The big news: Dozens of protestors arrested ahead of IPL match in Chennai, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: At least 127 people were arrested in Bihar during the Bharat Bandh protests, and the BJP will observe a day-long fast on April 12.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Dozens arrested as Cauvery protests continue outside Chennai’s Chepauk stadium before IPL match: The toss was delayed as neither team could reach the venue on time.
- Over 12 people injured in clashes in Bihar’s Arrah, 127 people arrested across state during Bharat Bandh: Demonstrators also blocked roads, stopped trains and forcibly closed markets in Patna, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Muzaffarpur, Bhojpur, Sheikhpura and Darbhanga.
- Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to observe day-long fast on April 12 to protest washout of Budget Session: Other MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party will also join the hunger strike.
- CBSE exams that were postponed for Class 10, Class 12 in Punjab rescheduled for April 27: The exams for April 2 were cancelled after Dalit organisations announced a nationwide shutdown.
- Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw rape case against former Union minister Chinmayananda: A woman had alleged in November 2011 that the minister had raped her at an ashram in Haridwar.
- American and British lawyers sue Facebook, Cambridge Analytica over data breach: They alleged that the data analytics company obtained users’ private information to develop ‘political propaganda campaigns’ in the two countries.
- YouTube’s most-watched video deleted, others by Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez affected in apparent hack: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s ‘Despacito’, which has over five billion views, was removed.
- West Bengal BJP moves SC after state EC revokes order extending date of filing nominations for panchayat elections: The poll body had extended the deadline by a day after violence broke out in the state.
- Ambedkar statue in Uttar Pradesh painted blue after getting saffron makeover: Local BSP leader Hemendra Gautam evaded a reporter’s question about why the statue had been repainted.
- Heena Sidhu wins gold in the women’s 25 metre pistol, bags her second medal at the Commonwealth Games: Annu Singh, the other Indian in the final, was eliminated after the first 30 shots and finished sixth.