The Biggest Stories Of October 09, 2019
Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold an informal summit in Chennai on Friday; Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan that he is keenly watching the Kashmir situation while India said it would be in everybody's best interests if other countries stayed out of its internal affairs; The Bihar police, while calling it "maliciously false", have closed the sedition case against the 49 celebrities who wrote an open letter to PM Modi in July over mob killings; The Centre has announced a 5 per cent increase in dearness allowance for government employees, calling it a Diwal gift; In a row over UP Police encounter, the police have claimed that a man had opened fire at an officer after which he was shot dead, while his family says he was killed as he refused to pay a bribe; Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar responded to the BJP's digs on "touring at this age" with a famous song: "Abhi Toh Main Jawan Hoon (I am still young)"; all this and much more in today's news wrap.
