A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Modi thanks Delhi for its ‘faith’ in BJP after it sweeps MCD polls: State Congress chief Ajay Maken resigned, and Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the PM’s party on their victory.
  2. Sasikala posters taken down at AIADMK headquarters in Chennai: Meanwhile, a De;hi court sent her nephew TTV Dinakaran to five days in police custody.
  3. No taxes to be imposed on agricultural income, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says: The Centre disagreed with the Niti Aayog’s proposal to tax farm income.
  4. 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.
  5. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s administration ordered Sarin gas attack, says French intelligence: Assad, however, had denied allegations that his forces were responsible for the chemical attack.
  6. Facebook takes down videos 24 hours after Thai man live-streams daughter’s murder, his suicide: The social media company said there was ‘no place for content of this kind’ on its platforms.
  7. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje says those responsible for Alwar lynching will not be spared: The victim Pehlu Khan’s family has blamed the state government of shielding the accused.
  8. Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla says he has faced racial abuse in India many times: Feelings of regionalism and secessionism stemmed from the discrimination that people from the North East face in the rest of the country, he added.
  9. Uttar Pradesh government scraps 15 public holidays: State employees can avail these using their restricted holiday quota.
  10. Not my idea to use polystyrene sheets to stop evaporation, says Tamil Nadu minister after mockery: ‘There is no system in any government where a minister does such things suo motu,’ State Cooperatives Minister Sellur K Raju said.