The big news: 22 dead in suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena in UK, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: A Bangladesh party urged the EC not to use EVMs in 2019 general polls, and the Army officer who used a civilian as human shield was honoured.
A look at the headlines right now:
- At least 22 people killed in explosion at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester: At least 59 others were injured in the incident.
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party urges Election Commission not to use EVMs in 2019 general elections: Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda assured the party leaders that the machines would not be used if any political party raised doubts about them.
- Army honours officer accused of using civilian as human shield in Jammu & Kashmir: Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat gave Major Nitin Gogoi a commendation card.
- Muslim law board says it will tell Qazis to advise grooms against triple talaq: The NGO said it would urge those getting married to exclude the provision for that method of divorce in marriage contracts.
- NHRC seeks report from director general of police on Jharkhand lynching incident: The commission condemned the ‘unpleasant’ incident and said that the state’s law enforcing agencies have failed to carry out their duties.
- UP government recommends CBI inquiry into IAS officer’s death: The police filed a murder case against unidentified people.
- Arun Jaitley files another defamation suit against Kejriwal after Ram Jethmalani calls him a ‘crook’: The senior lawyer had said he used the word against the Union minister on specific instructions from the Delhi CM.
- Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and two others sentenced to two years in prison: Managing director of Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd PK Ahluwalia will have to serve a three-year jail term in the same case.
- China maintains that India cannot join NSG: The foreign ministry spokesperson said China had not changed its mind about non-NPT countries joining the 48-member group.
- ‘Rajinikanth is not Tamil’, Fringe outfits protest after the actor hinted at joining politics: The police placed over 25 people under preventive custody on Monday.