Here are the top picks of the day:
> Mathura violence: Heavily armed ‘Netaji’ sect used hand-grenade, swords
The ‘Netaji’ sect which clashed with the police in Mathura was heavily armed and had sufficient ammunitions to attack the police. So, when the police went on Thursday to evacuate the Jawaharbagh park, they were attacked with guns, swords, grenades and knives.
> Amritsar’s Town Hall is site of new Partition Museum
The historic Town Hall in Amritsar, a gracious late-19 century building that stood witness to the unrest in the Punjab after the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre and the Partition, will be the site of the new Partition Museum.
> 18 dead in multiple collisions in Krishnagiri
Sixteen people including six women and a 12-year-old child were killed in a multiple collisions involving a bus, a lorry and a car here in Melumalai in Krishnagiri.
> Rajya Sabha elections: Chidambaram, Jethmalani elected unopposed
With the process for withdrawing nominations to Rajya Sabha elections ending on Friday, June 3, several candidates across the country have been elected to their RS seats unopposed.
In Iraivi, men aren’t monsters who drink or cheat on their wives. They do these things, yes, but... differently.
One can understand that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj would like to douse concerns raised by African envoys and students following the death of a Congolese national M.K. Olivier on the night of May 22 in New Delhi.
Karnataka’s face-off with new taxi companies shows how State governments continue to be behind the curve on utilising technology to fix public transport.
> Housefull 3: Humour of the worst kind
Housefull 3’s brighter moments are owed to Akshay Kumar and fleetingly by Jackie Shroff – for the rest it’s all puerile silliness.
