The big news: LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti face Babri Masjid trial, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Sasikala and Dinakaran have been booted out as an AIADMK merger looms, and Trump signed an order that will make getting an H-1B visa harder.
A look at the headlines right now:
- LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti to face trial in Babri Masjid case as SC restores conspiracy charges: The bench excluded Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh from its judgement.
- Sasikala and Dinakaran booted out as AIADMK factions move closer to merger: Finance Minister D Jayakumar said 1.5 crore AIADMK cadres wanted the family kept away from all party affairs.
- US President Donald Trump signs executive order making it harder to get H-1B visas: Indians are the largest recipients of these work authorisations.
- Former liquor baron Vijay Mallya gets bail after his arrest in London: ‘Usual Indian media hype. Extradition hearing in Court started today as expected,’ he said on Twitter.
- Ontario’s resolution on 1984 riots is ‘exaggeration of facts’, Arun Jaitley tells his Canadian counterpart: Harjit Singh Sajjan, the finance minister in the Trudeau government, said the motion was made by a private member and did not reflect the government’s stand.
- Petrol pump to stay closed on Sundays in eight states: These are Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Haryana.
- Hindi to become compulsory up to Class 10 in CBSE schools and Kendriya Vidyalayas: A Presidential order said the Centre must consult state governments while making changes in the curriculum.
- Delhi court reserves order after Jagdish Tytler refuses lie-detector test in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Witness and arms dealer Abhishek Verma has sought protection and offered his conditional consent to undergo the test.
- BJP leader Shazia Ilmi files FIR against AAP supporters for abusing her on social media: She said she was targeted by Arvind Kejriwal’s party because of the MCD polls.
- Hyderabad reels under severe heat, mercury rises to 10-year high of 43 degrees Celsius: The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an alert for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh till Wednesday.