A look at the headlines right now:
- Mebooba Mufti says security personnel will be answerable for using excessive force during Kashmir agitation: The chief minister asked parents in the Valley to discourage their children from participating in protests.
- Not as divided as we seem, says Barack Obama at Dallas memorial service: The president said racial discrimination continues to plague the country, but people must acknowledge the dangers police officers face on the job.
- 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots accused Suresh Rana named one of BJP’s vice presidents in UP: The party on Tuesday announced 15 key office bearers ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections in the state.
- Narendra Modi rejects Smriti Irani's choice of chairman for the Central Board of Secondary Education: The Prime Minister has also taken the process of selecting the board chief out of the HRD Ministry's domain.
- Najma Heptullah resigns as minority affairs minister, will be replaced by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: GM Siddeshwara also stepped down as the minister of state for heavy industries, and Babul Supriyo will take charge of the position instead.
- Congress names Raj Babbar its chief in Uttar Pradesh ahead of state elections: Imran Masood, Rajesh Mishra and Raja Ram Pal will be the party's vice presidents the state.
- Beijing has 'no historic rights' over South China Sea, rules UN tribunal: The Permanent Court of Arbitration accused China of breaching Philippines' sovereign rights, but the country called the verdict 'ill-founded'.
- Bernie Sanders endorses Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at New Hampshire: The Vermont senator had earlier said he would vote for her and help stop Republican nominee Donald Trump from reaching the Oval Office.
- UK Parliament to debate having second Brexit referendum: The debate in the House of Commons will reportedly be held on September 5.
- Supreme Court panel indicts ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha of trying to influence coal scam investigation: The committee held that entries in the visitor’s diary of the former investigator’s home, which show that he met eminent accused in the case, were genuine.
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