The Biggest Stories of August 15, 2016

For the first time, an Indian Prime Minster brings up Balochistan. PM Modi, in his Independence Day speech, says the Baloch leaders have thanked him for speaking against Pakistan's atrocities; 1 Paramilitary officer die in an terror attack in Srinagar even as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appeals for calm; in Bengaluru, Amnesty International's India chapter is booked for sedition and rioting over a seminar on Kashmir based on a complaint filed by the ABVP; no more removing dead cows vow thousands of dalits in Una, as Muslims also joins in protest against atrocities in the name of cow protection.