The Biggest Stories of August 28, 2017
China and India have agreed to end a lengthy standoff at the Sikkim border that began in June, with Beijing reportedly abandoning plans to construct a road that had triggered the crisis; As a judge sentenced him to 20 years in jail today, self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh refused to leave the courtroom and wept, begging for leniency. "Mujhe maaf kar do (forgive me)," pleaded the flamboyant chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who claims a legion of followers; Two men were beaten to death by a mob at Baruhalia village in north Bengal on Saturday on the suspicion that they were cow thieves; Rs 50,000 cash was awarded to the head constable in Madhya Pradesh who ran 1 kilometer with a 10 kg bomb found in the backyard of a local school to save the lives of 400 children; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.
