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1. Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab's new Chief Minister, breaks down on Monday as he thanked his Congress party leadership for choosing "an aam aadmi (common man)" for the top post. Addressing the media shortly after his oath, he announced the first of the party's poll promises – a water bill waiver for the poor. 2. After Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as Punjab's first Dalit chief minister, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati asks Dalits to be wary of the Congress' "election stunt". 3. Actor Sonu Sood on Monday denies allegations of tax evasion and illegal funding, days after tax raids at his Mumbai home and offices. Calling himself a law-abiding citizen, he also revealed that he had received offers of a Rajya Sabha seat from two parties but he was "not mentally ready" to join politics. 4. A gunman opens fire Monday on a university campus in central Russia and killed six people before being detained, investigators said, in the country's second mass shooting this year to target students. 5. Actor Kangana Ranaut files a counter-complaint against lyricist Javed Akhtar in a Mumbai court, alleging "extortion and criminal intimidation". She has accused Mr Akhtar of threatening her and also said she had "lost faith" in the Metropolitan Magistrate's court in Andheri. 6. A new travel advisory by the United Kingdom says people from India and a few other countries will be considered "unvaccinated" even with two doses of AstraZeneca's Covishield.