National
- Less than 50% of Anganwadi Centers have toilets: Ministry report
- Pakistan today released 163 Indian fishermen, including three minors, from two jails in Karachi
- India, Bangla border guards to begin talks tomorrow
- Government formalizes strategies to counter ISIS threat, maintain internal security
- Karnataka teachers freed by ISIS are safe, to return soon
- FTII students to protest at Delhi on Monday
- Take over all Vyapam cases, SC tells CBI
- SP leader sacked after seeking Rajya Sabha seat for yakub’s wife.
- Gurdaspur terror attack: militants wore Pakistan made glooves
International
- Osama half-sister, her husband and mother killed in UK jet crash: Arabiya
- Myanmar declares national emergency after deadly monsoon rains displaced tens of thousands of people
- Egypt postpones verdict in retrial of Al Jazeera journalists, who have been charged with aiding a terrorist organization, to Aug. 29
- Greece bank expected to reopen on Monday amid bailout talks
- Book haram camp in Nigeria destroyed, 178 rescued
Polity
- GST a Congress Bill, party’s negativism hurting economy: Jaitley
- BJP hits out kejriwal for wasting public money in poster war.
- Mehbooba mufti, PDP president, in Delhi, may meet shah for J&K package
- Foreign institutes offer to tie up with NDA’s rail varsity.
- BJP, Congress spar over ‘ Hindu terrorism’ issue
Business
- Apollo Group to set up hospital in Navi Mumbai
- Centre to pump Rs. 70,000 cr. into PSU banks
- ‘Make in India’ drive showing results : Kalyani
- Apple, BMW I courtship with an eye on car collaboration
- Nokia set to roll out MTNL network expansion plan
Defense
- Indian Coast Guard has recovered nine iron drums containing some chemical in the Arabian Sea
- India-Israel co-developed Barak-8 missile to be test fired
- Kochi gets India’s first harbor defense system
- Navy says no to second hand warships
- Indian Army, PLA hold maiden personnel’ meet at DBO in Ladakh
- IAF finalizes stretch for India’s road runway on UP highway
- White House cites India’s support to sell Iran nuclear deal
Sports
- Indian champion Joshna Chinappa annexed the squash title in the 15,000 US Dollar Victorian Open WSA Event in Melbourne
- MCA lifts 3-year old Wankhede Stadium entry ban on Shahrukh Khan
- Indian women’s recurve team bagged a silver medal at the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Bangladesh to host Australia for first tests in nine years
- Golfer Ranveer Singh Saini created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games
- India defeated Turkmenistan in the Asian senior volleyball men’s championship at Tehran
- South Sudan becomes Olympic movement’s 206th member
- Sania Mirza nominated for khel ratna award, final result awaits.
