A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Karnataka releases water to parts of Cauvery river basin, ends defiance of Supreme Court orders: Top AIADMK MPs from Tamil Nadu are expected to meet the PMO to discuss the ongoing water-sharing crisis.
  2. BCCI likely to call off ongoing India-New Zealand series: Other home series with Australia, Bangladesh and England may also be cancelled, after banks were told to freeze the cricket body's accounts.
  3. Attorney general tells Donald Trump's foundation to stop raising funds in New York: Eric Schneiderman said it was not registered to receive charitable donations in the state.
  4. Ten coaches of Jhelum Express derail, 3 injured: The train was coming from Jammu and going towards Pune when it went off the tracks.
  5. Coasts of Gujarat, Maharashtra on high alert after intel on two India-bound boats from Karachi: Intelligence agencies are believed to have shared the coordinates of the vessels with the state governments.
  6. National Green Tribunal website hacked in 'act of revenge against India Army's surgical strikes': A message from the hackers, replete with abusive language, said, 'We are Unbeatable...Now kiss the burn of Cyber War'.
  7. SC sentences Vikas and Vishal Yadav to 25 years in jail for Nitish Katara's murder: The bench of justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan also gave their aide Sukhdev Pehalwan 20 years in prison.
  8. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on respiratory support, says Apollo hospital: Social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy filed a petition in the Madras High Court, seeking details of AIADMK leader's health.
  9. Sensex up more than 300 points ahead of RBI monetary policy review: The Nifty rose 108 points and the rupee traded higher, at 66.53 against the US dollar.
  10. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group ties up with Dassault to help French firm invest in India for Rafale deal: The defence company has agreed to invest 50% of its earnings from the contract with the government to supply 36 units of the aircraft, as per a new rule.