Thursday, January 29, 2015

Anna Hazare to launch Lokpal stir; flays Modi Govt on black money

Anna Hazare to launch Lokpal stir; flays Modi Govt on black money

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

    'Obama adds religious tolerance to vision of India-US partnership ' is the Hindustan Times headline also pointing to the reference to Indian Constitution on fundamental freedom made by US President Barack Obama in his speech at Siri Fort Auditorium. The Pioneer calls it Obama's medicine moment.
    An army officer who was awarded a Yudh Seva medal this republic day was martyred yesterday in J&K terror action. The martyred hero Col. M.N. Rai killed two Hizbul Mujahideen militants in a fierce gun fight. Many papers have covered this sad story of an ironical twist of fate on their front pages.
    Most papers carry the Amul advertisement featuring cartoon of R K Laxman's common man watching a framed picture of the great cartoonist. Its Titled "You said it, we loved it' Rest in peace-R K Laxman. The eminent Cartoonist's state funeral has been covered by almost all papers with pictures.
    The Railways Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu has demanded 20,000 crore rupees for the 11,000 unmanned railway crossings in the country - reports the Asian Age.
    And finally, the Indian Express reports - Toor, also called arhar is India's second largest pulse crop after Chana. Now the Gulbarga farmers want a geographical indication or G-I status for the Gulbarga toor dal which they say is of far superior quality. Some of the other eatables which have already obtained the G-I status - are Dehraduni Basmati, Darjeeling Tea and Malabar pepper.

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