A look at the headlines right now:
- Supreme Court says activists to remain in house arrest till September 6: The top court has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government and others, while the NHRC issued notices to the chief secretary and director general of Maharashtra police.
- Arun Jaitley demands evidence from Congress to show Rafale deal is not good for India: The minister, in an interview with ANI, said his government had negotiated to keep prices in the deal lower by 20% of what the UPA had negotiated in 2007.
- Suspected militants shoot dead four police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian: The police said the weapons of three of the victims were missing.
- Telugu Desam Party leader Nandamuri Harikrishna dies in road accident in Telangana: Harikrishna was driving to Kavali in Nellore district when the car crashed into a road median on Nalgonda Highway.
- Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, aide killed in gunfight in Anantnag, say police: Internet services were suspended in several parts of Anantnag and Kulgam districts following the gunfight.
- Food grain output will rise to a record 284 million tonnes in 2017-’18, says Ministry of Agriculture: The production in the 2016-’17 financial year was a record 275.11 million tonnes.
- Centre should extend more support to Kerala, owes it to the people, says Rahul Gandhi: The Congress chief said compensation promised to those affected by the floods should be delivered quickly.
- Heavy rainfall, landslides hit parts of Kodagu district in Karnataka: At least 17 people have been killed and 2,200 houses damaged over the past two weeks.
- TV journalist hacked to death at her home in Bangladesh: Police said unidentified men rang the doorbell and attacked the woman when she opened the door.
- Delhi BJP spokesperson puts up poster calling Rajiv Gandhi the ‘father of mob lynching’: Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga said he put up the poster because Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claimed his party was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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