A look at the headlines right now:
- Can't make 'collective denunciations', Supreme Court tells Rahul Gandhi in RSS defamation case: The Congress vice president was sued for blaming the organisation for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, a statement he had made during a national election rally.
- Navjot Singh Sidhu wants to serve Punjab, has left the BJP, says his wife: However, Navjot Kaur Sidhu said she had not resigned from the ruling party and remained chief parliamentary secretary in Punjab.
- 10 CRPF men killed in encounter with Maoists in Bihar's Dumari Nala forest: The extremists set off IEDs and engaged security forces in a heavy gunfight, in one of the worst anti-Naxal operations in recent times.
- Nintendo crosses Sony in market value, thanks to Pokémon GO: At 4.36 trillion yen, the Japanese gaming giant is now worth 300 billion yen more than the multinational company.
- BJP, Congress agree to five-hour debate on GST Bill in Rajya Sabha: While the date for the discussion has not been fixed, both parties have decided to meet address the changes demanded by the Opposition.
- Nine lakh cases of high-value transactions under I-T Department radar, says CBDT: The board said it will 'confront' defaulters with this data in a move to push them to declare their undisclosed assets under the Income Declaration Scheme.
- WADA calls for Russia to be banned from Olympics after evidence of state-sponsored doping: A report from the organisation found evidence of Russian-sponsored doping from late 2011 to August 2015.
- Media ban in Jammu and Kashmir lifted, state says it was a ‘miscommunication’: The government transferred the senior policeman who had ordered the raids at press offices in a move that tries to show imposing the gag was not their decision.
- Chaos on Day 1 of Republican National Convention, anti-Donald Trump delegates voice opposition: The rebellion to change GOP's rules to choose an alternative candidate brought into focus the disunity among Republicans ahead of the presidential polls.
- ISIS claims responsibility after Afghan teenager attacks train in Germany, injures four: Police shot dead the 17-year-old in Würzburg when he tried to flee.
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