— Nine killed in lightning across Odisha today.

— Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan becomes a member of reconstituted Cabinet Committe on Economic Affairs.

— Govt cuts power supply of houses without toilets in Uttar Pradesh’s hadarsa village.

— Only 477 villages left to be electrified in Bihar.

— Panama Papers scandal: Pakistan Supreme Court accepts Nawaz Sharif family’s plea against disqualification.

— Syria: Russian, US-led strikes kill 28 civilians in Deir Ezzor province.