A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Kansas man gets life in prison for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla: Adam Purinton had reportedly yelled ‘get out of my country’ before fatally shooting the 32-year-old at a bar.  
  2. Section 144 imposed in Aligarh after clashes over Jinnah portrait at varsity, says report: Some Aligarh Muslim University students purportedly burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  3. IMD forecasts more thunderstorms, squalls and heavy winds across India over the next few days: More than 125 people have died in weather-related incidents across the country since Wednesday.  
  4. Man killed, wife injured after suspected militants open fire in Kashmir’s Sopore: The police suspect the involvement of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.  
  5. Four men allegedly gangrape, burn to death 16-year-old in Jharkhand: The accused were enraged after the village panchayat imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on them for raping the teenager.  
  6. Flooding in Kenya has claimed 112 lives since March, says Red Cross: Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Abbas Gullet said 48,000 households have been displaced.  
  7. Kasauli shooting accused remanded in five-day police custody: The police said they have recovered the weapon Vijay Singh Thakur used to kill the officer conducting an anti-encroachment drive.  
  8. UP minister praises BJP leaders for visiting Dalit homes despite being bitten by mosquitoes: Anupama Jaiswal was defending fellow minister Suresh Rana, who visited a Dalit villager’s house for dinner but purportedly had the meal catered.
  9. GST Council approves simplified system for filing tax returns: The council also decided that the central and state governments would fully take over the equity of the GST Network company.
  10. Nobel Prize in Literature cancelled this year after sexual assault scandal: Six of the 18 members of the Swedish Academy have resigned in recent months.