A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Mebooba Mufti says security personnel will be answerable for using excessive force during Kashmir agitation: The chief minister asked parents in the Valley to discourage their children from participating in protests.
  2. Not as divided as we seem, says Barack Obama at Dallas memorial service: The president said racial discrimination continues to plague the country, but people must acknowledge the dangers police officers face on the job.
  3. 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots accused Suresh Rana named one of BJP’s vice presidents in UP: The party on Tuesday announced 15 key office bearers ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections in the state.
  4. Narendra Modi rejects Smriti Irani's choice of chairman for the Central Board of Secondary Education: The Prime Minister has also taken the process of selecting the board chief out of the HRD Ministry's domain.
  5. Najma Heptullah resigns as minority affairs minister, will be replaced by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: GM Siddeshwara also stepped down as the minister of state for heavy industries, and Babul Supriyo will take charge of the position instead.
  6. Congress names Raj Babbar its chief in Uttar Pradesh ahead of state elections: Imran Masood, Rajesh Mishra and Raja Ram Pal will be the party's vice presidents the state.
  7. Beijing has 'no historic rights' over South China Sea, rules UN tribunal: The Permanent Court of Arbitration accused China of breaching Philippines' sovereign rights, but the country called the verdict 'ill-founded'.
  8. Bernie Sanders endorses Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at New Hampshire: The Vermont senator had earlier said he would vote for her and help stop Republican nominee Donald Trump from reaching the Oval Office.
  9. UK Parliament to debate having second Brexit referendum: The debate in the House of Commons will reportedly be held on September 5.
  10. Supreme Court panel indicts ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha of trying to influence coal scam investigation: The committee held that entries in the visitor’s diary of the former investigator’s home, which show that he met eminent accused in the case, were genuine.