The big news: SC extends all Aadhaar-linking deadlines to March 31, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: The Congress rejected the exit poll results that predicted wins for the BJP, and the Winter Session of Parliament begins today.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Supreme Court agrees to extend all Aadhaar deadlines, including with mobile numbers, to March 31: The five-judge Constitution bench issued the interim order, agreeing to the Centre’s submissions.
- Exit polls predict a comfortable win for BJP in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh: The Congress rejected the results and said these polls have been wrong in the past.
- Winter Session begins today, bills on triple talaq, financial resolution likely to come up: The controversial end to the Assembly elections in Gujarat is expected to affect the proceedings in Parliament.
- United States communications regulator repeals net neutrality rules in 3-2 vote: Internet service providers can now speed up or slow down user access to websites and charge consumers according to the services they use.
- EU urges Myanmar to release two Reuters journalists arrested for covering Rohingya crisis: At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed violently in one month, said Medecins Sans Frontieres.
- Over 50 detained after protestors supporting Rajasthan murder accused clash with police in Udaipur: The protests began after a Facebook post called for demonstrations in support of Shambulal Regar, the man who killed a Muslim labourer in Rajsamand.
- If the media misuses its freedom, the law will have to step in, says Venkaiah Naidu: The vice president said ‘paid news’ has become a menace for society today.
- At least half the world’s population has no access to essential health services, finds WHO: Each year, several households are pushed into poverty because they have to pay for healthcare, the report said.
- Court sentences convict in Kerala student’s rape and murder to death: The 29-year-old student was found raped and murdered in her home in Ernakulam on April 28, 2016.
- Government has till March 1 to set up special courts to try cases against lawmakers: The Supreme Court told the Centre to divide the cost to set up these 12 courts among the states where they will be established.