Top stories for May 26, 2017

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"The BJP is an all India party. In Tamil Nadu, our party will be made up of our leaders and workers from the state, so where is the question of a cultural gap?" said BJP president Amit Shah who is on a whirlwind 95 day tour of the country. Click here to read what Mr. Amit Shah said about the BJP's plans in the future

The alleged culprit in a deadly Manchester concert bombing was driven by what he saw as unjust treatment of Arabs in Britain, a relative has said, confirming he made a final phone call in which he pleaded: “Forgive me.”

Read on to know why Salman Abedi detonate a bomb at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

“The CBSE will soon announce the date of the results. There is no need to worry about the court order. Justice will be done for all,” Mr. Javadekar said to the media on Thursday. Read on to know about the CBSE grace marks row this year

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Ahead of the inauguration of India’s longest bridge later today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

, there are calls to name it after the legendary Assamese singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika

. Mr. Modi will inaugurate the 9.15-km Dhola-Sadiya Bridge over Lohit river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra The bridge will bring upper Assam closer to eastern Arunachal Pradesh and is estimated to reduce travel time by four hours. The bridge will also make it much easier for Army convoys to reach outposts near the China border.

Salim [name changed] asked the attackers to kill him but spare the women, said the brother-in-law of the 40-year-old scrap dealer who was shot dead in Jewar on Thursday. The assailants, who were not ready to bargain, murdered him and raped four women members of his family. They took away ₹32,000 from the brother-in-law, ₹11, 000 from Salim and nearly ₹3,000 from two others.

On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court directed the CBSE to evaluate the Class X and XII examinees this year as per the grace marks policy. While it was not clear if the order would be challenged in the Supreme Court , it is learnt that the Board, to which more than 18,500 schools are affiliated, is consulting the Ministry to determine the further course of action.