A look at the headlines right now:
- 15 detained after highway robbers rape Noida woman, her minor daughter: The five assailants forced the vehicle to stop and took the family’s jewellery, money and phones before threatening the men and assaulting the women.
- Curfew extended in parts of Kashmir to August 5, toll rises to 49: A 17-year-old succumbed to his injuries even as some areas of the state limped back to normal after 23 days.
- AAP MLA Sharad Chauhan arrested in party worker's suicide case: The police said his role in the volunteer's death has yet to be determined.
- One dead, three injured in multiple shootings at Austin, Texas: The person killed was identified by medican services as a woman in her 30s.
- In Mann Ki Baat address,Narendra Modi asks citizens to help him write his Independence Day speech: The prime minister started his 22nd radio address on Sunday by wishing the Olympics-bound Indian athletes luck.
- Anyone who kills cows deserves to be beaten, says BJP MLA Raja Singh in video message: The Hyderabad legislator said 'galeez' (filthy) Dalits who were eating beef were giving patriotic and religious members of the community a bad name.
- Floods and lightning strikes kill more than 85 people across the country: Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha are the states worst affected by the extreme weather conditions.
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released in India after months of anticipation: The eighth instalment of the popular series takes the form of a script, with the play version being staged at London’s West End in two parts.
- CAT for entrance to IIMs around the country will be held on December 4: Registrations for the test, which thousands of aspiring business school students take every year, will be open between August 8 and September 22.
- Assam government suspends officer for using 2014 Bangladesh flood photo in report for Rajnath Singh: The 10-page document was handed over by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to the Home Minister, who was visiting the state to review the rain situation.
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