Bangalore US-born but Bangalore-based music composer Ricky Kej ( born and christened Ram Kejriwal) won a Grammy in the Best New Age album category for Winds of Samsara
Delhi The HRD ministry led by Smriti Irani appointing RSS man Inder Kapahy to the University Grants ommission
Harvard The Ivy League college joining Yale University in banning professors from having sex with undergraduate students
Telangana The Chandrasekhara Rao government announcing a 43 per cent hike in salaries of its employees for their role in the statehood agitation
Panjim Goa making it to the National Geographic list of the 10 best and safest ‘night-life cities’. The top three are Dublin, Belgrade and La Paz.
Gandhinagar P.P. Pandey, granted bail in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, reinstated as ADGP (Law & Order) by Gujarat government.
Srinagar The BJP and PDP inch closer to forming a coalition government with former seemingly giving up demand for rotational CM.