A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Congress wins Karnataka civic polls with 982 seats, BJP comes close second: The saffron party won all three city corporations of Mysuru, Shivamogga and Tumakuru.
  2. Myanmar court sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison in secrets case: Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted of breaching the Official Secrets Act, 1923.
  3. Price of petrol rises to all-time high of Rs 86.56 a litre in Mumbai, breaches Rs 79 in Delhi: Diesel prices also rose to record highs on Monday.
  4. Bombay HC questions Maharashtra Police press conference, says matter still being heard in court: The court adjourned the hearing of a petition demanding an inquiry by the National Investigation Agency into the Elgar Parishad event.
  5. Strong GDP data helps rupee recover, stock indices reverse early gains: Data released after market hours on Friday showed India’s GDP growth surged to a two-year high in the April-June quarter.
  6. Madras High Court rules out holding protests at Marina Beach: The bench said maintaining public order was as vital as agitations.
  7. Hardik Patel draws up will as fast enters ninth day: He declared that his assets would go to his parents and sister, a cow shelter and the family of the 14 Patidars who died during a quota agitation in 2015.
  8. Loan defaults by small businesses have doubled in a year, says Reserve Bank of India: Public sector banks account for a bulk of these defaults, the central bank said in its response to a RTI query filed by ‘The Indian Express’.
  9. Manipur University Vice Chancellor AP Pandey back at the helm, bans two protesting outfits: The protestors said Pandey’s orders were ‘null and void’ as an inquiry into his actions is still pending.
  10. Massive fire breaks out at 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro: The National Museum of Brazil has more than 20 million items in its collection – including dinosaur bones and a 12,000-year old human skeleton.