A look at the headlines right now:

  1. SC allows ‘Padmaavat’ to be released in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan: The states banning the film were destroying the federal structure, senior advocate Harish Salve said.
  2. India test-fires nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-V from Abdul Kalam island: The weapon has a strike range of over 5,000 kilometres.
  3. Tripura to vote on February 18, Meghalaya and Nagaland on February 27, counting of votes on March 3: Each candidate will have a poll campaign expenditure limit of Rs 20 lakh.
  4. 8-year-old boy killed in cross fire between police and suspects in Mathura: The Adityanath government sanctioned a financial aid of Rs 5 lakh to the minor’s family from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
  5. Efforts being made to resolve rift in judiciary, SC judge Chelameswar tells The Economic Times: Dissenting judges went to the press to ensure that the matters were addressed, Justice Jasti Chelameswar said.
  6. SC’s Constitution bench to continue hearing petitions against Aadhaar on Thursday: During the hearing on Wednesday, the petitioners’ counsel claimed that the government’s programme ‘inverts the relationship between the citizen and the state’.
  7. Class 1 student in hospital after senior allegedly attacks him with knife in Lucknow school toilet: The boy told his parents a girl with ‘boy-cut hairstyle’ took him into the toilet and attacked him.
  8. BSF jawan killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in Jammu, says Army: The administration has not started an evacuation of the area yet, an official said.
  9. Opposition parties call Centre’s decision to withdraw Haj subsidy arbitrary and selective: Some Muslim organisations said that there should be competitive bidding among airlines to ferry Haj pilgrims.  
  10. Oil tanker catches fire off Gujarat coast, all 26 crew members rescued: It is not clear yet if there was any oil spill.