A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Karnataka Assembly elections to be held on May 12, votes to be counted on May 15, announces EC: BJP’s Amit Malviya tweets poll dates before they are announced.
  2. Khap panchayat interfering when consenting adults marry is ‘absolutely illegal’, says Supreme Court: The three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also laid down punitive measures to be followed till a legislation is in place.
  3. Nearly 140 Russian diplomats expelled from 21 countries over nerve agent attack on former spy in UK: Russia, which has denied any role in the attack, said it would retaliate to the ‘provocative gesture’.
  4. Both Parliament Houses adjourned in first hour of proceedings as protests against Centre continue: The no-confidence motions against the government were not discussed in the Lok Sabha, once again.  
  5. Radio jockey in Kerala stabbed to death, friend injured: RJ Rajesh received over 20 stab wounds and died in hospital.
  6. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have visited China, say reports: Speculation arose after a Japanese agency said a special train, possibly carrying a high-ranking North Korean official, passed through a Chinese border city.
  7. Congress claims its official app was defunct for months and was only used for social media updates: The party’s social media chief Divya Spandana added that the party collects members’ data from its website, which is encrypted.
  8. Two more people killed in clashes during Ram Navami celebrations: Violence broke out in Kankinara, Raniganj and Murshidabad on Monday.
  9. Central banks’ independence dependent on their actions and not just law, says Arvind Subramanian: The chief economic adviser’s statement came days after RBI Governor Urjit Patel said the bank has ‘very limited authority’ to hold state-run banks accountable.
  10. Supreme Court agrees to hear plea on Jharkhand starvation deaths in two weeks: These deaths allegedly occurred after ration cards were reportedly cancelled because they were not linked to Aadhaar, leaving poor families without any food.