A look at the headlines right now:
- 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'.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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'.
- 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.
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