The big news: Narendra Modi claims Congress only makes false promises, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Six Indians were abducted in Afghanistan, and five militants and as many civilians were killed in Kashmir’s Shopian district.
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A look at the headlines right now:
- Congress practises vote bank politics, celebrates sultans’ birthdays, says Narendra Modi in Karnataka: The prime minister was speaking at a rally in Chitradurga. He will address more events in the state through the day.
- Armed men abduct seven people, including six Indians, in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province: India’s Ministry of External Affairs said the government was in touch with Afghan authorities.
- Five militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian, five civilians dead in clashes with security forces: Two security personnel have reportedly been injured.
- ‘This has never happened before,’ says Supreme Court judge on rejection of KM Joseph’s elevation to top court: Kurian Joseph said the collegium will again meet this week to make a decision.
- US is ‘misleading the public’ by taking credit for our plan to denuclearise, says North Korea: The United States should not miscalculate the peace-loving intentions of Pyongyang as a ‘sign of weakness’, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
- NASA launches spacecraft to study the interior of Mars for the first time: The InSight mission will take six months to reach the Red Planet after a 301-million-mile journey.
- IMD predicts thunderstorms, some rain in north Indian states for three days: Gusty winds are likely in Delhi on Sunday, while squalls will accompany the thunderstorms on Monday and Tuesday.
- BJP MLA suggests that child marriage will help end ‘love jihad’:Madhya Pradesh legislator Gopal Parmar claimed adolescent girls will not get ‘distracted’ if their marriages have already been fixed.
- Arnab Goswami booked by Maharashtra police for allegedly abetting suicide of interior designer: The man allegedly claimed in a suicide note that Republic TV had not paid his dues.
- Lebanon holds first national elections in nine years under new electoral law: The main contest is between a Western and Saudi Arabia-backed coalition headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.