A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Decision to hold re-tests is in students’ favour, says CBSE chairperson: Anita Karwal said the dates for the examinations will be announced soon. 
  2. Asansol imam says he will leave town if people retaliate for his son’s killing: In Bihar, a BJP worker arrested for Ram Navami violence escaped from police custody.
  3. ‘We will be coming out of Syria, like, very soon’, says US President Donald Trump: The US President said it was time ‘other people take care of it now’, and complained Washington was wasting $7 trillion in wars in west Asia, to get ‘nothing’.  
  4. Punjab Police arrest Indian spying for Pakistan’s ISI in Amritsar, say reports: An official of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence allegedly found and recruited Ravi Kumar through Facebook seven months ago.  
  5. BJP asks Kapil Sibal to respond to reports on his links with money laundering accused: Union minister Smriti Irani made the claims on the basis of two news reports – one by a South African website and the other by an Indian website.  
  6. ICICI Bank backs Chanda Kochhar after report alleges conflict of interest in loans given to Videocon: The bank said regulatory compliance was top priority after after RBI imposed a Rs 58.9 crore fine for violating norms. 
  7. Police arrest murder suspect after body of abducted Delhi University student was found in a drain: The accused is a man the victim had met on a dating application.  
  8. Centre to bear full 12% EPF contribution of new staff in informal sector: The move will generate nearly 1 crore new employment opportunities, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said.
  9. Suspected militants kill police officer at his home in Anantnag: His wife is reportedly in critical condition.  
  10. Postcard News founder Mahesh Hegde arrested for fake story about Jain monk: The website had claimed on social media that a monk was attacked by a Muslim youth when he was actually injured in a road accident.