A look at the headlines right now:
- Uttar Pradesh BJP leader sacked for saying Mayawati 'worse than a prostitute': The party's state vice president, Dayashankar Singh, apologised after accusing the BSP chief of selling party tickets to those who paid her more.
- Rajnath Singh condemns assault on Dalit men skinning cow in Gujarat: The home minister in Parliament said the incident in Una was ‘unfortunate’ and that atrocities against Dalits were a ‘social evil’.
- India will not sign NPT, will continue engaging with China for NSG membership, says Sushma Swaraj: At a Lok Sabha debate during the ongoing Monsoon Session, the external affairs minister rejected the Opposition's claims that they had mishandled the process.
- AAP activist who accused a party member of sexually harassing her commits suicide: Her family said she suspected an AAP leader was shielding the man, Ramesh Wadhwa, and she had been depressed since he was released on bail.
- Kashmir unrest: Separatist groups ask PDP legislators to leave Mehbooba Mufti and join them: Leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik circulated a resolution asking the MLAs to 'abandon' the state government.
- Videos of puppies burnt alive, dog shot, horrifies Hyderabad: A case has reportedly been filed by animal activists.
- Pokémon GO banned in Saudi Arabia after fatwa renewed against original game: A 15-year-old edict called the franchise un-Islamic, and said mutations of creatures in the franchise amounted to blasphemy.
- Policeman investigating Qandeel Baloch's murder suspended for negligence, replaced by woman officer: Inspector Ilyas Haider was found 'favouring' Mufti Abdul Qavi, the cleric suspended from a religious body after the victim posted photos of them together.
- Pema Khandu government in Arunachal Pradesh passes floor test with support of 46 legislators: On Tuesday night, acting Governor Tathagata Roy had asked the newly elected chief minister to prove his majority in the Assembly on July 20.
- CAG report refutes Centre's LPG claims, says total savings are Rs 2,000 crore, not Rs 22,000 crore: The audit found problems with the government's direct bank transfer scheme, such as subsidy for domestic consumption being diverted for commercial use.
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