- 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.
Compiled by Uttam Sengupta and Alka Gupta
