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No bandh in Mumbai today: Mumbai, Pune, Solapur & Satara districts in Maharashtra are excluded from today’s Maratha Kranti Morcha’s strike.

Chennai: Four killed as a car rams roadside tree near Perambalur on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

Police arrest YSRCP leaders enforcing bandh demanding Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh. Mangalagiri MLA Alla Rama Krishna Reddy arrested and shifted to Tadikonda station. Macherla MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy kept under house arrest.

Himachal: Fire breaks out in a residential building at Ner Chowk today, five charred to death.

One death reported in Kerala during the monsoon havoc. Sivankutty, 50, haling from Manimala slipped into a canal in Kanjirappally.

Himachal Pradesh: Vehicles damaged due to landslide on Bagipul-Jao road in Kullu district. No injuries reported.

AP: Vamsadhara river rescue operation successfully completed. All 55 people and 20 sheep were rescued.

Houses and vehicles damaged in Ghat's Kundi village after cloudburst occurred in Chamoli district's Tharali area in early morning hours.

Kerala: Ponnani tehsildar declares holiday for all educational institutions in Ponnani Taluk today due to heavy rains.

Gujarat: Rajkot police found a country made bomb from Metoda GIDC. Rajkot SP said there was no explosive in bomb and it was placed to scare the people.

I support One Nation One Election. This will save money and time, says Rajinikanth in Chennai.

Jharkhand: A debt-ridden family of 6 committed suicide last night in Hazaribagh. 5 hung themselves and 1 jumped off their terrace.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor summoned by Kolkata court over his 'Hindu-Pakistan' comment. Advocate Sumeet Chowdhury had filed the case alleging Tharoor's comments had hurt religious sentiments and insulted the Constitution. Tharoor has been asked to appear on August 14.

Traffic will remain heavy on Shri Aurobindo Marg (both carriageways) from 12PM to 6:30PM from IIT towards AIIMS due to Jagannath Rath Yatra. Kindly avoid the stretch: Delhi Traffic Police.

Hyderabad:19-year-old mountaineer Amgoth Tukaram from Telangana scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa). He says 'My motive was to create awareness among people that they should wear helmets while driving. I also broke a record by carrying 18 metre long tricolour to Mt. Kilimanjaro peak.' (ANI)

CBI raids ponzi firm Pailan Group's premises in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas.

Telangana has been witnessing light rain since last night, more rains likely.

AP: A 24-year-old man from Kurnool writes to President Kovind requesting him to allow mercy killing. He claims that he was a victim of child sexual abuse, saying he took the decision as no one supports his cause to fight against child sexual abuse.

Tamil Nadu: History sheeter Dhanasekaran hacked to death by a gang near Thiruvanmiyur police station.

Nine dead after landslide hits Manipur's Tamenglong, reports ANI