The big news: Smriti Irani loses HRD ministry in Cabinet reshuffle, and nine other top stories
The dog that was thrown off a Chennai building has been found alive, and Theresa May came out on top in the first round of the Tory leadership vote.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Prakash Javadekar gets HRD ministry, Smriti Irani moved to textiles in Cabinet reshuffle: MJ Akbar will be Minister of State, External Affairs, and Venkaiah Naidu is the new Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
- The dog that was thrown off a Chennai building has been found alive: She is undergoing treatment for her fractured leg, and the police are hoping to arrest medical students Gautam Sudarshan and Ashish Pal soon.
- Liam Fox booted out in first round of Tory leadership vote, Theresa May the favourite: The UK's Home Secretary, who had campaigned for the Remain side in the EU referendum, was backed by 165 out of the 329 MPs.
- Jammu and Kashmir drops stone-pelting charges against 634 people: The PDP-BJP government’s pre-Eid move came as good news for mainly youngsters who were booked between 2008 and 2014.
- Bihar Minister Tej Pratap Yadav threatens journalist with defamation suit: The son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav became infuriated when the reported started taking a video of him on his mobile phone.
- Telangana government accuses Andhra Pradesh of copyright violation, files cyber crime complaint: The issue broke out over an online questionnaire on the ease of doing business in the states.
- Bombay, Calcutta and Madras high courts to now be called by their new city names: The Law Ministry had approved a Bill to rename them.
- Raghuram Rajan's successor likely to be named after Narendra Modi’s returns from Africa tour: The RBI governor's tenure ends on September 4.
- Nasa's Juno enters Jupiter's orbit in historic mission: The spacecraft fired its main engine for 35 minutes, slowed down from 37,000mph to 1,212mph to come closer than any other attempt to reach the largest planet in the solar system.
- Wimbledon: Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig knocked out in second round of mixed doubles: The No 1 seeded pair lost 6-4 3-6 5-7 to the British duo of Neal Skupski and Anna Smith.