The big news: Saharanpur’s two top officials sacked after fresh clashes, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Pakistan Air Force chief warned of befitting reply to any ‘misadventure’, and three more were arrested in connection with Manchester attack.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Saharanpur district magistrate and SSP sacked after several Dalit-Thakur clashes: One person has died and several have been injured in violence in the Uttar Pradesh district.
- Will respond to any ‘misadventure’ in a befitting manner, says Pakistan Air Chief Marshal: Chief of Air Force Staff Sohail Aman reportedly said Islamabad’s response would be remembered by future generations.
- Police arrest three more in connection with Manchester attack: Reports claimed that the suicide bomber Salman Abedi was not working alone, and had used a device built by someone else.
- Cabinet approves scrapping of 25-year-old Foreign Investment Promotion Board: The organisation, which was set up during liberalisation, used to scrutinise FDI proposals.
- Lionel Messi gets 21-month jail sentence for tax fraud: The Argentinian and his father Jorge Horacio Messi were guilty of avoiding taxes that amounted to €4.16 million.
- Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ resigns: The country’s Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba will take over.
- Six Muslim passengers detained for typing ‘bomb’ instead of Bombay in a WhatsApp text are released: One of them was informing a friend that they had reached the city’s CST station, but a co-passenger told police they saw him writing ‘Bomb’ in his message.
- Two Chinese nationals abducted in Balochistan: One Chinese woman escaped, but a passer-by suffered gunshot injuries.
- MDMK’s Vaiko granted bail in 2009 sedition case: Vaiko had been charged under IPC sections 124 (sedition) and 153A for a speech he had given in 2009 while releasing his book.
- Court asks CBSE not to declare Neet results after plea alleges disparity in question papers: The students’ writ petition demanded a common English test with several translations, after saying that the regional language papers were different.