India
Here are the top five stories of the morning:
Updated : Oct 09, 2015, 09:13 AM IST
1. Dadri lynching: Mohammad Akhlaq's son Danish out of ICU, remembers nothing about the incident
As the situation in Bisara village, Dadri, is kept under a controlled calm, the slain Mohammad Akhlaq's son Danish was shifted out of the ICU on Thursday. He was shifted to the High Dependency Unit in early afternoon, as his condition showed some signs of improvement. Read more here.
2. Government plans meet to chalk out strategy to remove objectionable contents with hate messages
Objectionable contents with hate messages, especially those having communal overtones, could soon be removed from social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Read more here.
3. Was sceptical about saying yes: Sonakshi Sinha
Talk about multi-crore blockbusters and Sonakshi Sinha’s leading the pack with as many as five films already in the Rs100 crore club. Now, Sona thinks it’s time she took up new challenges. The Dabangg girl has signed three back-to-back author backed roles (Akira, Force 2 and the Haseena Parkar biopic). Read more here.
4. Orphanages run by Mother Teresa foundation to close down?
Government will soon conduct a comprehensive survey to create a database of all registered child homes in the country, aiming to trace such institutions not complying with the law. Read more here.
5. Punjab: Rahul Gandhi hold talks with party MLAs, indicates handing over leadership to former CM Amarinder Singh
Amid talks of restructuring Punjab Congress unit, party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met some legislators from the state and indicated that he was open to the idea of handing over the party reins to former chief minister Amarinder Singh. Read more here.