A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Five injured, police detain at least 100 as Dalit communities protest in Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis called for a judicial inquiry into the clashes at Bhima Koregaon.   
  2. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announces norms on use of electoral bonds for political funding: The Centre will notify the norms today.   
  3. China defends ‘all-weather’ ally Pakistan after Donald Trump claims it protects terrorists: Beijing said the international community must acknowledge Islamabad’s contributions to the fight against terrorism.   
  4. IMA calls off nationwide strike after medical bill was referred to parliamentary panel: Doctors were protesting against the proposed National Medical Commission Bill, which the association called anti-people and anti-poor.   
  5. Haryana man arrested for allegedly killing six people in two hours: The police said the man used to be in the Army and appeared to be mentally unstable. 
  6. Three months after stampede, foot overbridge at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road railway station widened: Work on construction of two more foot overbridges, one by the Western Railways and another by the Army, is also underway.  
  7. AIADMK expels nine more TTV Dinakaran loyalists from party positions: So far, the party has removed nearly 200 cadres.  
  8. Man arrested at Mumbai airport for making bomb hoax call, claims he asked for ‘Bom-Del’ flight status: Vinod Moorjani said he called a helpline to find out the flight status as poor weather had delayed several flights in and out of Mumbai.
  9. Modi should not take credit for Saudi authorities’ Haj rules for women, says Owaisi: The prime minister said his government had changed the rule to allow women over 45 to travel for the pilgrimage without a male companion. 
  10. Bitter cold in US spreads to usually sunny Florida, temperatures hit record low in several cities: Mercury is 11 to 17 degrees Celsius below normal across the country east of the Rocky Mountains in West USA.