A look at the headlines right now:

  1. CBI arrests former PNB deputy general manager and two others: Gokulnath Shetty, single window operator Manoj Kharat and authorised signatory of the Nirav Modi Group of Firms Hemant Bhat will be produced in a special court.
  2. FBI admits it failed to act on a warning about the Florida shooter: The agency had been made aware in September 2017 of a disturbing comment Nikolas Cruz had made online, and then in January it received a call on its tipline.  
  3. Enforcement Directorate arrests Karti Chidambaram’s chartered accountant in INX Media case: S Bhaskararaman has been remanded to custodial interrogation for five days.  
  4. Thirteen Russians indicted for attempting to interfere in 2016 presidential election: A few of them were reportedly in contact with ‘unwitting individuals associated with the Donald Trump’s campaign’, the prosecutors said. 
  5. Dalit activist in Gujarat dies after he immolated himself to protest against delay in land allotment: The Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch has threatened to block the Ahmedabad-Mehsana highway if Bhanu Vankar’s ‘murderers’ are not identified by 4 pm on Saturday.
  6. In Madurai, man sets schoolgirl on fire for rejecting his marriage proposal: The police have formed special teams to trace accused S Balamurugan.
  7. WhatsApp gets NPCI nod to launch payments service in India for one million users: The full feature product shall be released after the beta test is successful, the National Payments Corporation of India said.  
  8. Seven workers die while cleaning underground drainage tank in Andhra Pradesh: Officials said the labourers died because they inhaled poisonous gas.  
  9. Toll rises to five in Bengaluru building collapse, police arrest co-owner and civic body official: Rescue operations will continue on Saturday as the police said two more people were trapped under the debris.
  10. Powerful earthquake strikes southern Pacific coast of Mexico, no casualties reported: Houses were damaged in the town of Santa Maria Chimalapas and walls collapsed in Jamiltepec town.