Daily Newsletter | Thursday, February 04, 2016 | | | Sameer Sardana, son of ex-Maj Gen, held in Goa for ‘terror links’ | | A 44-year-old man from Dehradun who is being interrogated by the Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Goa police for the past three days on suspicion of being linked with jihadi groups is a Doon School alumnus and son of a decorated former Major-General of the Indian Army. |
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| Census data show Jains outlive others | | Census 2011 data has revealed that Jains in India have the highest percentage of members in the above-70 age group, among major religious communities. |
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| | Foreigners, locals clash over music, rash driving | | Bad blood and occasional flare ups between foreign students and locals on the nearly 25 km long stretch from KR Puram in the east to Tumakuru Road in the north are threatening to dent Bengaluru's ambition of becoming a global education hub. |
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| K'taka wins accolades on Day 1 of investors' meet | | The three-day global investors' meet, Invest Karnataka, got off to a rousing start, with the who's who of India Inc, ambassadors of economically strong countries and Union ministers in attendance. |
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| | EU and US seal data-sharing agreement | | The European Union and the United States have reached a deal over trans-Atlantic data sharing that would potentially extinguish the risk of costly litigation by consumers worried about their privacy. |
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| | India favourites for World T20, says Tendulkar | | "We have a very good chance. In T20 I think the team is well balanced with seniors in the squad, then also youngsters and guys who been around for a while and they all as a package have performed really well," Sachin Tendulkar said. |
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| Ready Reckoner: 2016 IPL players auction | | Ahead of the ninth season of the IPL that will run from April 9 to May 23, there will be a player auction in Bangalore on Saturday at which 351 cricketers go under the hammer. |
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| | Cabinet clears coal auction to non-regulated sectors | | In a bid to ensure steady coal supplies and a level playing field to non-regulated sectors such as steel and cement, the government said coal linkages will be provided to them only through auctions, which will kick off later during the month of February. |
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| China seeks food security with $43bn bid for Syngenta | | China made its boldest overseas takeover move when state-owned ChemChina agreed to a $43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, aiming to improve domestic food production. This also marks a setback for US firm Monsanto, which failed to buy Syngenta last year. |
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