Messi visit row: Kerala’s UDF govt closes in on multi-angled probe into LDF’s failed bid to host Argentina football team in Kochi

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan says Sports Department’s preliminary inquiry has revealed 'very serious allegations' warranting further investigation by multiple departments and agencies
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Parliament passes Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill
The Bill will become law after it receives the President's assent

Light to moderate rain likely in Andhra Pradesh till August 16
The IMD said the well-marked low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal is moving north-westwards and may concentrate into a depression by Thursday evening; strong surface winds of 40-50 kmph are likely across the State

R.K. Singh calls Indian government pusillanimous over allegedly abandoning patrolling point in Arunachal
I want to know; the nation wants to know how many other patrolling points the government has given up since 2014, asked former Union Minister and Home Secretary R.K. Singh

Supreme Court agrees to take up MP’s plea against use of face-recognition tech on NEET-UG protesters
Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament A.A. Rahim said that the use of facial recognition technology and covert surveillance on peaceful protesters was unconstitutional