The big news: Salman Khan gets 5 years in jail in blackbuck poaching case, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: The RBI kept its key interest rates unchanged, and the Supreme Court said Aadhaar cannot stop banking fraud.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Salman Khan sentenced to five years in jail in blackbuck poaching case: The Jodhpur court, which also levied a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the actor, will hear his bail application on Friday.
- RBI keeps key interest rates unchanged: The decision is consistent with the aim to achieve the medium-term target of keeping consumer price index inflation at 4%, the central bank said.
- Aadhaar cannot stop banking fraud as bank officials are complicit, says Supreme Court: The biometric system may help check frauds in welfare schemes but not in banking, the bench said.
- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley confirms he is being treated for kidney-related problems: He wrote on Twitter that he was working from a ‘controlled environment’ at home.
- Tamil Nadu-Karnataka bus services resume after statewide strike over Cauvery dispute ends: Earlier in the day, DMK Working President MK Stalin was detained in Chennai.Pro-Kannada outfits have called for shutdown in Karnataka on April 12.
- I&B Ministry sets up committee to regulate online media: This is also being done to allow more foreign direct investment in the online space, an official said.
- Facebook says over 5 lakh Indian users were affected by data breach: It occurred after 335 Indian Facebook users downloaded an app owned by a company that later sold their information to British firm Cambridge Analytica.
- Businessman accused in Rs 2,000-crore bitcoin scam arrested at Delhi airport: Meanwhile, the RBI has asked banks not to provide services to businesses dealing in virtual currencies.
- Lahore High Court asks Pakistani authorities to stop ‘harassing’ Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed: The UN-designated terrorist alleged that the government was stopping his organisations from doing social welfare work because of pressure from India and the US.
- New York Police shoot dead African-American man holding pipe after mistaking it for gun: The police claimed he took a two-handed shooting stance and pointed the pipe at the officers.