The big news: Protesting farmers reach Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: At least five are feared dead in a forest fire in Tamil Nadu, and three suspected militants were killed in an encounter in Anantnag.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Protesting farmers hold off plan to block Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai till they meet CM Devendra Fadnavis: They walked around 18 km from Somaiya Grounds in Sion to Azad Maidan in South Mumbai so students appearing for exams on Monday are not inconvenienced.
- At least nine trekkers feared dead in forest fire in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district: There are varying figures on the number of people trapped in the flames in the Bodi forest region.
- Three suspected militants killed in gunfight with security forces in Anantnag: Authorities ordered all schools and colleges in Srinagar to be closed on Monday in fear of protests.
- BJP nominates entrepreneur Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane for the Rajya Sabha: The Congress named journalist Kumar Ketkar as its Rajya Sabha poll candidate in Maharashtra.
- BJP MLA in Uttarakhand booked for assaulting two Dalit women, using casteist abuses: Rajkumar Thukral claimed he had only tried to resolve a dispute between two families and the allegations against him were baseless.
- India, Pakistan accuse each other of harassing diplomatic staff: Pakistan has issued a démarche to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, mentioning 18 incidents.
- French researcher claims he found details of 20,000 Aadhaar cards in public domain in 3 hours: The UIDAI dismissed the reports about the security breach as ‘irresponsible’ and ‘far from the truth’.
- There are 3,045 pending criminal cases against 1,765 lawmakers in India, Centre tells Supreme Court: These MPs and MLAs will be tried by the special courts that will be set up to hear only cases against politicians.
- Myanmar is razing Rohingya homes and building security bases, says Amnesty International: This could destroy evidence of violence against Rohingya Muslims, the nonprofit said.
- Turkish business heiress and her friends among 11 feared dead in Iran plane crash: Mina Basaran and her friends were returning home in a private plane after celebrating her bachelorette party in Dubai.