A look at the headlines right now:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. One dead, three injured in multiple shootings at Austin, Texas: The person killed was identified by medican services as a woman in her 30s.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.