India likely to get BRICS Bank presidency
* Each member country to have equal shareholding
* Bank may be headquartered in Shanghai
Fortaleza, July 15
The BRICS summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first multilateral engagement, commenced here on Tuesday amid an understanding that the five member nations will have equal shareholding in the proposed $50 billion BRICS Development Bank presidency of which is likely to go to India first.

From left: Russia's President Vladimir Putin, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, China's President Xi Jinping and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma join their hands during BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, on Tuesday. AFP

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Punjab budget today
Revenue vs sops: It’s a tightrope walk for Dhindsa
Chandigarh, July 15
Mounting resource crunch, burgeoning expenditure and reliance on populism are set to weigh heavy on Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa’s mind as he announces his Budget proposals for 2014-15 on Wednesday.

Vaidik-Saeed meet rocks House
New Delhi, July 15
The meeting between senior journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik and Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed rocked Parliament for the second day today even as the government strongly condemned the controversial meeting, describing it as a "diplomatic misadventure" of a private individual.

tatra deal
CBI chargesheets Lt Gen Tejinder Singh
New Delhi, July 15
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed a chargesheet against Lt General Tejinder Singh (retd) for allegedly offering Rs 14 crore in bribe to the then Army Chief VK Singh in connection with the Tatra truck deal.

Govt says no plan to repeal Art 370
New Delhi, July 15
The government has no proposal to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the Lok Sabha was informed today. "No" was the reply of Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju to a written question by TMC member Saugata Roy on whether the government has any proposal to repeal Article 370.

Forget notary, now self-attested documents will do at govt offices
New Delhi, July 15
In what may come as a major relief to citizens, the government has decided to do away with the necessity of filing affidavits from a gazetted officer or a notary for a big chunk of government-related work and instead to promote self-attestation of documents.

Decades on, SYL canal issue hangs fire Chandigarh, July 15 With Haryana politicians joining hands on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and seeking Centre’s intervention to get it completed, the issue is back to the fore after a gap of 10 years when the Punjab Assembly had passed Punjab Termination of Agreements Act 2004 to avoid the completion of the canal in its territory. A major part of the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal was completed long ago, but it continues to remain non- functional. Photo: Manoj Mahajan