The big news: Intruder shot dead in ex-CM Farooq Abdullah’s home in J&K, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: The Congress told the law panel it is against simultaneous polls, and Google apologised for adding the UIDAI number to phonebooks.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Man shot dead after forcibly entering ex-Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s home in Jammu and Kashmir, say police: His son Omar Abdullah confirmed the incident and said security personnel were carrying out more checks.
- Simultaneous polls proposal is unconstitutional, Congress tells Law Commission: A panel had asked political parties for their suggestions on the plan to hold the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections together.
- Google apologises for ‘inadvertently’ adding dated UIDAI helpline to Indian smartphone contact lists: UIDAI took to Twitter to dispel concerns that it had ask smartphone manufacturers or service providers to include the outdated number.
- Trinamool MLA moves Supreme Court over UIDAI’s plan to monitor views on Aadhaar on social media: The legislator’s plea follows her petition against the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s plan to set up a social media hub, a proposal it withdrew.
- ‘If there is no interference, are invisible forces at work?’ asks former ABP News anchor after resigning: The channel’s former anchor Punya Prasun Bajpai said the Editors Guild will only act on alleged government interference if a written complaint is given.
- Witness claims he sent bribe to Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s house, says ED: The veteran Congress leader dismissed the allegations as baseless.
- Five bodies of suspected militants recovered from Shopian encounter site, say police: The militants are suspected to be linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for NASA’s new private space flight programmeThis will be the first space shuttle launches from the US since 2011.
- After Nipah, case of West Nile virus suspected in Kozhikode: A 24-year-old woman has been receiving treatment for the infection since July 13.
- BJP wins Jalgaon, Sangli civic polls amid Maratha protests in Maharashtra: This will come as a relief to Chief Minister Fadnavis, especially since Sangli is considered a Nationalist Congress Party stronghold.