A look at the headlines right now:
- Cabinet advances Union Budget by a month, merges railway and annual budgets from next year: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the actual date of presenting the Budget will be decided after taking into consideration Assembly election dates.ƒ
- US introduces Bill to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism: But with the presidential election coming up in November, chances of it being passed by the current Barack Obama-led administration are slim.
- Supreme Court order about Cauvery water sharing is unimplementable, says Siddaramaiah as he appeals for peace: Karnataka has called for cabinet and all-party meetings to discuss the verdict, while Tamil Nadu praised the ruling and called it historic.
- Aawaaz-e-Punjab will be a political forum, not a party, says Navjot Singh Sidhu: The cricketer-turned-politician vowed to work against the 'corroborative and collusive Badal-Amrinder nexus that has plundered Punjab in the last 15 years'.
- Militants were aware of troop movements and location at Uri, Army investigating insider help in attack: The probe is also looking at a route from the village of Sukhdar, which terrorists could have used to get to the Army base.
- Former wicket-keeper MSK Prasad elected India's selection panel chief by BCCI: Its Annual General Meeting came after a Lodha panel directive telling it to limit decisions to ‘routine business concerning the past year, 2015-16’.
- Oscar-winning writer and director of LA Confidential, Curtis Hanson, dies at 71: He had retired recently because of Alzheimer's and died of natural causes in his Hollywood Hills home.
- Volkswagen to begin emissions recall in India with older Skoda Superb model: The vehicle was fitted with the same 2.0-litre EA 189 diesel engine that is directly linked with the illegal software in the German automaker's cars.
- Italian marine can remain in home country till international tribunal rules on case, says Centre: The government said the court might modify Massimiliano Latorre's bail conditions and impose the same four conditions it did with co-accused Salvatore Girone.
- Car hits man crossing road in Telangana, travels with his body on roof for three kilometres: The driver reportedly fled the scene after locals stopped the vehicle.
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