A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Mani Shankar Aiyar held secret meetings with Pakistan, says Modi during election rally in Palanpur: The prime minister accused Pakistan of helping the Congress and interfering in the Assembly polls.
  2. Actor Zaira Wasim alleges co-passenger harassed her on flight, Air Vistara says inquiry underway: ‘We will support Zaira in every way required,’ the airline tweeted.
  3. Six-year-old girl raped and murdered in Haryana’s Hisar district, local residents protest: An autopsy found that the rapists had inserted a wooden stick in her body, and she bore multiple injuries and scratch marks all over her.
  4. Congress’ charge that voting machines in Gujarat were tampered using Bluetooth are ‘baseless’, says EC: The device that the complainant’s mobile phone detected on Bluetooth was not a voting machine but another mobile phone, the Election Commission said.
  5. Gurugram’s Fortis Hospital faces FIR after dengue death, Haryana starts process to cancel land lease: The hospital had violated terms and conditions of its land agreement, Health Minister Anil Vij said.
  6. Two brothers lynched at a religious function in Malda, West Bengal, say police: The incident took place on Friday after one of the brothers fired in the air to stop the event at Kaliachak block in Sujapur village.
  7. BJP leader, 3 others arrested in Tamil Nadu for allegedly vandalising prayer hall, says report: A case has been registered against the pastor also.
  8. Hundreds of students using drugs, dozens addicted, says IIT Kanpur as it begins counselling sessions: Some security guards, students and nearby locals are likely to be involved in peddling of drugs on the campus, officials said.
  9. Top UN official visits North Korea, urges for ‘open channels’ to avoid conflict: There can only be a diplomatic solution to the situation in the Korean peninsula, Political Affairs Under-Secretary General Jeffrey Feltman said.
  10. India heading towards civil war, riots have entered home, says Kanhaiya Kumar: Violence has been ‘normalised’ and basic necessities such as food, clothing and shelter, are being ignored, the student leader said.