The big news: Karnataka Police arrest WhatsApp group owner in lynching case, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Mayawati said the BJP seemed to be preparing for early elections, and HD Kumaraswamy said he is unhappy being CM in a coalition government.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Karnataka Police arrest around 30, including WhatsApp group owner, in lynching case: A mob had killed a man and injured three of his friends on Friday on the suspicion that they were child-lifters.
- BJP’s communal remarks show disappointment within party, early elections likely, says Mayawati: Withdrawing from the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir was the BJP’s first move towards early elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief claimed.
- ‘Chief minister’s post is not bed of roses,’ says HD Kumaraswamy on coalition government in Karnataka: Kumaraswamy said he was not happy being the chief minister, and added that he will resign within a few hours if the pressure gets to him.
- Senior advocate allegedly rapes lawyer in Delhi’s Saket court complex, arrested: The Saket Bar Association suspended the accused’s membership after the incident.
- Previous governments left development projects incomplete, Narendra Modi says in Uttar Pradesh: Modi inaugurated the Bansagar canal project and laid the foundation stone for a medical college in Mirzapur on Sunday.
- Two BSF jawans killed, one injured in gunfight with alleged Naxalites: The two deceased constables were identified as Lokender Singh and Mukdhiyar Singh, from Rajasthan and Punjab.
- Centre refuses to share Facebook’s response over data breach scandal, says report: In response to an RTI query, the government said it had set up an expert committee to draft a data protection framework for India.
- At least six killed in explosion outside rural ministry’s office in Kabul: As many as six people were wounded in the attack.
- Donald Trump told me to sue the European Union, British PM tells BBC: But Theresa May said the US president had also told her to keep negotiating with the bloc.
- Two killed, 25 wounded as Israel launches biggest air strikes on Gaza since 2014: However, Hamas and Israel accepted an Egyptian offer of a ceasefire.