As many as 351 cricketers will go under the hammer when the 2016 Indian Premier League players' auction takes place in Bengaluru on Saturday. A maximum of 116 players can be bought at the auction.
The 13th edition of the annual India Conference at the prestigious Harvard University opens on Saturday. The theme of the two-day conference is ‘India in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges.’ Minister for Communication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad, movie actor Kamal Hasan, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, and film director Karan Johar, will be addressing the conference.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two meetings during his visit to Odisha during the weekend. Modi will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. He will attend the inaugural ceremony of the National Institute of Science Education and Research on Sunday morning, after which he will fly to Paradip, where he will dedicate IOCL's refinery to the nation.
The special 2G court is to continue hearing the Aircel-Maxis money-laundering case on Saturday. The Enforcement Directorate had filed a charge sheet against former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanidhi Maran in January in the special 2G court. ED said the Maran brothers violated the provisions of the PMLA and IPC, accusing them of taking illegal gratification of Rs 742 crore.