The big news: Rahul Gandhi says the country is tired of BJP rule, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: The Bihar deputy CM said the Darbhanga beheading was over a land dispute, and Jaitley said Centre was committed to an Andhra special package.
A look at the headlines right now:
- ‘BJP uses hatred, Congress follows ideology of fraternity,’ says Rahul Gandhi at party’s plenary session: The Congress president’s Twitter handle was changed from @OfficeOfRG to just @RahulGandhi ahead of the two-day event.
- BJP worker’s father beheaded over land dispute, not for naming square after Modi, says Bihar deputy CM: Calling the allegation ‘totally false’, Sushil Kumar Modi said the ‘Modi chowk board was put up long back’.
- Centre waiting for TDP’s response to proposed special package scheme for Andhra, says Arun Jaitley: The finance minister said the government was committed to providing the funds promised to the state after its bifurcation, but not under a special status.
- DMK leader MK Stalin says he hopes southern states come together to demand separate Dravidanadu: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said South India pays more taxes than it gets in return.
- Xi Jinping re-elected president of China with no term limit anymore: None of the nearly 3,000 members of the Great Hall of the People voted against him.
- Congress criticises Meghalaya governor for delivering Assembly speech in Hindi: MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh walked out of the House, claiming Ganga Prasad had disrespected people’s sentiments.
- India accuses Pakistan of blocking government websites, affecting visa applications: The Indian High Commission has received several complaints from people seeking to fill visa forms or information from websites that end with .gov.in.
- Jharkhand court convicts 11, including BJP worker, for lynching man over beef in Ramgarh: They had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in June 2017 on suspicion of carrying beef in his van.
- AAP MP Sanjay Singh says he won’t apologise for his allegations of drug trade against Punjab leader: The Lok Insaf Party broke its alliance with the AAP in Punjab in protest against Arvind Kejriwal’s apology to BS Majithia.
- Court finds Jagtar Singh Tara guilty of role in former Punjab CM Beant Singh’s assassination: The Chandigarh court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Saturday.
