The big news: Modi government comfortably wins no-trust vote in Lok Sabha, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: A mob allegedly lynched a man in Rajasthan on suspicion of cow smuggling, and the Delhi HC set aside a JNU order penalising Kanhaiya Kumar.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Narendra Modi government wins no-trust vote in Lok Sabha after 12-hour debate: Meanwhile, France, referring to Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s statements about the Rafale deal in Lok Sabha, said India is bound to protect classified details.
- Mob lynches man on suspicion of cow smuggling in Alwar district: Police said villagers in Ramgarh allegedly attacked two men while they were transporting cattle to Haryana.
- United States rescuers retrieve 17 bodies after boat capsizes in a Missouri lake: Fourteen of the 31 people on board the vessel survived.
- Banking industry must pay Rs 100 crore to recalibrate ATMs for new Rs 100 notes, say ATM operators: It may take 12 months to completely recalibrate the country’s 2.4 lakh ATMs, they said.
- Former Dainik Bhaskar Group employee booked for allegedly abetting editor’s suicide, say police: The police said Kalpesh Yagnik had sent them a letter claiming that a sacked employee had threatened to implicate him in false cases.
- Donald Trump’s former lawyer secretly recorded discussion on payment to model, says NYT: The president’s personal lawyer confirmed that the recording took place in September 2016 and that no campaign funding was involved in the discussion.
- Delhi High Court sets aside JNU order penalising Kanhaiya Kumar: Justice Siddharth Mridul said the university’s order was ‘unsustainable on innumerable counts’.
- Goa Police book Mangueshi temple priest for allegedly molesting a woman: The woman alleged that the incident took place in June, but she e-mailed her complaint to police on Thursday.
- Facebook suspends US data analytics firm amid concerns of policy violations: Facebook said it has not yet found any evidence that Crimson Hexagon obtained data improperly.
- Jharkhand court sentences four convicts to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a 16-year-old: The court of Additional District and Session Judge III imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on each of them.