The big news: Haryana Police arrest Honeypreet Insan in Punjab, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: A jawan and two militants were killed in Srinagar, and Karnataka SIT said it has identified the murderers of Gauri Lankesh.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Haryana Police arrest Honeypreet Insan, 38 days after she went missing: Earlier, she told India Today she was depressed and would ask for legal advice regarding her surrender.
- One jawan killed as militants attack BSF camp near Srinagar airport: Three jawans were injured, and two attackers were killed, reports said.
- We know who killed Gauri Lankesh, says Karnataka home minister: Ramalinga Reddy, however, refused to go into details as the investigation and process of collecting evidence is still on.
- Kerala High Court cannot annul marriage of an adult woman, says Supreme Court in the alleged conversion case: Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Hadiya’s father cannot insist on her custody.
- Safety audits to begin at suburban railway stations days after stampede kills 23 in Mumbai: Thirteen teams have been prepared to carry out inspections during peak hours to determine the problems faced by commuters everyday.
- India urges United Nations to adopt global treaty against terrorism, gets Chinese support: New Delhi called for ‘genuine political will’ to combat the terror threats that are growing exponentially.
- Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who discovered gravitational waves: Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S Thorne helped realise a vision that is almost 50 years old, the committee said.
- American musician Tom Petty dies at 66 after a cardiac arrest: The singer-songwriter was found unconscious at his home in Malibu before being hospitalised at the UCLA Medical Centre.
- Divisive ads reached 10 million people before and after US presidential elections, says Facebook: The company submitted more than 3,000 advertisements, that were paid for by a Russian agency, to the United States Congress on Monday.
- Nawaz Sharif re-elected president of his party after Pakistan’s Parliament amends law: The Opposition protested the passage of the Election Act 2017 in the National Assembly, and tore up copies of the legislation.