HIGHLIGHTS

Following are the top stories at 2115 hours:

DEL66 LDALL UNNAO Rape accused BJP MLA Sengar charged with murder after rape survivor's accident

Unnao/ Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday filed a murder case against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and nine others after the Unnao rape survivor's family filed a complaint, alleging "conspiracy" behind the Sunday's car crash in which the rape victim was severely injured as the opposition leaders and civil society expressed anguish and outrage over the entire incident.

DEL72 LDALL KASHMIR Police ordered to provide details of mosques in Kashmir, Centre slams NC, PDP on security deployment

Srinagar/New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered th police to immediately provide details of the mosques in the Valley where the Centre has moved additional forces fuelling speculation by the regional parties on the fate of Article 35A that gives special status to the state.

MDS12 KA-LD KARNATAKA Yediyurappa wins trust vote easily; Speaker resigns

Bengaluru: The three-day old BJP government in Karnataka headed by B S Yediyurappa on Monday proved its majority, sailing through the confidence motion smoothly in the truncated Assembly, ending a month-long political turbulence in the state.

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PM Narendra Modi to feature in Discovery's 'Man Vs Wild' Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will feature in a special episode of Discovery's "Man Vs Wild" which will highlight "issues related to environmental change."

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Azam Khan apologises for his sexist remarks in LS New Delhi: Under fire for his sexist remarks, Samajwadi Party member Azam Khan on Monday apologised in Lok Sabha to BJP member Rama Devi who said he has the habit of uttering derogatory words against women.

PAR24 LS-3RDLD MEDICAL BILL

National Medical Commission Bill passed by Lok Sabha New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Monday passed the National Medical Commission Bill for replacing the corruption-plagued MCI with a new body, in what was described by the government as one of the biggest reforms that will end 'inspector raj' in the medical education sector.

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Vietnam briefs India about Chinese action in South China Sea New Delhi: Vietnam has briefed India about the escalating tension in the South China sea after China deployed a large number of survey vessels in Vietnamese waters including around areas where India's ONGC has oil exploration projects.

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TN gutkha scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 246 crore New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 246 crore in connection with its money laundering probe into the gutkha scam in Tamil Nadu.

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Man lynched in Bengal over child-lifting suspicion Alipurduar (WB): A person was lynched in West Bengal's Alipurduar district by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter, police said on Monday.

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Woman who claimed rape dies day after after setting herself afire in police station premises Jaipur: A woman, who had accused her husband's cousin of raping her, died on Monday at a hospital here, a day after she set herself afire at a police station demanding his arrest, police said.

LEGAL

LGD5 SC-LD MARATHA QUOTA SC to consider urgent hearing of pleas against Maratha quota law

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider according urgent hearing to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a Maharashtra law that grants reservation to the Maratha community in education and jobs.

LGB4 MH-HC-2NDLD-GANG RAPE Pune BPO employee rape-murder case: HC commutes 2 convicts' death penalty to life term

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday commuted the death penalty of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang-rape and murder case to "life term for a period of 35 years" on the grounds that there had been an inordinate delay in executing them.

LGD6 SC-LD MALLYA Mallya's plea challenging confiscation of properties to be heard on Friday

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on August 2 a plea of fugitive economic offender Vijay Mallya challenging the confiscation of properties belonging to the companies owned by him and his family members.

LGD24 DL-COURT-LD CHOPPER Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul received money from chopper scam, ED tells court

New Delhi: Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, received money generated from the VVIP chopper deal scam, the Enforcement Directorate told a Delhi court on Monday.

LGB4 MH-HC-2NDLD-GANG RAPE Pune BPO employee rape-murder case: HC commutes 2 convicts' death penalty to life term

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday commuted the death penalty of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang-rape and murder case to "life term for a period of 35 years" on the grounds that there had been an inordinate delay in executing them.

FOREIGN

FGN20 CHINA-LD HONG KONG China backs Lam, Hong Kong police; calls on HK people to oppose violence

Beijing: China on Monday threw its backing behind Hong Kong's beleaguered pro-Beijing Chief Executive Carrie Lam as well as the city's police and called on people in the financial hub to oppose and resist violence. By K J M Varma.