A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Pakistan calls home its Indian envoy to discuss alleged harassment of diplomatic staff: Islamabad has alleged that Indian intelligence agencies were intimidating its staffers.  
  2. Delhi CM Kejriwal apologises to Punjab leader Bikram Majithia, withdraws drug trade allegations: The Aam Aadmi Party, which is facing more than 20 defamation cases, will apologise to several others, a report said.  
  3. CBSE denies Class 12 accountancy paper was leaked, to file First Information Report: The board said some ‘miscreants tried to play mischief’ by circulating messages through social media.  
  4. UK, US, France and Germany accuse Russia of nerve agent attack on double agent: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union also expressed their solidarity with Britain.
  5. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says his country will develop a nuclear bomb if Iran does so: Mohammad bin Salman defended his earlier comment that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the ‘new Hitler’.  
  6. Andhra Pradesh CM refutes Pawan Kalyan’s graft allegations against him, claims BJP conspiracy: Chandrababu Naidu said the Jana Sena president was reading a ‘New Delhi script’.  
  7. ‘Saheb’ should explain why the SSC paper leak happened under his watch, says Rahul Gandhi: The Congress president attacked the Centre for not fulfilling its promise of providing two crore jobs every year.
  8. Araria will become a ‘terror hub’, says Union minister Giriraj Singh after RJD wins bye-election: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi urged the central government to ensure that such statements are not made.  
  9. ‘Vice chancellor wants to run JNU through his puppets’, says students’ body after faculty members were removed: The students’ union said the administration’s actions would ruin the university’s socially inclusive character.  
  10. Haryana Assembly passes bill to make rape of girls younger than 12 punishable by death: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the law would prove to be a milestone in protecting the girl child.