announcement.
- Colson Whitehead wins Pulitzer fiction award, The New York Times gets three for journalism: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and The Miami Herald were honoured for explanatory reporting for their Panama Papers scoop.
