Mumbai: Have you missed any news today? Here are the top national, international headlines of the day.
India wins big: India scored an important victory over Pakistan in the world arena on Wednesday when the International Court of Justice said that the death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav must stay suspended until Pakistan effectively reviews and reconsiders the sentence in light of Pakistan’s breach of Article 36(1) of the Vienna Convention, that is the denial of consular access and notification to the Indian citizen.
Read: ICJ asks Pakistan to reconsider death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav
Interim Congress president: Several Telangana Congress leaders on Wednesday wrote to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to elect an Interim Congress President in order to instill confidence among the party workers.
Read: Telangana Cong says party must put in place an interim president
India and Hafiz: How did Hafiz come into the limelight? A detailed analysis into the Indian action and pressure against Pakistan to lead to his arrest in Wednesday.
Read: The world by its side, India triumphs against Hafiz Saeed; but for how long?
Court drops Quran dropping condition: After its directive created a furore, a local court here waived off the condition to distribute five copies of Quran to grant bail to a woman for allegedly posting communal comments on social media.
The court dropped the condition on a petition of the police citing difficulties in its implementation. With the modified order, Bharti was granted regular bail on condition of furnishing bail bond of Rs 7000.
Read: After furore, court drops Quran copy distribution condition for bail to Ranchi woman
Land dispute claims 9 lives: Nine people were killed and several sustained injuries on Wednesday in an incident of firing over a land dispute at a village in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Two people have been arrested over the matter, police added. The Chief Minister has taken cognisance of the issue and has directed the Director-General of Police to monitor the case.
Read: UP: 9 killed in firing over land dispute in Sonbhadra, 2 arrested
Rajya Sabha passes NIA bill: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with Home Minister Amit Shah assuring the House against its misuse.
The Bill aims at enhancing the jurisdiction of NIA to investigate scheduled offences committed outside India targeting Indians as well as Indian assets abroad.
Read: Upper House passes NIA (Amendment) Bill; Home Minister assures against its misuse
M J Akbar's sexual harassment case: Two more witnesses cross-examined in connection with a defamation case filed by former union minister M J Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani after she levelled sexual harassment charges against him.
Read: Witnesses appear before Delhi court in M J Akbar defamation case
Army attacked 131 times: In the last four years, there have been 131 terrorist attacks on the Indian Army bases and personnel in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeastern states of the country, Defence Ministry informed Parliament on Wednesday.
As per the Defence Ministry's reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the government said in 2016, 15 attacks took place while in 2017, the number of attacks rose to 33.
Read: Army faced 131 terror attacks in last 4 years: Govt
Supreme Court on Karnataka Crisis: On the eve of the trust vote in Karnataka Assembly, the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided that the Karnataka Speaker was free to decide on the status of several Congress and JD(S) MLAs whose resignations threaten their government.
Read | Karnataka: Before trust vote, SC says Speaker free to decide fate of rebels
Who is new Congress chief?: The Congress Working Committee which has been unable to arrive at a consensus on Rahul Gandhi’s replacement is unlikely to meet this week to appoint their new chief. However, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s name is being murmured for the post of party president.
Read | Buzz in Congress that Priyanka should take over as party presidentship
Congress MPs vs MoS Railways: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, on Wednesday, took a jibe at Congress, saying after Mahatma Gandhi, many Gandhis came but they did nothing for the country, triggering disapproval from Congress members.
Read | Congress lawmakers fume over minister's jibe at Gandhis
Amit Shah on NRC: The government will identify illegal immigrants staying in any part of the country and deport them as per international law, Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Read | Centre will identify illegal immigrants, deport them: Amit Shah
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: The arrest of former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav has become another bone of contention in the bitter relationship between India and Pakistan.
Read | A timeline of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Karnataka CM visits temple: Amid the political turmoil in Karnataka and to save Cong-JD(S) coalition government, Chief Minister HD Kumarasamy on Wednesday paid visit to Shringeri Shankar Math at Shankarapuram.
Read | K'taka CM offers prayers at Shringeri Shankar Math to save JD(S)-Cong coalition govt
Hafiz Saeed: The chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was arrested on Wednesday.
Read | Hafiz Saeed: From professor to the face of terror
Trump's racial remark: In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led US House voted on Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of colour, despite protestations by Trump's Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn't "a racist bone in my body."
Read | US House condemns Trump ‘racist’ tweets in extraordinary rebuke
Indo-US Trade Talk: There is an “enormous potential” for growth in the India-US relationship, the Trump administration has said, exuding confidence that the ongoing trade negotiations could be worked through because of the friendship between the two nations.
Read | Enormous potential for growth in ties with India: US
US Immigration: The Trump administration is proposing a nearly five-fold increase in merit-based legal immigration and half those based on family and humanitarian system, in an effort to overhaul the outdated system.
Read | US proposes increasing merit-based immigration to 57 per cent
