A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Five, including stepmother and stepbrother, held for alleged rape, murder of 9-year-old girl in Kashmir’s Baramulla: The minor’s mutilated body was found in the forests of Boniyar on September 2, the police said.  
  2. Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking ban on Malayalam novel ‘Meesha’: The petitioner claimed that a part of the book written by S Hareesh was offensive to Hindu priests and women.
  3. CBI raids homes of minister, police officials across Chennai in gutkha scam, says report: As many as 40 places are being searched.
  4. One dead, 17 injured as part of bridge collapses in Kolkata, Army assists in rescue work: The structure collapsed onto railway tracks in Alipore in South Kolkata.
  5. Amazon becomes second company after Apple to top $1 trillion in stock market value: The iPhone maker had reached the milestone just over a month ago.  
  6. Pakistan’s ruling party candidate Arif Alvi elected country’s 13th president: The president-elect thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for nominating him and said he hoped to ‘get the chance to serve this post in its true spirit’.  
  7. 2019 Lok Sabha elections to be a fight between ideologies, says Tejashwi Yadav: The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader said efforts were on to bring Opposition parties together for an alliance for the General Elections.
  8. Bhima Koregaon case complainant moves SC seeking to be made party in plea against activists’ arrests: Pune-based businessman Tushar Damgude’s first information report led to the arrest of several human rights activists.  
  9. Former Ranbaxy promoter Shivinder Singh moves National Company Law Tribunal against brother: He accused Malvinder Singh of oppression and mismanagement.  
  10. Qatar scraps exit visa system for foreign workers: Foreign workers were earlier required to obtain permission of their employers to leave the country.