A look at the headlines right now:
- MEA summons Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, hands over evidence from Uri attack: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the siege shows that the terror machinery in the neighbouring country is still thriving.
- Karnataka will defer release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu: CM Siddaramaiah: The state government reached its decision after convening an all-party meeting to discuss the dispute.
- Heavy rain leaves Hyderabad citizens without power, drinking water: Waterlogging, wall collapses and sinkholes were reported from several parts of the city.
- Delhi's Race Course Road, where the PM's house is located, has been renamed Lok Kalyan Marg: The change came a day after NDMC member and BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi said the former name did not ‘match with Indian culture’.
- 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.
- 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'.
- Online furniture marketplace Pepperfry secures Rs 210 crore from existing investors: The company, which recorded sales worth Rs 1,000 crore in March 2016, has so far raised approximately $160 million in five rounds of funding.
- Bengaluru FC draw 0-0 with Tampines Rovers to make it to the semi-finals of 2016 AFC Cup: The 2016 I-League champions won their quarter-final tie by an aggregate score of 1-0 in the Asian tournament.
- Knife-wielding attacker shot and wounded near Israeli embassy in Ankara: A Turkish official reportedly said the assailant was mentally unstable with no link to any organisation.
- Sharpshooter wanted for Siwan journalist's murder surrenders before court in a different case: The Siwan court sent Mohammad Kaif to 14 days' judicial custody.
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