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1. Security arrangements have been heightened in Haryana's Karnal as farmers will be holding a mahapanchayat today and also plan to block the mini-secretariat over the August 28 lathicharge by police. 2. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tweetstoday that she is under house arrest and the administration's 'fake claims of normalcy' have been exposed. Ms Mufti is not allowed to leave her home for a visit to Kulgam in south Kashmir. 3. In Uttar Pradesh Mayawati says Brahmins are frustrated with the BJP and want a change ahead of the 2022 polls. 4. Multiple protests on the streets of various Afghanistan cities, now report says Pakistan helped the Taliban win the Panjshir valley. Now a Taliban lite weight leader is likely to be the next prime minister. 5. India reports 31,222 fresh COVID-19 cases today, 19.8 per cent lower than yesterday. 6. Masking and social distancing rules still being flouted. A driver without a mask drags a security marshal after he tries to get him down. 7. A school teacher and her 14 year old son are found murdered in Kolkata on Monday. 8. Massive rains sweep away an alternative route on Uttarakhand's Dehradun-Rishikesh highway. The route is created after a bridge collapse because of heavy rains.