A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Egypt’s Army conducts air strikes at suspected militant hideouts after mosque attack leaves 235 dead: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged to respond to the suicide attack at Al Rawdah Mosque in North Sinai with brutal force.  
  2. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says only Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya: He told a conclave of 2,000 Hindu saints, mutt heads and VHP leaders in Udupi, Karnataka, that he feels “victory is at hand”.  
  3. School in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district bars two girls from wearing a hijab on campus: The management of the Anand Bhawan School said wearing a headscarf was against its uniform rules, and that it runs on rules, not religious beliefs.  
  4. Drug pricing regulator asks Fortis for copies of bills for allegedly overcharging Gurugram patient: The hospital charged Jayant Singh nearly Rs 16 lakh for the treatment of his seven-year-old daughter, who died of dengue.  
  5. Saudi Arabia agrees to let UN aid workers return to Yemen but not ships with food, medicines: The UN had warned that millions could die in Yemen in the ‘largest famine the world has seen’ if aid was not allowed to enter the country.
  6. US asks Pakistan to rearrest Hafiz Saeed hours after his release from detention: The Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief, who was on house arrest since January, was allowed to leave earlier on Friday. 
  7. ‘You support a person or prepare to be called anti-national,’ BJP’s Shatrughan Sinha’s says in a jibe at Modi: The MP from Patna Sahib also criticised the government over demonetisation, GST and growing intolerance in the country.
  8. Six RSS workers sentenced to life in prison for killing CPI(M) leader in Kerala in 2002: The convicts had barged into an automobile showroom and hacked Thazheyil Ashraf to death, the prosecution told the Thalassery district court. 
  9. Brother of man found hanging at Jaipur fort claims it was murder, had nothing to do with ‘Padmavati’: The Jaipur Police also reportedly said that Chetan Saini’s death had no connection with the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film.  
  10. All buses and cabs plying at Delhi airport must run on CNG in six months, rules National Green Tribunal: The court asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to ensure the use of green-wall technology to reduce noise pollution.