Washington: All 130 foreign students, including 129 Indians who were detained for enrolling in a fake university, were aware that they were committing a crime to fraudulently remain in the US, the State Department has said, days after India issued a demarche to the American Embassy in New Delhi.

The Centre has forwarded a bill of Rs 102 crore to the Kerala government for the use of Indian Air Force aircraft and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.

“I will definitely present the state Budget on February 8. But I will not present a bluff budget like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our government will present the budget for all”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.

The statement of Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan that “Muslims will not vote for BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Even if anybody voted, they are not Muslims” has triggered controversy.

 Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday moved the Karnataka High Court seeking dismissal of summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking him to attend the enquiry related to IT raid on his flats in New Delhi. But his writ petition has to be taken for the hearing.

Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is being made to act like a "puppet" and there is an attempt to turn democracy into "danda tantra".

The state government has transferred Udupi Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis as the Director of the Tourism Department with immediate effect.

The extradition of Vijay Mallya, accused of conspiracy to defraud banks and money laundering offences, has been approved by UK Home Secretary, the British government said on Monday, in a major blow to the liquor baron and boosting India's efforts to bring back the fugitive businessman.