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NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES:
Most newspapers have widely covered the oath taking ceremony of 510 members of the 16th Lok Sabha in dialects ranging from Sanskrit and Konkani to Kannada, Maithali and Hindi. The Asian Age covers the story along with photographs, on its front page with the headline 'Bonhomie as MPs take oath".
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepping on the gas, the secretaries to the government swing into action and have asked their officers to clear pending files in all departments in three weeks, reports the Asian Age.
The Pioneer on its front page writes about the Sari diplomacy, along with the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother holding the gift packet. The paper adds that in a gesture that speaks of the warmth Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif carried back home, he has sent a white sari for Prime Minister Modi's mother who had gifted a shawl to the Pakistani leader's mother.
Clearly setting the neighbourhood as foreign policy priority, Prime Minster Modi will undertake his first overseas trip to Bhutan after the ongoing Parliament session, reports the Mail Today.
The business dailies have widely highlighted the sensex crossing the 25,000 mark for the first time. The Economic Times covers it under the headline "Silver Jubilee for sensex as FIIs lap up Modi Blockbuster".
According to the Hindu if anyone violates the road rules more than three times, his or her driving license will be suspended for 6 months and if they continue to violate after that then the driving license will be cancelled. This will come into force once the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill is overhauled.
More than 2000 people including lawmakers and students hugged trees in park outside Nepal's capital Kathmandu to claim a new record on World Environment Day. The story has appeared in the Business Line under the headline "How green is my valley".
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