Morning Digest | Modi, Xi weigh meeting amid unresolved border crisis; Karnataka seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru arrested; and more

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Modi, Xi weigh meeting as chill remains in ties

India and China are weighing a first meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in almost three years, even as a chill remains in relations with an as-yet-unresolved border crisis and increasingly sharp recent exchanges between the two countries.

Karnataka seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru arrested

Six days after the case of alleged sexual harassment of two minor girls was filed under POCSO Act against him, the seer of Brihan Mutt in Chitradurga, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, was arrested in Chitradurga late on September 1.

Teesta Setalvad custody | Supreme Court questions Gujarat

Activist Teesta Setalvad has been in custody for over two months and, as a woman, is entitled to “favourable treatment” under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Supreme Court  prima facie told Gujarat on Thursday.

Supreme Court asks Union Home Ministry to collect reports from eight States on ‘attacks on Christians’