A look at the headlines right now:

  1. At least 22 dead, 35 injured in stampede on a foot-over bridge in Mumbai, Centre orders inquiry: Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal reached Mumbai to take stock of the situation.
  2. Arun Jaitley is making attacks personal, I don’t need a job at my age, says Yashwant Sinha: The former finance minister said it was a ‘cheap trick’ if the government had asked his son, Union minister Jayant Sinha, to to counter his claims.   
  3. Twenty-three men allegedly abduct, rape woman in Rajasthan’s Bikaner: Six people have been arrested so far. 
  4. US asks countries to suspend weapons sale to Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis: However, Washington stopped short of threatening to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar that were revoked under the Barack Obama administration.   
  5. I will resign if I am asked to go on leave, says Banaras Hindu University vice chancellor: Girish Chandra Tripathi said it would be insulting to go on leave two months before his tenure ended.   
  6. Turkey asks its citizens to leave Iraq’s Kurdish region, warns of sanctions after referendum results: The Turkish administration faces a separatist insurgency from its Kurdish minority and fears the poll’s result in Iraq could encourage the community.   
  7. Centre says it will maintain gross borrowing target of Rs 2.08 lakh crore for October-March: Arun Jaitley asked public sector enterprises to give “liberal dividends” to the government so that it could use the funds to improve infrastructure.   
  8. Russia and Turkey push for a ‘de-escalation zone’ to end civil war in Syria: Moscow and Ankara have been on opposing sides during the violence that has destroyed much of the country for over six years.   
  9. Sweeper at private school in Gurugram arrested for allegedly molesting two Class 3 students: A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered.   
  10. Sitar used by The Beatles’ George Harrison auctioned for $62,500 in United States: The name of the winning bidder is yet to be announced.