The big news: Nine die in anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Congress MLA Parameshwara will be the Karnataka deputy chief minister, and fuel gets more expensive despite Centre’s promises to reduce prices.
A look at the headlines right now:
- At least nine dead after police open fire on anti-Sterlite protestors in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi: State DGP TK Rajendran said the police were trying to find out if the protestors died in the firing or stone pelting.
- Congress MLA G Parameshwara to be Karnataka deputy chief minister, says Kumaraswamy: The Janata Dal (Secular) leader also said the portfolios in the new Cabinet would be decided on Thursday.
- Despite Centre’s promise to curb prices, petrol and diesel get more expensive again: Petrol prices rose to Rs 76.97 in Delhi, Rs 79.53 in Kolkata and Rs 79.79 in Chennai. It was still the cheapest in Panaji at Rs 70.84.
- CBI chargesheet says bank’s former managing director misled RBI about Punjab National Bank fraud: On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate attached assets, estimated to be worth Rs 170 crore, belonging to businessman Nirav Modi.
- ‘We have contained the outbreak effectively’, says Kerala health minister on Nipah infections: The government is trying to trace the source of the disease and find out how far the virus may have spread.
- Tamil separatists are active abroad, says Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena: He also denied allegations by the UN that the nation’s troops had committed human rights violations.
- State Bank of India reports a net loss of Rs 7,718.17 crore, its biggest ever in any quarter: Bad loan provisions surged to Rs 28,096 crore, which is more than double the amount reported in the corresponding quarter last year.
- Mining operations in Tibetan county near Arunachal border are within our sovereignty, says China: A report claimed Beijing has found a huge cache of gold, silver and other precious metals, valued at nearly $60 billion, in Lhunze, near the India border.
- Day after BJP MLA’s brother abuses Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti, PDP says it will lodge protest with ally: Choudhary Rajinder Singh’s language was extremely objectionable and unacceptable, said PDP spokesperson Mohammad Rafi Mir.
- Ten employees in nine US cities sue McDonald’s over alleged sexual harassment: The women have alleged groping, indecent exposure and lewd comments by supervisors in their complaints.