Evening brief: BJP MP Katheria to keep Lok Sabha seat as Agra court stays conviction; and all the latest news

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Published on: Aug 7, 2023, 17:03:29 IST

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Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

BJP lawmaker Ram Shankar Katheria. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT File)

BJP MP Katheria to keep Lok Sabha seat as Agra sessions court stays conviction

A session court in Agra has stayed the conviction of BJP leader Ram Shankar Katheria in a 12-year-old case of assault and rioting. Katheria welcomed the order and said that justice has been done to him. Read more

Number of Cheetah deaths not low: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday said that the number of deaths of Cheetahs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh is not low, and even the general public was concerned with the health of the wild cats. Read more

‘Racist assumptions’: California mother accused of human trafficking while travelling with biracial daughter

Mary MacCarthy and her daughter were travelling on a Southwest Airlines flight in 2021 for her brother's funeral when she was accused of human trafficking by an airline employee present on the scene. Following the event, she filed a lawsuit against the airlines for racial profiling. Read more

'No point brushing it aside': Prasad blasts India's lack of 'intensity, hunger', Chahal blunder after 2nd straight loss

Continuing his tirade on social media, Venkatesh Prasad on Monday reiterated his 'ordinary' take on the Indian cricket team after it lost the second T20I to West Indies by 2 wickets. A second consecutive defeat to West Indies has come as a wake-up call to Hardik Pandya's ambitious bunch of youngsters, as another defeat would mark their first bilateral series defeat to the Caribbean side in 21 years. Read more

Tamannaah Bhatia's fan breaches security to meet her. Watch how she stayed calm, shook his hand anyway

A video has gone viral in which Tamannaah Bhatia is seen leaving an event in Kerala, when an enthusiastic fan tried to jump at her in order to greet her. Read more

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