AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj shared a video of a man swimming in waterlogged road in Delhi's Patparganj. He stated that the "BJP's four-engine government" has now stopped making "even false claims". "Why are you running away from a third-party audit of the desilting work?" Bharadwaj asked BJP. "What is there to fear from the audit?" he further asked.


AAP shares video of man swimming in waterlogged Delhi roads

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has launched an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. "I will not rise from here until our demands are implemented. Not even bullets will make me step back," he said. He has listed five key demands, including recognition of Marathas and Kunbis as one, withdrawal of all cases against Maratha protestors, and reservation.

Even bullets won't stop me: Maratha quota activist Jarange on strike

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said whenever Congress has insulted PM Narendra Modi, it has lost the elections. "What is this arrogance? They abuse the PM, will they abuse his mother too now?" he said. Prasad said this after a video of abuses being hurled against PM Modi and his late mother at a Congress-RJD rally in Bihar, emerged online. 

Congress has lost whenever they have insulted PM Modi: BJP

Rising floodwaters stranded over 260 students and seven teachers on the campus of a Telangana Social Welfare Residential Degree College in Ramayampet, Medak. Floodwater entered the classrooms and the dining hall by mid-morning, creating panic among students and staff. The sudden appearance of snakes in the flooded waters further scared the already panicked students.

Floods trap 260 in Telangana college; snake sightings cause panic

Finance ministers of eight non-NDA-ruled states have demanded fair compensation for revenue loss due to the Centre’s GST reform proposal. The Opposition-ruled states — Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and West Bengal — will present their proposals at the GST Council meeting scheduled for 3 and 4 September.

Oppn states demand compensation for GST reform-linked revenue loss

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Arshad Madani claimed he had once asked Congress' Sonia Gandhi not to give a ticket to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was in Congress. "I...asked her not to give...ticket to Himanta...as he had...RSS mentality. Now, he's setting Assam on fire by harassing Muslims," he said. In response, BJP asked, "Do Maulvis decide who gets Congress tickets?"

I had once asked Sonia not to give ticket to Himanta: Madani

AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat should not impose his "three children a family" theory on Indian women. "Who are you to enter people's family lives? Why are you trying to put a burden on Indian women, who might have their own priorities?" he said. Bhagwat had said Indian families should have three children to keep population sufficient.

Don't burden women with three children theory: Owaisi to Bhagwat

As he arrived in Bihar to join the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra', Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said, "I am happy that Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav took out the yatra...they have done 'special investigative revision' of Election Commission (EC)." He said EC has become the 'Jugaad Commission' of BJP. He further accused the BJP of violating people's constitutional rights.

EC has become 'Jugaad Commission' of BJP: Akhilesh

Yemeni media claim Houthi-appointed Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli strike on Sanaa, though Israel has not confirmed his death. The IDF said it hit a Houthi military site after intercepting drones. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a statement after the strike, calling it part of an escalating response to Houthi aggression. 

Houthi PM Ahmed al-Rahawi killed in Israeli strike: Reports

Vice President JD Vance has reassured Americans that President Trump, 78, is in “excellent health” despite minor issues, but stressed he is fully prepared to step in under the 25th Amendment if needed. With Trump the oldest US president, Vance’s remarks both calm succession concerns and position him as a steady heir-apparent within the GOP.