Two people, including an engineering student, were arrested by the CB-CID wing of the Tamilnadu police Wednesday in connection with the recent leak of a mathematics question paper of Anna University.
Author: PTI
Aimed at addressing regional imbalance, the Karnataka cabinet Wednesday decided to shift some government departments, boards and commissions to the north Karnataka region.
The Karnataka BJP Unit Wednesday accused the Congress of failing to keep its poll manifesto promise of waiving farmers’ loans even after the lapse of six months since its coalition government with JDS was formed.
Expressing concern that Karnataka has become drought prone for successive years, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said Wednesday an expert committee would be set up to study about it and find ways to mitigate the situation.
The AIADMK members protested against the construction of a dam across the Cauvery river, while those from the Congress demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale deal. The TDP sought to raise issues related to Andhra Pradesh.
Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI is proposed to assume a regulatory role with enhanced power to take enforcement actions on misuse of the national biometric ID and impose stiff penalties for violations such as failure to obtain consent for authentication and in case of data breaches, a top source said, PTI reported.
Utility of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri as captain and coach must be assessed if India fail to win the next two Tests against Australia, suggested batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is baffled by the selection blunders committed by the team management.
India pitched for early finalisation of a joint study group report on proposed free trade agreement with Turkey for launching negotiations for a deal.
Veteran Yuvraj Singh finally found a buyer at the IPL players’ auction that had an unmissable Caribbean flavour to it.