Non-bailable warrant issued against Kanda
May have slipped into Nepal 
Relative questioned in Sirsa
New Delhi/Sirsa, August 16
A Delhi court on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against absconding Haryana ex-minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former air hostess Geetika Sharma, even as the Delhi Police picked up his relative from Sirsa for questioning.
                                             Gopal Kanda

Maruti sacks 500 workers; production from Aug 21
New Delhi, August 16
Country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) has terminated the services of over 500 regular workers employed at its Manesar plant which had witnessed unprecedented violence last month leading to the death of a senior executive and injuries to a large number of other executives. The company plans to restart production at the Manesar factory on August 21, a day after the Chairman of its parent company, Suzuki Motor Corp (SMC), Osamu Suzuki arrives on a week-long visit to India.

Assam backlash rumours hit Karnataka, hundreds flee
Bangalore, August 16
A day after the country celebrated its 66th Independence Day, the spectre of violence on ethnic and communal lines returned to haunt the people.

People of North-Eastern states sitting in an Assam-bound train. — PTI

Fresh violence erupts in Assam
Guwahati, August 16
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today blamed it on rumour mongering over recent violence in the state that created panic among students and people from Assam and other parts of N-E living in southern states and Maharashtra. 
(Editorial Page): Assam’s ominous fallout

From 2013, common entrance test for all 41 central varsities
New Delhi, August 16
 From the next academic session, admissions to all central universities like the University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia and the ones located in states will be held through a common entrance test.
(Details on NATION page)