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* Polling underway for the second part of the first phase of West Bengal Assembly and for the final phase in Assam.

* Kerala government orders a judicial inquiry in Puttingal Devi Temple fire incident; Relief and rescue operations underway; Death toll rises to 110.

* India offers to invest up to 20 billion US dollars in Iran's energy industry, subject to provision of concessional rights.

* US says 'Make-in-India' initiative reflected in the defence activities between the two nations.

* IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 9 wickets at Eden Gardens.

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, Kolkata Flyover tragedy is not an act of God but an act of fraud.

2. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says, international investors find India a preferred destination bringing FDI flow to highest point.

3. India rejects Pakistan's assertion that its Joint Investigation Team was not allowed to meet witnesses from the security forces at Pathankot.

4. Panama sets up an independent commission to review the country's financial practices following Mossack Fonseca documents leak.

5. Jammu and Kashmir government orders time-bound probe into NIT Srinagar clashes.

6. HRD Ministry decides to give total fee waiver for students belonging to socially, economically weaker sections and divyangs for undergraduate courses in IITs; Over 100 per cent fee hike for other students.

7. Supreme Court directs Vijay Mallya to disclose his total assets by 21st of this month.

8. CBI files charge sheet against Pearls Group CMD and others, in an alleged 45,000 crore rupees chit fund scam case.

9. A secular student activist hacked to death in Bangladesh.

10. World Champions Australia defeat India 5-1 in Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

1) Parliament passes Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015 aimed at protecting interests of house buyers.

2) A Mumbai court sends NCP leader Chagan Bhujbal to two day custody of Enforcement Directorate.

3) Aung San Suu Kyi's close aide Htin Kyaw elected Myanmar's first civilian president after a long military rule.

4) BJP, Congress and Left party Members in Lok Sabha demand probe into alleged bribery charges against TMC MPs.

5) Judicial custody of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya in a sedition case extended by another 14 days.

6) Pope Francis approves sainthood for Mother Teresa; To be canonised on 4th of September.

7) Centre tells Supreme Court, it is not taking sides in the dispute between Punjab and Haryana on Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal.

8) Sensex declines 253 points to close at 24,551; Rupee falls 27 paise against the dollar.

9) WORLD CUP-T 2O; Indian women's cricket team defeat Bangladesh by 72 runs in Bengaluru.

10) In Nagpur, the men's T20 match between New Zealand and India is in progress.

1) Lok Sabha approves demands for grants for 2016-17.

2) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says challenge for government is to protect economy from global slowdown.

3) Centre rules out any changes in existing reservation policy.

4) Lok Sabha Ethics Committee issues notice to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi over his nationality issue; Congress says Rahul’s nationality can never be questioned.

5) Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I successfully test fired off Odisha coast.

6) Government releases revised pensionary benefits to more than 2 lakh 21 thousand Defence pensioners.

7) Government sets up high-level committee to look into the issue of missing files related to 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

8) Centre seeks reports from states about damage of crops following recent rainfall and hailstorm.

9) Consumer Price based inflation dips to three months low of 5.18% last month.

10) Indian Men to take on New Zealand in T20 World Cup at Nagpur tomorrow; Women Team to play against Bangladesh at Bengaluru.

- Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, has insisted she will not resign over her alleged mishandling of the economy after moves to impeach her.

- Cyber crime is the biggest challenge with the development & access to technology across the globe: Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

- Chhattisgarh: 2 BSF jawans killed, 4 injured in an encounter with Maoists in Pakhanjoor area of Kanker district.

- SC commutes capital punishment of 3 convicts to life imprisonment in Dharmapuri bus burning case in Tamil Nadu.

- India does not agree with the United States rationale that sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan will help combat terrorism: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

- Chhattisgarh Police recovers two IEDs and one pipe bomb planted by Maoists in Mardapal area of Kondagaon district during a search operation.

- Chhattisgarh: In one of the biggest Maoist surrender in the history of Chhattisgarh, as many as 56 Maoists surrender in Bastar district.

* ISRO to launch Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS-1F today; Satellite to provide accurate position information services.

*Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya appeals to trade unions not to go ahead with their proposed nationwide strike.

*BJP releases list of 88 candidates for Assam assembly elections; fields Chandra Kumar Bose, great Grandson of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee.

*In All England Badminton Championship; Sai Praneeth beats second seed to move ahead; Saina Nehwal, K. Srikanth also advance; While PV Sindhu, H S Prannoy and pair of Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa stumble in first round.

1. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley criticises Congress for pitting CBI against IB during the UPA regime; Accuses opposition party of trying to fix BJP leader in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

2. On International Women’s Day, members cutting across party lines in parliament demand passage of Women’s Reservation Bill.

3. Parliamentary Affairs Minister says, Government is working on building consensus on the passage of Women’s Reservation Bill

4. Countdown for launch of India’s sixth navigational satellite IRNSS-1F begins in Sriharikota this morning.

5. President Pranab Mukherjee gives away Nari Shakti Puraskar to 15 women and 5 organisations for .

6. Government rolls back proposal to tax Employees’ provident fund withdrawals.

7. Supreme Court agrees to hear public sector banks plea tomorrow seeking direction to restrain Vijay Mallya from leaving the country.

8. Bangladesh Supreme court upholds death sentence of top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for crimes against humanity during 1971 Liberation War.

9. International Tennis Federation provisionally suspends Maria Sharapova for failing a drugs test at the Australian Open.

10. Much-anticipated World Twenty20 cricket match between India and Pakistan to be held as scheduled in Dharamsala.