A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Police face questions over conduct in Alwar lynching case, probe moved outside town: Reports claimed that police had taken nearly three hours to take Akbar Khan to hospital after they found him injured. He was declared brought dead.
  2. Donald Trump warns Iran President Hassan Rouhani against threatening the US: The threat came a day after Rouhani warned Trump against inciting Tehran with hostile policies. He had said ‘war with Iran is mother of all wars’.
  3. 14 people shot at outside a restaurant in Toronto, shooter and one woman dead: The Toronto Police said the condition of a young girl is critical.
  4. Government cannot impose blanket ban on demonstrations in Central Delhi, rules Supreme Court: Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said the government can, however, issue guidelines governing these protests.
  5. Fire at residential building in Himachal Pradesh kills five, rescue operations under way: Three fire tenders are at the spot to douse the flames.
  6. Congress will raise matter of cow vigilantism, says Mallikarjun Kharge: The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till noon.
  7. University in Gujarat cancels show by comedian Kunal Kamra on being told he is ‘anti-national’: Some alumni wrote to the university’s vice chancellor, suggesting the show was an ‘ideological conspiracy’ to pollute the minds of youth ahead of 2019 polls.
  8. Five members of a family drown in Cauvery river near Tamil Nadu’s Mettur dam in flash flood: Authorities have sounded a flood alert in 12 districts of the state.
  9. Two more arrested in connection with rape of NGO workers in Jharkhand’s Khunti on June 19: John Jonas Tidu and Balram Samad were reportedly the masterminds behind the abduction of four policemen from a BJP legislator’s house on June 26.
  10. Kerala is the best governed state in the country, Bihar is worst, says study: Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Gujarat are the other states delivering good governance according to the Public Affairs Index 2018.