Overview

• Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament that the three militants killed in Operation Mahadev were Pakistani nationals named Suleman, Jibran and Hamza Afghani and were responsible for the Pahalgam killings
• Security forces have launched follow-up operations targeting remaining cell operatives after a two-month effort of human, signal-capture and satellite intelligence led to the July 28–29 encounter
• Monsoon session debates turned contentious as opposition MPs pressed the government over ignored RAW and IB warnings before the attack and challenged Prime Minister Modi to reject President Trump’s ceasefire claim
• Surat police arrested four suspects in a gang-rape and attempted drowning of a woman in the Tapi river and investigators in Hardoi are probing a shooting in which the wounded victim rode to a petrol pump for help
• Asianet News lodged a cyber-police complaint about an orchestrated online smear of its female journalists and Reza Shah Pahlavi’s unverified claim of a secret Iranian opposition platform remains under verification