A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Four athletes killed in road accident on Delhi-Panipat highway, two weightlifters injured, say reports: The dense smog may have been a factor that led to the accident, police officials said.  
  2. Lalu Prasad Yadav accuses BJP of ‘fixing’ him soon after his sentencing in fodder scam case: A CBI court in Ranchi sentenced the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief to 3.5 years in jail and fined him Rs 10 lakh.
  3. Uttarakhand CM asks madrassas to put up portraits of PM, institutes refuse citing religion: Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat asked the madrassas to ‘give up their conservatism on the issue’ and look at it ‘from an Indian point of view’.     
  4. Uttar Pradesh Haj Committee office’s boundary wall repainted white a day after it was made saffron: Critics had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in ‘politics of colour’.
  5. Policeman on life support after being attacked by mob in West Bengal during a raid, seven arrested: The police were targeted when they went to Bargarchomukh village in Shyampur to arrest an accused in a property dispute case. 
  6. Atheists and rationalists all over the world are under threat, says DMK MP Kanimozhi: No religion treats women as equal to men, she said.   
  7. UIDAI official files FIR against The Tribune and its reporter over Aadhaar data breach story, says report: The FIR also names the people who reporter Rachna Khaira contacted during the course of her reporting.
  8. Massive fire damages Cinevista studio in Mumbai: No injuries or casualties have been reported.
  9. Mojo’s Bistro owner arrested after fire department says restaurant was source of Kamala Mills blaze: Earlier on Saturday, the Mumbai Police booked Yug Pathak and the other owners of the resto-pub.
  10. Malaysia to resume search for missing flight MH370 in southern Indian Ocean: A US exploration firm will look for the wreckage on a ‘no cure, no fee’ basis, which means the company will only get paid if it finds the plane.