A look at the headlines right now:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Heavy rain leaves Hyderabad citizens without power, drinking water: Waterlogging, wall collapses and sinkholes were reported from several parts of the city.
  4. 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’.
  5. 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.
  6. 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'.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.