A look at the headlines right now:

  1. MK Stalin elected president of DMK: His election to the post was smooth as all the 65 district secretaries of the party had proposed his name for the post and his was the only nomination.
  2. Donald Trump announces US-Mexico trade deal, to negotiate with Canada on new terms: The US president threatened to impose auto tariffs on Canada if it did not agree to the new deal.
  3. Sharad Pawar says PM can be decided after polls, happy with Rahul Gandhi’s ‘not in the race’ remark: The Nationalist Congress Party chief insisted on forge alliances with anti-BJP parties at the state level.
  4. Heavy rain in Delhi, Gurugram causes waterlogging, triggers traffic jam: The Palam observatory recorded 101 mm of downpour in 24 hours from 8.30 am on Monday.
  5. Sanathan Sanstha claims it has no links with those arrested in Nalasopara and Dabholkar murder cases: The Hindutva organisation claimed it will take legal action against ‘false stories’. 
  6. Facebook bans Myanmar military officials after UN report says they should be tried for genocide: The social media network said it has also banned 52 pages, followed by 12 million people, and one Instagram account..  
  7. Supreme Court allows woman who married Muslim man converted to Hinduism to live with her parents: Anjali Jain told the bench that she wanted to return to her parents out of her own free will.
  8. Police raids reported on homes of human rights activists in Mumbai, Ranchi and Hyderabad: Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Stan Swamy and Varavara Rao are among those whose homes have been searched.. 
  9. Law and order situation in state is the best in 15 years, claims Adityanath: The chief minister said the Opposition parties were depriving the House of constructive debate due to their ‘negative attitude’.
  10. Museum for all PMs at Teen Murti complex will not hurt Nehru’s legacy, says director: Shakti Sinha said that the idea was merely to ‘democratise’ the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.