CSJP and CAG submit a memorandum to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, raising concerns over the proposed FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 and its potential impact on minority-run institutions and services for the poor. Catholic Association of Goa also urges Congress to field young, clean candidates for the 2027 Goa polls. • Former GPCC President Amit Patkar questioned his exclusion from the Congress Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting chaired by AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, stating that he was not invited • The Principal District Court has extended the judicial custody of Suleman Siddique Khan by one day after the ED filed a transfer application seeking his custody; transfer application will be heard tomorrow at 5 pm; Mapusa Court’s order on Khan’s bail plea is scheduled to be heard on August 19. • Jony Anthonio, 34, a security guard from Moira, died after allegedly being hit by an unknown vehicle while walking home in Moira; he sustained serious injuries and later succumbed. • The Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging hanging as the method of executing the death penalty. The Court, however, clarified that the issue can be revisited if compelling medical or scientific evidence emerges and said the Union Government is free to examine alternative methods through an expert body. • Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Tirath Singh Rawat, Ram Madhav, Baijyant Jay Panda, D Purandeshwari, Rekha Verma, Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi, Bharti Pravin Pawar, Manpreet Singh Badal, Lal Singh Arya, M. Nagaraja, Tariq Mansoor and Madhuchandra Kar to be National Vice Presidents. Vinod Tawde and Smriti Irani to be one of the National General Secretaries, Piyush Goyal to be the National Treasurer • AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge said Goa’s environment and forests must be protected, while creating jobs for youth and stopping the drug menace. Targeting the BJP government, he alleged it was “high on drugs” and said the Congress would stop the drug trade if voted to power. • Mallikarjun Kharge, reacting to youths showing him black flags, said he wears a white cap whose colour can be changed, but claimed those wearing the RSS “black topi” cannot change its colour and “it has to be burnt.” • Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at BJP leaders over the ‘shuddhikaran’ carried out in Uttarakhand after his visit, saying those who call others “paapi” should first “purify themselves”. • AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge says he has completed 56 years in politics but has “never seen such a corrupt government” as the Goa government. Kharge, 85, also took a dig at the E20 fuel policy, saying: “My engine is working so good as I am not using E20 fuel for my engine.”
CSJP and CAG submit a memorandum to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, raising concerns over the proposed FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 and its potential impact on minority-run institutions and services for the poor. Catholic Association of Goa also urges Congress to field young, clean candidates for the 2027 Goa polls. • Former GPCC President Amit Patkar questioned his exclusion from the Congress Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting chaired by AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, stating that he was not invited • The Principal District Court has extended the judicial custody of Suleman Siddique Khan by one day after the ED filed a transfer application seeking his custody; transfer application will be heard tomorrow at 5 pm; Mapusa Court’s order on Khan’s bail plea is scheduled to be heard on August 19. • Jony Anthonio, 34, a security guard from Moira, died after allegedly being hit by an unknown vehicle while walking home in Moira; he sustained serious injuries and later succumbed. • The Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging hanging as the method of executing the death penalty. The Court, however, clarified that the issue can be revisited if compelling medical or scientific evidence emerges and said the Union Government is free to examine alternative methods through an expert body. • Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Tirath Singh Rawat, Ram Madhav, Baijyant Jay Panda, D Purandeshwari, Rekha Verma, Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi, Bharti Pravin Pawar, Manpreet Singh Badal, Lal Singh Arya, M. Nagaraja, Tariq Mansoor and Madhuchandra Kar to be National Vice Presidents. Vinod Tawde and Smriti Irani to be one of the National General Secretaries, Piyush Goyal to be the National Treasurer • AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge said Goa’s environment and forests must be protected, while creating jobs for youth and stopping the drug menace. Targeting the BJP government, he alleged it was “high on drugs” and said the Congress would stop the drug trade if voted to power. • Mallikarjun Kharge, reacting to youths showing him black flags, said he wears a white cap whose colour can be changed, but claimed those wearing the RSS “black topi” cannot change its colour and “it has to be burnt.” • Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at BJP leaders over the ‘shuddhikaran’ carried out in Uttarakhand after his visit, saying those who call others “paapi” should first “purify themselves”. • AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge says he has completed 56 years in politics but has “never seen such a corrupt government” as the Goa government. Kharge, 85, also took a dig at the E20 fuel policy, saying: “My engine is working so good as I am not using E20 fuel for my engine.”
