A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Amarnath yatra remains suspended for second day as heavy rains continue in Jammu and Kashmir: Reports said that flood was declared in Srinagar and other districts of Central Kashmir after Jhelum river crossed the danger mark.
  2. Families of plane crash victims blame aviation company for accident, demand investigation: Pilot Maria Kuber’s husband said UY Aviation ‘disregarded their responsibility’ to check if the plane was fit to go off the ground.
  3. Mob lynches anti-rumour campaigner, two others on suspicion of child lifting in Tripura: State Director General of Police AK Shukla suspended messaging and mobile internet services in the state for the next 24 hours.  
  4. Canada imposes billions in retaliatory tariffs against US: It will impose a tariff of 25% on a host of steel and aluminium products and 10% on goods, including pizza, quiche, whiskies, toilet paper and inflatable boats.  
  5. Delhi High Court restrains metro employees from striking work from Saturday: The employees had threatened to strike work if their demands of salary revision and promotion are not fulfilled.  
  6. Kerala bishop booked for allegedly sexually assaulting nun: Accused Franko Mulakkal, in turn, has lodged a complaint against the nun saying she was blackmailing him for transferring her.
  7. Woman allegedly stripped, thrashed for trying to stop attack on landlady in Delhi’s Palam area: The complainant said passers-by offered no help and only stopped to make videos on their mobile phones..
  8. Southwest monsoon reaches Sriganganagar in Rajasthan, covers India 17 days ahead of schedule: Delhi breathed easier as the onset of monsoon made the air quality ‘satisfactory’.
  9. Arun Jaitley says money deposited in Swiss banks may belong to people of Indian origin, NRIs: Piyush Goyal claimed India will receive data on black money in Swiss banks by 2019 financial year, while the Opposition criticised the government.
  10. Congress-JD(S) government will complete full term, says Siddaramaiah after leaked video clips: The former Karnataka chief minister said it was unethical to record something that he said casually.