Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | | | JNU panel moots expulsion of Kanhaiya, four others | | A meeting of the university's top brass chaired by the vice-chancellor today discussed the report following which the varsity issued show-cause notice to 21 students including Kanhaiya and Umar, who were found guilty of having violated university rules and discipline norms. |
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| Putin orders Russian troops to pullout of Syria | | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was instructing his armed forces to start pulling out of Syria, over five months after he ordered the launch of a military operation that shored up his ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. |
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| CBI moves to seek info on Mallya's properties abroad | | CBI has decided to get Letters Rogatory (LR) issued to seek details of Vijay Mallya's properties and investments abroad as part of its investigation into allegations that he diverted funds raised from government banks for Kingfisher Airlines. |
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| | | | | Quikr merger: CommonFloor sees job cuts | | The costly acquisition of CommonFloor by online classifieds firm Quikr is taking a toll on the former’s employees. Quikr, which paid around $100 million for the real estate inventory aggregator, is laying off more than 150 CommonFloor employees. |
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| Amazon applies for e-wallet licence, Takes on Paytm, Flipkart Money | | In a move aimed at building its presence in the payments space, Amazon’s India arm has applied for a semi-closed wallet licence with the RBI. A central bank committee is expected to review new applications next month. Amazon is looking to open up the wallet for third-party platforms as well. |
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| Banks gang up against e-wallets | | A couple of banks have raised the issue of regulatory arbitrage — enjoyed by digital wallets like Paytm — with the Indian Banks Association. Paytm, said that wallet holders will be converted into bank account holders once the payments bank is set up in 2016. |
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| | Ranbir-Katrina’s friends try to calm tension | | Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif may not be a couple any more, but it looks like their friends are ensuring their break-up doesn’t result in a flare-up on the set of their upcoming film. |
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| 'I was bipolar and alcoholic. It was scary!' | | He was at the perfect pitch of stardom. In the trance of super-success. He created any beat — desi or angrezi — and the nation rolled up their sleeves, pulled up their lungis and partied all night with abandon. |
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