A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Corruption is key to Congress’ existence, says Narendra Modi in Karnataka: The prime minister said that spreading lies has become a business for the Congress. 
  2. Fourteen arrested for allegedly gangraping and killing minor girl in Jharkhand: Six accused are still missing, said a police officer.  
  3. Civilian, three suspected militants killed in encounter in Srinagar: Two CRPF jawans and a policeman were injured too. 
  4. Inflammatory graffiti found on chapel door of Delhi’s St Stephen’s College: Police officials said no complaint had been filed in connection with the act of vandalism.
  5. ‘NDA will form government with a bigger majority in 2019,’ BJP president Amit Shah tells The Economic Times: He said the BJP is the natural choice for people in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.
  6. Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, activists detained ahead of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration: Anti-Kremlin activists protested at a rally in Moscow against Putin’s fourth term as president.
  7. Kolkata police file suo motu FIR in alleged moral policing incident in a metro train: Police said a case was registered after a petition signed by passengers was forwarded by metro officials.
  8. North Korea seeks UN aviation agency’s permission to open air corridor to South: The proposal to establish air travel between Pyongyang and Incheon city was submitted in February.
  9. Air India may face closure if divestment fails, says aviation consultancy: The national carrier could lose up to Rs 13,380 crore in two years if sale of 76% stake fails.
  10. Adityanath conducts aerial survey of sandstorm-hit areas in Uttar Pradesh, meets injured in hospital: The chief minister distributed ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the family of those who died in the storm in Agra.