A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Mobile services partially restored in Kashmir as curfew continues for 43rd day: Valley residents with suspicious transactions will be investigated, the NIA said, adding that a probe into funding of 'unlawful activities' was 'overdue'.
  2. PV Sindhu to get Rs 1 crore from the Telangana government after clinching Olympics silver: The 21-year-old shuttler will also receive a BMW, and Rs 50 lakh each from the Badminton Association of India and the Madhya Pradesh government.
  3. West Bengal Congress faces flak for tweeting contentious comment Rajiv Gandhi made after 1984 riots: The unit deleted the post within 10 minutes, but the quote spread rapidly across the micro-blogging platform.
  4. Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort quits two months after joining: The veteran Republican adviser had been facing scrutiny for his links with Russia and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
  5. Curbs on ferrying patients at night in Kashmir after ambulance driver was shot: Health officials have been directed to treat patients at rural centres instead of risking the journey to Srinagar.
  6. Low fares help passenger traffic on domestic flights grow by 26% in July: While 67.62 lakh people took flights within India in the same month last year, it grew to 85.08 lakh in 2016.
  7. Uber driver arrested in Mumbai for allegedly molesting Italian passenger: The police arrested the Shehbaaz Shaikh hours after a post by the woman went viral on social media.
  8. Google Duo tops new free section for Android on Play Store, crosses Pokemon GO: The video-calling app was rolled out four days ago as a rival to FaceTime and Skype.
  9. Two reports of transgression by Chinese army in Arunachal Pradesh in one month, says Kiren Rijiju: The minister of state for home clarified that it was not an incursion as the Chinese army just crossed the 'perceived area along the Line of Actual Control'.
  10. CBI takes over investigation into Bulandshahr gangrapes on Allahabad High Court's orders: The agency filed a case of gangrape, kidnapping and dacoity under the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.