July 17 News. Setback to BJP in Arunachal

Setback to BJP again - now it is Arunachal Pradesh

In a major set back to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress has managed to convince the rebel group MLAs and ensured majority in the assembly. When Supreme Court has quashed President's rule in the State on July 13, Nabam Tuki was reinstated as the Chief Minister on the evening of same day. But the governor has asked Tuki to prove his majority in the assembly on Saturday, July 16. There was not much time and BJP expected to topple Tuki's government. However, hours before the scheduled test, he resigned and the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) chose Khandu to be its new leader.

Since the rebel team's main demand was to change Tuki, they accepted this proposal and came back to congress fold with 30 dissident legislators.

So, in the 60 member assembly Congress has support of 47 legislators, including 2 independents.

Once again it is a set back to BJP after its experience  in Uttarkand State in May 2016.

After Swati murder, Tamilnadu media looking for another sensational news

When a software engineer Swati was murdered in Nungambakkam railway station in Chennai, it occupied most part of the social media in Tamilnadu. An young engineer Ramkumar was arrested in connection with this murder. When police took his custody and inquired, they had also interrogated another boy, who was said to be Swati's friend. There were number of questions in this case, which included who were threating Swati, where is her laptop etc. So it was a sensational news for the media for two weeks. Now the arrest has been made. And media and social media have turned silent. They are looking for another news for the coming weeks. After all, they mean business also.

Military Coup in Turkey defeated.

For several hours overnight on Friday (July 15) violence shook Turkey's two main cities, as the armed faction which tried to seize power blocked a bridge in Istanbul and strafed the headquarters of Turkish intelligence and parliament in Ankara.

At least 265 people were killed. An official said 161 of them were mostly civilians and police officers, while the remaining 104 were coup supporters.

Coup attempt was foiled and the popular goverment gained control.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday (July 16) to extradite U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey.

"After this coup attempt, once again I call on him (Obama). I say: 'Give this person in Pennsylvania to Turkey already.' I call on the United States, if we are strategic partners, if we are model partners, please comply with your partner's request because, we give you every terrorist you wanted from us," Erdogan told his supporters demonstrating outside his house in Istanbul.