The big news: HD Kumaraswamy fulfils farm loan waiver promise, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Shashi Tharoor was granted anticipatory bail in the Sunanda Pushkar death case, and hundreds were detained during a shutdown in Jharkhand.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy announces farm loan waiver scheme of Rs 34,000 crore in first budget: The chief minister, however, said the waiver will only be applicable for farmers whose loan is less than Rs 2 lakh.
- Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar death case: The bench barred the Congress leader from travelling abroad without its permission.
- Hundreds detained in Jharkhand during statewide shutdown against changes to land acquisition law: The Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) and Left parties are supporting the shutdown.
- CCTV footage shows Burari family members carrying stools and wires into their home: According to the dairies found at the house, the family did not expect to die and thought a spirit would save them.
- Petrol, diesel prices rise for the first time in 37 days: A litre of petrol in Delhi cost Rs 75.71 on Thursday, up from Rs 75.55 on Wednesday.
- Students protest after Kolkata’s Jadavpur University scraps entrance tests for six humanities courses: Comparative literature, history, political science, philosophy, English and Bengali are the subjects for which tests have been cancelled.
- Air India accedes to Beijing’s demand, renames Taiwan ‘Chinese Taipei’ on its website: In April, China’s civil aviation authority had asked international airlines to change how Taiwan is described on their websites within 30 days.
- Final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens will exclude around 1.5 lakh names: These names will not be included because they were found to be inadmissible when the family tree was verified, the register’s coordinator said.
- Only one Nano car unit was produced in June, says Tata Motors: The company said the model cannot survive beyond 2019 in its present form.
- UK couple in Wiltshire county exposed to nerve gas agent that poisoned Russian ex-spy: Amesbury town, where the couple were found unconscious, is just eight miles from Salisbury, where Skripal was poisoned.
