The Biggest Stories of February 13, 2017
The Supreme Court will today rule whether AIADMK chief VK Sasikala is guilty of colluding with former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the early 1990s to acquire an illicit fortune worth about 60 crores. The verdict will decide her political future; One day before the Supreme Court verdict, VK Sasikala decided to stay at the Golden Bay resort for the night, where she has kept about 120 legislators sequestered for almost a week; Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a sharp rejoinder to a Congress comment, tweeted today that the "Hindu population is reducing in India because Hindus never convert people." The comment has been seen polarising by some parties; Infosys co-founder and former chairman NR Narayana Murthy today said the company's board must address concerns raised by him about alleged lapses in corporate governance; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.
