A look at the headlines right now:
- Anil Deshmukh resigns as Maharashtra home minister amid corruption allegations, NCP’s Dilip Patil to replace him: Meanwhile, Union minister RS Prasad alleged that CM Uddhav Thackeray has forfeited the moral authority to govern the state.
- Dassault paid 1 million euros to Indian middleman as ‘gift’ in Rafale deal, claims report: The Congress sought a probe, while the BJP dismissed the allegations as ‘completely baseless’.
- 171 votes cast in a Assam booth with 90 eligible voters, five election officials suspended: The booth is in the Haflong Assembly constituency, which went to the polls in the second phase on April 1.
- UP claims video of Adityanath abusing cameraperson is morphed, despite being carried on live TV: However, news agency ANI retracted the chief minister’s comments and tweeted a new five-minute clip.
- Rahul Gandhi says Chhattisgarh encounter was ‘incompetently executed’ after CRPF denies intel failure: Injured…