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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to France, addressed the Indian diaspora at the UNESCO headquarter in Paris. Four people were killed and 27  injured in a stampede at Kachua Loknath Temple in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district during Janmashtami celebrations. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country. 

Union home minister Amit Shah urged the authorities concerned to devise a mechanism to address the issues of sexual crimes against women and kids in a faster and more efficient way.

An illegal Bangladeshi immigrant couple purchased a 17-year-old girl and were trying to sell her to an agent Hari Chowdary in Hyderabad when they were arrested by police. Cases have been registered under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences and section 14 of Foreigners Act - 1946.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force pilot who became the face of a tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan in February, has started flying the MiG 21 jet again. Former Union finance minister Chidambaram was remanded to CBI custody till August 26. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

Heavy rains have the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) filled to the brim. Downpour in and around Mandya, and strong currents in river Cauvery, have filed the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) dam to the brim. Section 144 is in effect for 20 km around the dam and mining in this region is also banned till September 4.

Actress-politician Ramya's mother Ranjitha spoke to a Kannada TV channel stating that the reports of her daughter are baseless. She also revealed the reason for her daughter's break-up with ex-boyfriend Raphael.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expanded his council of ministers with 23 ministers taking oath at the Raj Bhavan. P Chidambaram, facing threat of arrest in INX media case, failed on Wednesday to get protection from the Supreme Court which decided to hear on Friday his petition seeking anticipatory bail.  Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Chandrayaan-2 successfully achieved a major milestone as the spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit this morning. Nearly a month after taking oath as Karnataka chief minister, following the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, BS Yediyurappa formed his Cabinet with 17 ministers. Former Union minister P Chidambaram who faces arrest in the INX media case failed to gain an audience in the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Dwayne Johnson And Lauren Hashian met in the year 2006 and dated for over 12 years before getting married on Sunday

Aishwarya Pissay became the first Indian woman to win the FIM World Championship in the final round in Hungary

As former finance minister Arun Jaitley continues to be on life support, several politicians, including veteran BJP leader LK Advani and Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to enquire about his health. ISRO will fire Chandrayaan-2's liquid engine on August 20 to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country. 
 

Tamanna (48kg), Ambeshori Devi (57kg), Preeti Dahiya (60kg) and Priyanka (66kg) won gold medals at Nation’s Cup boxing event in Serbia
 

A fuming Djokovic, who looked to have control of the contest in the early going of the Cincinnati Masters semi-finals, was caught out when Medvedev stepped things up in the second set.
 

Six teenagers killed a teashop owner Marimuthu in Madurai for asking them to pay for the tea that they drank