UK votes for hung parliament, Theresa May’s Conservatives single largest party
There will now be a record high of 12 Indian origin MPs in the British Parliament after successes by two Sikh candidates for Labour: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi in Slough, and Preet Kaur Gill in Birmingham Edgbaston. Read more
Modi meets Xi Jinping
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana, Kazakhstan on Friday on the sidelines of a major security summit. The meeting follows the deterioration of ties in the past year, especially after India boycotted China’s Belt and Road Forum in mid-May and a verbal spat broke out between New Delhi and Beijing over the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh in April.
My sacking an attempt to change course of Russia probe: James Comey
The former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), James Comey, told a U.S. Senate panel that he took President Donald Trump’s remarks about letting former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn off the hook in an investigation as an inappropriate direction and decided to keep a record of it. Read more
SC to deliver verdict on Aadhaar-PAN linkage
The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the mandatory linkage of Aadhar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN) under Section 139AA inserted in the Income Tax Act by the Finance Act, 2017. Read more
Farmer’s protest: Day-long curfew relaxation in Mandsaur, Pipliamandi
Curfew was relaxed on Friday for the day in Mandsaur city and Pipliamandi as the situation in the areas hit by violent protests by farmers improved. Read more
