A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Interpol issues Red Corner Notice against Nirav Modi: The CBI had reportedly approached the agency on June 11.
  2. 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’. 
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. ‘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’.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.  
  9. 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..
  10. French gangster uses helicopter to flee prison, manhunt under way: Redoine Faid was freed by three heavily armed men with assault rifles.