🚨 Big Story 👉🏽 Violence in Nuh: Two days after violence erupted in Haryana during a procession led by the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, clashes spread to neighbouring Gurgaon where some shops and a mosque were torched, and the mosque naib imam killed, taking the death toll to five. 👉🏽 When asked about the violence at The Indian Express’ latest Idea Exchange, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that although this was the fourth year of the yatra, this time the official “management was not at its best”, with a key police official being absent. 👉🏽 So what led up to the violence in Nuh? Well, the Haryana police had granted permission for the Yatra, despite simmering tensions after two men were killed in Bhiwani in February, based on the assurance that weapons would not feature in the procession. However, once a series of messages and videos on social media and messaging apps started doing the rounds, tempers began to flare. Here’s the full story. 👉🏽 Speaking to the Indian Express, Gurgaon MP and Union Minister of State (Independent charge) Rao Inderjit Singh said it was not right for participants in a religious yatra to be carrying swords and sticks. ⚡ Only in the Express In his weekly column, C Raja Mohan writes on South Asia’s new economic openness: “The logic of economic geography is beginning to unfold in India’s relations with most of its neighbours, except Pakistan. India's trade potential with Pakistan has been estimated to be as high as $37 billion. It is unlikely, though, to be realised any time soon.” 📰 From the Front Page 🔴 South African and Namibian experts, all members of the national cheetah project steering committee, under which 20 cheetahs have been translocated to India beginning last September, have written to the Supreme Court expressing their anguish over being kept in the dark and have raised “serious concerns” over the project’s management. 🔴 Saying that there was a “complete breakdown” of law and order and constitutional machinery in Manipur and the state police had “lost control over the situation”, the Supreme Court summoned the state Director General of Police (DGP) at the next hearing on August 7. 🔴 The fourth person who was allegedly killed by Railway Protection Force (RPF) Constable Chetan Singh (33) on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express early Monday has been identified as Syed Saifullah (43), a resident of Hyderabad. 👩💻 Must Read 👉🏽 One-fifth of India’s tiger area spanning 16 tiger reserves harbours only 25 — or less than one per cent — of India’s 3,682 tigers, show figures in the latest All-India Tiger Estimate (AITE) report released Tuesday by the Environment Ministry. 👉🏽 The government has brought a Bill in Parliament giving itself significant say in the appointment and removal of Directors of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and in initiating inquiries. So, what is the purpose of the Bill? And what are the concerns it raises on the autonomy of IIMs? Read our Explained 👉🏽 On Tuesday, weeks after the BJP engineered a split in his party, the NCP president Sharad Pawar shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an award ceremony in Pune. They warmly greeted each other at the Lokmanya Tilak National Award ceremony. Here’s a look at the relationship these ‘frenemies’ have shared over the years. ⌛ And Finally To Yogita he was ‘Yogesh’; to Gulabi he was 'Govind'. As he assumed fake names and identities, Mahanand Naik, accused of targeting women and killing them, allegedly stuck to a modus operandi: he would court his victims, propose marriage, strangle them with their dupatta and rob them of jewellery. Here’s how his Victim No. 16 led police to the ‘dupatta killer’ Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar found himself tackling an unusual situation in the House on Tuesday . The Chair is usually used to telling Opposition members to sit down when they rise to speak out of turn, or to protest. On Tuesday, Dhankhar found himself issuing such directions to a minister! Don’t miss today’s Delhi Confidential to know more. In the latest episode of the 3 Things podcast, we discuss the IIT-Bombay’s new anti-discrimination guidelines and the predatory practices of instant loan apps and their links to Chinese firms. We also explain why the BJP is unlikely to push through a Uniform Civil Code this year. Until next time, Rahel Philipose and Anamni Gupta
