The big news: Narendra Modi calls politics over mob lynchings ‘perverse’, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Rajnath Singh left for Kerala to take stock of the flood situation, and Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author VS Naipaul died at 85.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Mob lynchings unfortunate but Opposition must not politicise them, says PM Narendra Modi: The prime minister also said that the Opposition’s grand alliance is meant to ‘serve personal ambitions, not people’s aspirations’.
- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh heads to Kerala to take stock of flood situation: Meanwhile, the water level in the Idukki reservoir dropped below the 2,400 feet mark.
- Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul dies at 85: Some of his famous works are ‘A Bend in the River’ and ‘A House for Mr Biswas’.
- EC orders 10% more VVPAT machines expecting a higher failure rate in 2019 elections: The election panel ordered 1.3 lakh extra VVPAT machines on June 20 besides an order of 16.15 lakh machines it placed earlier.
- Policeman killed, four injured in gunfight with suspected militants in Srinagar’s Batmaloo area: Two suspects have been detained so far.
- Biju Janata Dal says it voted for NDA nominee during Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson election to support JD(U): A Biju Janata Dal spokesperson said there should be unanimity in the selection of candidate for such constitutional posts.
- Uttarakhand will close all slaughterhouses and set up shelter houses for cows, says chief minister: Trivendra Singh Rawat also said that licences issued earlier would be cancelled.
- Karnataka asks Centre to clarify if Aero India show will be moved out of Bengaluru: Some reports claimed that Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath asked Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday to allow his state to host the show in October.
- Trump describes former aide as ‘a lowlife’ after her critical comments in a new book: Omarosa Manigault Newman wrote that she believed Trump was ‘a racist, a bigot and a misogynist’.
- Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on ventilator support, health is in critical condition: The 89-year-old was admitted in June to the critical care unit of a private hospital in Kolkata with a brain clot.