A look at the headlines right now:

  1. DMK legislators evicted from Tamil Nadu Assembly, suspended for a week: The MLAs were suspended after the chaos that followed when an AIADMK member mocked MK Stalin’s ‘Nammaku Naame’ roadshow.
  2. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, shooter Jitu Rai reportedly recommended for Khel Ratna Award: Karmakar's coach, Bisweshwar Nandi, is likely to get the Dhronacharya Award, according to an NDTV report.
  3. At least 13 killed in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar: While the victims' families said the deaths were caused by spurious liquor they had consumed the night before, the local police chief called it a coincidence.
  4. Union minister VK Singh's wife alleges blackmail, files extortion complaint: According to the FIR filed by Bharti Singh, the suspect has been threatening to make public doctored audio and video clips unless she pays him Rs 2 crore.
  5. Art of Living's World Culture Festival 'completely destroyed' Yamuna floodplains, say NGT experts: A panel set up by the green tribunal said the event left the ground totally leveled and hardened, devoid of water bodies or vegetation.
  6. Najma Heptulla appointed Governor of Manipur: Banwarilal Purohit was named Assam Governor and VP Singh Badnore assumed the post in Punjab.
  7. Forensic lab to check footage from Amnesty's Bengaluru event, no arrests yet: The rights group might now have trouble getting an FCRA – foreign funds – licence, unnamed home ministry officials told various news agencies on Tuesday after a sedition complaint was filed against it.
  8. NCP legislator caught on camera slapping deputy collector after arguing over compensating farmers: The senior bureaucrat has not filed a formal complaint while MLA Suresh Lad has denied the incident altogether.
  9. Univision Communications buys Gawker Media for $135m at bankruptcy auction: The owner of the New York-based website, Nick Denton, said he was 'pleased' by the deal, after the firm went belly up following a legal battle with Hulk Hogan.
  10. Shuttler PV Sindhu shocks world No. 2 Wang Yihan to enter semifinals at Rio Olympics: The ninth-seeded Indian prevailed 22-20 21-19 in 55 minutes to enter the last four in her debut appearance at the Olympics.