A look at the headlines right now:

  1. CBI raids Lalu Yadav’s homes, registers FIR over alleged corruption in IRCTC hotel allotment case: Searches were conducted at more than 12 locations in Delhi, Gurugram, Ranchi and Puri.
  2. Ganga, Yamuna lose living entity status as Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand HC order: The categorisation gave the rivers the same legal rights as human beings.
  3. Economic growth, counter-terrorism on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s G20 agenda: At least 76 police officers were injured on Thursday in clashes against the summit in Hamburg in Germany. 
  4. Police stop political parties from entering violence-hit Basirhat in West Bengal: Fresh clashes broke out on Friday, after which officers fired teargas shells and and began to baton-charge protestors.
  5. Women’s rights activist Trupti Desai, husband booked for caste atrocity, robbery: A former member of the Bhumata Ranragini has alleged that she had passed casteist remarks and had him beaten up.
  6. Microsoft confirms thousands of layoffs, mostly outside the US: The tech giant is shifting its sales strategy to focus more on cloud services than on its traditional server and desktop business.
  7. Actor Vikram Chatterjee, accused in model Sonika Chauhan’s death, arrested in Kolkata: The police said the TV celebrity had been absconding and trying to hide facts related to the case.
  8. Bengaluru Metro services resume after BMRCL officials and police hold negotiations: Namma Metro employees had called for a shutdown after the arrest of five of their colleagues following a scuffle with security personnel.
  9.  IndiGo rules out joint venture with government in Air India deal: Founder Rakesh Gangwal said the airline will not be able to bring value to the proposal.
  10. Niger Army kills 14 civilians they believed were Boko Haram militants, says official: The victims, all unarmed farmers, were in a restricted zone in a village near the Nigerian border when they were gunned down by a patrol party.