The big news: Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto will now have surge pricing, and nine other top stories
The all-party delegation for Kashmir said the government will pay for the protestors’ medical care, and Apple launched the iPhone 7.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Railways increases Rajdhani, Duronto, Shatabdi fares through surge pricing: The tickets will cost more as soon as 10% of the seats get booked. The price will be capped at 1.5 times the base fare.
- All-party delegation says it will release a report on its visit soon, calls for dialogue: The draft is not the Centre or Home Ministry's view, but a compilation of all the contingent's observances and suggestions on the unrest, they clarified.
- Apple launches the iPhone 7 at San Francisco event: The phone will come in two models, with a dual camera system, stereo speakers and no headphone jack – and Super Mario will come to the app store.
- Startups are made to look sexy, but are not going anywhere, says Future Group CEO Kishore Biyani: The companies should work on a larger scale to create more employment opportunities, he said.
- SBI stocks hit 52-week high after it issues bonds to Yes Bank worth Rs 2,100 crore: The public bank’s shares rose 2.74% to close at Rs 266.55. The company has outperformed the Sensex in the last quarter, advancing 30.34% to the index’s 8.22%.
- Indigenous variety of GM cotton almost ready for launch, say Indian scientists: The seeds are similar to Monsanto's product, but are more pest-resistant, a Delhi University-based team said.
- Sanatan Sanstha member Virendra Singh Tawade named key conspirator in Narendra Dabholkar chargesheet: Two other members of the Hindutva group, Vinay Pawar and Sarang Akolkar, have also been listed as co-accused by the CBI.
- Government is running against time to meet April 1 GST deadline, says Arun Jaitley: The finance minister admitted that India, one of Asia's largest economies, is performing 'far below its best'.
- Petition in Gujarat says Pokémon GO is hurting religious sentiments: The petitioner said offering eggs, which have to be collected as part of the game, to people in places of worship is objectionable.
- Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's medal from 2012 London Olympics will not be upgraded to gold: United World Wrestling on Tuesday said gold medallist Togrul Asgarov had never failed a dope test.