The big news: Students protest outside CBSE office in New Delhi, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Tamil Nadu filed a contempt plea against the Centre in the Cauvery case, and the CBI has started investigating ICICI Bank’s loan to Videocon.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Students protest outside CBSE headquarters in New Delhi against question paper leaks: A student from West Delhi had reportedly e-mailed CBSE Chairperson Anita Karwal about the leak of the Class 10 maths question paper.
- Tamil Nadu files contempt petition against Centre in Supreme Court for not setting up Cauvery board: The Union government also filed a clarification plea asking the court whether it can modify the composition of the Cauvery Management Board.
- CBI begins preliminary enquiry into ICICI Bank’s Rs 3,250-crore loan to Videocon: The agency said ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar is not a suspect in the case, but named her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon CEO Venugopal Dhoot.
- 17 Palestinians killed in Gaza, over thousand injured in violent ‘March of Return’ to Israel: The Israeli defense said they were facing ‘a violent, terrorist demonstration at six points’ along the fence on the Gaza border.
- Subdued Hanuman Jayanti in West Bengal this year as state recovers from Ram Navami violence: The Kolkata Police said there will only be eight processions in the city, and they will not allow any rallies with arms or loudspeakers.
- Suspected militants attack police officer at Khanabal traffic junction in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district: The strike on Trilok Singh comes two days after another special police officer was shot dead.
- Population of one-horned rhino in Kaziranga rose marginally by 12 from the last census in 2015: Authorities said they came to a low count because they could not burn enough of the grass in the national park to spot the animals.
- BJP leader files defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for remarks on Narendra Modi: The Congress president’s claim that the prime minister’s name symbolises corruption has hurt BJP workers, Shalabh Mani Tripathi alleged.
- Home ministry says granting Lingayats minority tag will ‘deprive’ them of SC status: In an internal note, it warned of ‘widespread implications’ and that other sects of Hinduism ‘may line up to be declared as separate religious entities’.
- West Bengal governor visits violence-hit Asansol as it limps back to normalcy: Although no new clashes were reported on Friday, prohibitory orders are still in force and internet services will remain suspended till April 4.