The Department of Telecom (DoT) has written to the Registrar of Companies (RoC) in Delhi and Mumbai, asking them to "withhold any further action" with regards to the merger between Bharti Airtel and Tata Tele as the department has "not given written approval yet" to the transaction, a move that may delay passage of the high-profile deal.

Madras HC adjourned the Aadhaar-Social Media linking case to September 19 as the Supreme Court is in the process of hearing Facebook and WhatsApp's petition to transfer four similar public interest litigations on such linkage pending before various High courts to the Apex Court. Mukul Rohatgi, Senior Advocate for Facebook sought adjournment till 13 September for the Supreme Court transfer petition to be decided.

A French couple may face up to six years in jail for taking sand from an Italian beach. The couple wanted to take the sand as a "souvenir" from their vacation, however, they did not know that they were committing a crime. Sardinia's white sand is considered the public good. It is forbidden to remove the sand from the island.