The big news: Rajasthan CM vows action after mob lynches man in Alwar, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: The BJP-led government won a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, and Facebook suspended a US data analytics firm.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Mob lynches man on suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan’s Alwar district: Police said villagers in Ramgarh allegedly attacked two men while they were transporting cattle to Haryana.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flexi fare system in premium trains reduced occupancy, increased revenue, shows CAG report: A Comptroller and Auditor General report for year ending March 2017 showed that Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains have carried 6.75 lakh fewer travellers.
- 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.
- US court sentences 21 people to up to 20 years in prison in India-based fake call centre scam: The accused had set up call centres in India to defraud Americans or legal immigrants by threatening them with arrest for alleged unpaid dues to the government.
- 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.
- 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.
- United States rescuers retrieve 17 bodies after boat capsizes in a Missouri lake: Fourteen of the 31 people on board the vessel survived.
- Disney fires James Gunn from ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ franchise over decade-old offensive tweets: Actors Dave Bautista and David Dastmalchian have defended the filmmaker on social media.