The big news: Red Corner Notice issued against Nirav Modi in PNB scam, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: The Delhi Police will investigate occult links in Burari deaths, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the Mexico presidential election.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Interpol issues Red Corner Notice against Nirav Modi: The CBI had reportedly approached the agency on June 11.
- Burari family alleges foul play, dismisses theories of suicide pact and occult practices: The police said they have found handwritten notes that point to a ‘religious or spiritual angle’.
- Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexico presidential election: The 64-year-old former mayor of Mexico City has vowed to crack down on corruption and wage a war on drugs.
- CBI books three leaders of BJP ally IPFT, more than 300 workers in Tripura journalists’ killings: Shantanu Bhowmik was killed during clashes in September while Sudip Datta Bhaumik was was shot dead two months later.
- Lok Sabha members can now ask only five questions a day instead of 10: The new rule will come into effect from the Monsoon Session, which will begin on July 18.
- ‘Milk and Mercedes can’t have same tax’, says Narendra Modi as he rules out single rate under GST: Meanwhile, on the first anniversary of the rollout of the new indirect tax structure, the Congress criticised the Centre for a ‘flawed implementation’.
- Only Sikh politician in the fray in Afghanistan parliamentary elections killed in Jalalabad blast: Avtar Singh Khalsa was on his way to meet President Ashraf Ghani when he was killed.
- Arvind Kejriwal launches AAP’s campaign for Delhi statehood, says will submit 10 lakh letters to Modi: The chief minister said the government should be consulted before the appointment of a lieutenant governor.
- Congress is in talks with NCP and other parties to form an alliance in Maharashtra, says Ashok Chavan: The state party president told The Indian Express that the Congress high command would make the final call..
- French gangster uses helicopter to flee prison, manhunt under way: Redoine Faid was freed by three heavily armed men with assault rifles.