A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Early trends show BJP in the lead as counting for the MCD polls results continues across 35 centres: Exit polls had predicted a clean sweep for the saffron party.
  2. AIADMK’s TTV Dinakaran arrested for attempting to bribe Election Commission official: The party leader’s longtime aide Mallikarjuna has also been taken into custody, though his role in the cash-for-symbol scandal is not clear yet.
  3. Sensex hits all-time high, Nifty soars past 9,300 mark after early trends show BJP win in MCD polls: Wipro and Gail were the top gainers on both indices.
  4. Neighbouring states seal borders with Chhattisgarh to ‘flush out’ Maoists behind Sukma ambush: Border areas of Odisha, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have been put on high alert.
  5. North Korea conducts major live-fire drill even as US sends a submarine to South Korea: President Donald Trump will join his Senate for a briefing on the isolated nation today.
  6. CBI files FIR against former director Ranjit Sinha in coal scam case: He allegedly met a few prime accused at his house, and tried to influence the investigation into the case.
  7. Centre cautions states against leak of Aadhaar data: The Information and Technology ministry said such breaches could attract jail term of up to three years.
  8. States will decide whether to scrap ‘grace marks’ policy, clarifies Centre: Boards should not be in a race to increase marks and sky-touching grades should be replaced with genuine scores, said the human resource development minister.
  9. BJP chief Amit Shah launches ‘Mission Bengal’ from Naxalbari village: Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee downplayed the event and accused the saffron party of trying to divide people along religious lines.
  10. Bombay High Court grants bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in 2008 Malegaon blast case: The bench denied relief to Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was the other prime accused in the case.