The big news: Modi inaugurates India’s longest bridge Dhola Sadiya in Assam, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Centre banned the sale of cattle for slaughter across the country, and Uzma Ahmad called Pakistan a ‘well of death’ as she returned home.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Dhola Sadiya, India’s longest bridge, in Assam: The 9.15-km-long structure is expected to cut the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from six hours to one hour.
- Centre bans the sale of cattle for slaughter at markets across the country: The new rules require cattle traders to give an undertaking that the animals are only being sold for agricultural purposes.
- Pakistan a ‘well of death’, says Indian who returns after allegedly being forced to wed a Pakistani: However, Sushma Swaraj said the country’s foreign office and home ministry had cooperated and helped Uzma Ahmad return to India.
- The spirit of tolerance is what makes us Indians, says Pranab Mukherjee: The outgoing president said Indians need to choose between defining ourselves as a nation of vibrant or partisan views.
- Donald Trump tells Nato members they ‘owe massive amounts of money’: He claimed 23 of the 28 nations in the alliance were not paying what they should and this was not fair to US taxpayers.
- CBSE results will be out ‘on time’, says HRD minister Prakash Javadekar: However, the board has not announced a date for the results yet.
- Man used as ‘human shield’ moves state human rights body against Army honouring the accused officer: Pakistan condemned India’s decision to award Major Nitin Gogoi and urged the United Nations to take cognisance of the act.
- Several injured as violence breaks out during BJP protest march in Kolkata: Police personnel resorted to using teargas shells, water cannons and batons against the party workers.
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says she met Narendra Modi to discuss development, not politics: The Trinamool leader said the state’s debt situation and export duty matters with Bangladesh were part of the meeting’s agenda.
- UK police stops sharing information with US after Manchester attack investigation data leak: US President Donald Trump vowed to launch a probe into the ‘deeply troubling’ breach.