TOP TEN NEWS OF THE DAY :- 07/20/2015


1. A record 67% voter turn out for 70 seat Delhi Assembly elections; Exit polls forecast possible win for Aam Admi Party.

2. Political crisis in Bihar deepens with State Cabinet authorising Chief Minister Jitan Manjhi to recommend assembly dissolution; Janata Dal (United) legislature party also decide to remove Chief Minister from the post of leader of legislature party.

3. In Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Sabha elections, PDP wins two seats, BJP and Congress one each.

4. Russia, Germany and France agree to draw up a plan to end fighting in Ukraine as rebels wage a deadly offensive in the country's east.

5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for using the current global environment to position India in a leading role.

6. Supreme Court directs centre to convene a meeting of States and Union Territories within four weeks to frame scheme for medical treatment to acid attack victims.

7. Country's foreign exchange reserves touch an all time high of over 327 billion US dollar.

8. Islamic State militants claim a US female hostage killed in Jordanian air strikes in Syria.

9. Series of bombings in Baghdad kill more than three dozen people in Iraq.

10. National Games: Ace pistol shooter Vijay Kumar wins a golden double for the second time with the haul of five gold and one bronze.