The big news: SC says Rahul Gandhi must apologise in RSS defamation case, and nine other top stories
Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife said he wants to serve Punjab and has left the BJP, and 10 CRPF men were killed in an encounter with Maoists in Bihar.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Can't make 'collective denunciations', Supreme Court tells Rahul Gandhi in RSS defamation case: The Congress vice president was sued for blaming the organisation for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, a statement he had made during a national election rally.
- Navjot Singh Sidhu wants to serve Punjab, has left the BJP, says his wife: However, Navjot Kaur Sidhu said she had not resigned from the ruling party and remained chief parliamentary secretary in Punjab.
- 10 CRPF men killed in encounter with Maoists in Bihar's Dumari Nala forest: The extremists set off IEDs and engaged security forces in a heavy gunfight, in one of the worst anti-Naxal operations in recent times.
- Nintendo crosses Sony in market value, thanks to Pokémon GO: At 4.36 trillion yen, the Japanese gaming giant is now worth 300 billion yen more than the multinational company.
- BJP, Congress agree to five-hour debate on GST Bill in Rajya Sabha: While the date for the discussion has not been fixed, both parties have decided to meet address the changes demanded by the Opposition.
- Nine lakh cases of high-value transactions under I-T Department radar, says CBDT: The board said it will 'confront' defaulters with this data in a move to push them to declare their undisclosed assets under the Income Declaration Scheme.
- WADA calls for Russia to be banned from Olympics after evidence of state-sponsored doping: A report from the organisation found evidence of Russian-sponsored doping from late 2011 to August 2015.
- Media ban in Jammu and Kashmir lifted, state says it was a ‘miscommunication’: The government transferred the senior policeman who had ordered the raids at press offices in a move that tries to show imposing the gag was not their decision.
- Chaos on Day 1 of Republican National Convention, anti-Donald Trump delegates voice opposition: The rebellion to change GOP's rules to choose an alternative candidate brought into focus the disunity among Republicans ahead of the presidential polls.
- ISIS claims responsibility after Afghan teenager attacks train in Germany, injures four: Police shot dead the 17-year-old in Würzburg when he tried to flee.