Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 16 May 2014

      
   
       INDIAN ELECTIONS: HUGE VICTORY FOR MODI      India’s Congress party has admitted defeat by its main opposition, the BJP, led by controversial hard-line Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi. His party’s victory was predictable - but the scale of it was not. The BJP has won more than 300 seats, a bigger mandate than any political party in India since 1984.        India election: what kind of PM will Narendra Modi be?       
 
     
   
       WATCHDOG HITS E.ON WITH £12M PENALTY      Energy watchdog Ofgem has imposed its biggest mis-selling penalty so far, telling E.On to pay £12m to customers in the form of reduced bills, after finding the firm had breached rules on doorstep and telephone selling techniques. Ofgem said E.On had poor sales practices and failed to properly train staff.       
 
     
   
       TURKEY PM ACCUSED OF PROTESTER PUNCH      Turkey’s PM, Tayyip Erdogan, has been accused of punching an anti-government protester in a melee on wednesday. Earlier, a photo emerged of a besuited government adviser kicking a prone demonstrator. Thousands clashed with riot police yesterday as protests about this week’s mining disaster continued.      
 
     
   
       KENYA TERROR FEARS AS UK TOURISTS FLEE      Travel operators are evacuating British tourists from south Kenya after the Foreign Office changed its travel advice to the nation, warning against all but essential travel to anywhere within 37 miles of the Somalia border. As many as 500 are being flown home, with flights cancelled until October.      
 
     
   
       MALALA MATTRESS AD CAUSES OUTRAGE      International advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather has apologised for an ad made in its India office which showed a gory cartoon version of education campaigner Malala Yousafzai being shot in the head to promote Kurl-On mattresses. The advert caused outrage with a former Pakistan MP dubbing it “revolting”.      
 
     
   
       MPS DEMAND REFORM TO POLICE FEDERATION      The Home Affairs Committee of MPs is demanding urgent reform to the Police Federation, the organisation which represents rank-and-file police officers in England and Wales, saying a culture of bullying is endemic at the highest levels. The MPs said the federation was secretive about its finances.       Bullying at Police Federation 'rivals any soap opera', say MPs       
 
     
   
       ANTI-WORLD CUP PROTESTS IN BRAZIL      There have been violent protests in Brazil by people opposed to the country hosting the football World Cup, with stones thrown, barricades set on fire and teargas deployed by police in Rio and Sao Paolo. Some demonstrators have promised that the protests will get bigger as the tournament approaches.       
 
     
   
       JAY-Z AND SOLANGE: LIFT FIGHT STATEMENT      Rap artist Jay-Z and his sister-in-law, musician Solange Knowles, have issued a public statement apologising for a bizarre fight they had in a lift, which was pictured on CCTV. Knowles punched and kicked Jay-Z in the video while her sister stood by impassively. They say their family has “worked through it”.      
 
     
   
       STUDENTS FIND $40K INSIDE CHARITY SOFA      Three student housemates in New York have returned more than $40,000 (£23,900) in cash found inside a sofa they bought in a charity shop to its rightful owner, an elderly widow whose family had donated the furniture without her knowledge. The woman, who is 91, gave the three a $1,000 reward.      
 
     
   
       HOT TICKET: THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY       A screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller The Two Faces of January opens in UK cinemas today. Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst star as a glamorous American couple holidaying in Greece who must rely on a hustling tour guide as their lives begin to unravel. "Edge-of-your-seat suspense," says Empire.       The Two Faces of January - reviews of 'elegant' thriller