The big news: Pakistan court sentences Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Kejriwal said Anil Baijal doesn’t want to hand over the services department, and the SC said power to allocate cases lies with chief justice.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison in corruption case: His daughter Maryam was given seven years in prison and son-in-law Captain Safdar a year.
- Arvind Kejriwal claims L-G does not want to hand over services department to Delhi government: Kejriwal approved doorstep delivery of rations just days after the Supreme Court said the L-G is bound by the ‘aid and advice’ of the council of ministers of the Delhi government.
- Chief justice is the ‘Master of the Roster’, reiterates Supreme Court: The court said that ‘chief justice of India’ cannot be interpreted to mean ‘collegium of five senior-most judges’ for the allocation of cases.
- US-China trade war escalates, both countries impose $34 billion in tariffs on each other’s imports: Beijing accused Washington of triggering the ‘largest-scale trade war’.
- Rahul Gandhi says Centre’s hike in minimum support prices is like a band-aid to massive haemorrhage: The Congress president said the government’s plan was budgeted at just Rs 15,000 crore for the country’s 120 million farmers.
- NIA gets 10-day custody of Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi and two of her associates: The investigative agency has accused three women of delivering hate speeches and endangering the sovereignty of India.
- Three men arrested for allegedly abducting and molesting woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao: One of the seven accused men recorded the crime on camera.
- US Secretary of State arrives in North Korea to ‘fill in details’ on nuclear commitments: Mike Pompeo is also expected to discuss the return of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War.
- Jadavpur University teachers join strike against scrapping of entrance exams: A group of students had confined the executive council officials, including the vice chancellor, at the campus from Wednesday evening to Thursday night.
- Madras HC refuses to pass order restraining government from acquiring land for Chennai-Salem highway project: It also posted a writ petition filed by an affected land owner and related pleas before a division bench.
