DH Evening Brief: BBC must follow Indian laws, EAM tells UK Foreign Secy; Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj likely to be in Delhi Cabinet

Here are the top stories this evening.

BBC must follow Indian laws: EAM to UK Foreign Secy

All entities operating in India must fully comply with relevant laws, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday told his British counterpart James Cleverly, who raised the BBC tax surveys issue during a meeting with him. Read more

AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj likely to be in Kejriwal Cabinet

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday chose AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as replacements for Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, who resigned from the government following their arrests in corruption cases, sources said. Read more

Centre suspends FCRA licence of policy think tank CPR

The Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended theFCRAlicence of prominent public think-tank Centre for Policy Research (CPR) over violation of laws, officials said on Thursday. Read more

Former France great Just Fontaine passes away

Former France soccer great JustFontaine, who in 1958 scored a record 13 goals in a single edition of the World Cup, has died, French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Wednesday. Read more

Pics: UK photographer Ian Sproat's 'wave with a face' photos go viral

UK photographerIan Sproat'sphoto of 'wave with a face' at a Lighthouse has gone viral.Reportedly, it took some 4,000 pictures during a 12-hour-long shoot at Roker Pier in Sunderland to capture this picture that has blown everyone's minds. See pics

Adani says has secured Rs 24,749 crore credit from sovereign wealth fund

Adani Grouphas told creditors it has secured $3 billion (Rs 24,749 crore) loan from a sovereign wealth fund, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, as the embattled conglomerate seeks to ease concerns about its credit profile after a short-seller attack. Read more

Government employees in Karnataka withdraw strike after 17% interim relief announcement

Government employees in Karnataka on Wednesday withdrew their indefinite strike after the state government announced a 17 per cent hike in basic salary as interim relief and constituted a committee on the pension scheme. Read more

Flower pots for G20 event stolen in Gurugram, one arrested

A man has been arrested on the charges of stealing flower pots arranged by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) near Shankar Chowk as part of the preparations for theG-20conference. Read more

Indian-Americans in US politics: Red, white, blue and brown

Speaking at an event in July, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi dubbed hisfellow colleaguesin the Congress, who shared his Indian heritage, as the “Samosa Caucus” — a nomenclature that the Illinois congressman facetiously came up with, and then said “we may be small, but we’re spicy”. Read more

Big blow to AAP as Bhaskar Rao joins BJP in Karnataka

FormerBengaluru police commissionerand AAP leader Bhaskar Rao joined the BJP on Wednesdayin Bengaluru. Read more