A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Atrocities against women is a political and national matter, says Rahul Gandhi: The Opposition has restricted itself to making personal remarks throughout the campaign, the Congress president said.
  2. Supreme Court reserves judgement in case challenging constitutional validity of Aadhaar: Attorney General of India KK Venugopal said the hearing was the second-longest in the history of the top court.
  3. ‘Make in India has now become Make for India’, says CPI(M) over Walmart-Flipkart deal: The Confederation of All India Traders and the RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch also came out in opposition the agreement.  
  4. Lalu Yadav allowed three-day parole for son’s wedding in Patna: He had initially sought parole for five days. 
  5. After Kejriwal’s nephew was arrested, Manish Sisodia says Centre only wants agencies to harass AAP leaders: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari demanded the Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation.  
  6. Malaysia’s opposition alliance wins historic election: Ninety-two-year-old Mahathir Mohamad is all set to become the world’s oldest prime minister.  
  7. International Monetary Fund retains India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.4% for 2018: The economy will recover from the impact of demonetisation and the introduction of Goods and Services Tax, the world body said.
  8. Gauri Lankesh’s brother Indrajit Lankesh campaigns for BJP candidate from Karnataka’s Malleshwaram: Indrajit Lankesh said he did not identify with any particular ideology, but was just campaigning for a ‘good friend’.  
  9. Israel claims Iran fired at its military positions in late-night attack: Israel has been on alert since Donald Trump announced his decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal.
  10. Roman Polanski threatens to sue Oscars Academy for expelling him without ‘fair hearing’: The French-Polish filmmaker was removed along with Bill Cosby last week.