Rs12l seized ahead of Karnataka elections
Ramanagara (Karnataka): An amount of Rs12 lakh which was being illegally transported from Bangalore to Mysore in a car, allegedly to woo voters for the May 5 Assembly polls, was seized by police on Friday. On a tip-off, police intercepted the car at Hejjala check-post and seized the cash being transported “without any records or documents,” they said. The driver has been detained and is being questioned, they added.
IIM-lucknow cuts 10% fee for PG courses
lucknow: IIIM-lucknow on Friday reduced the fee for its postgraduate progammes by 10 per cent. “IIM-lucknow board has decided to reduce the fee for the postgraduate programme in management (PGP and PGP agri business management) by 10 per cent. From the current Rs12 lakh, the fee has come down to Rs10.8 lakh,” IIM-l Director Devi Singh said. IIM-lucknow has not done any upward fee revision since 2011.
‘NCP to take call on Ajit's resignation’
Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre on Friday said that ally NCP has to take a call on the demand for Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's resignation over his controversial remarks on drought and load-shedding. “It is for the NCP to take a decision,” Thakre said when asked if Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will ask his deputy to quit in wake of Opposition stalling the proceedings of the Budget session of the State legislature for three days demanding Pawar's resignation.