Saturday, January 24, 2015

Safe havens inside Pakistan not acceptable; Mumbai attackers must face justice: Obama

Safe havens inside Pakistan not acceptable; Mumbai attackers must face justice: Obama

TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS:-



    The Prime Minister Narendra Modi's launching of "Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao", programme from Panipat yesterday dubbing female foeticide as a mental illness has been covered by most newspapers today alongwith pictures.

    Two schemes launched for girls - for years no girl has been born in 70 Haryana hamlets reports The Times of India.

    The Hindu Business line headlines - "Good morning India! Obama on AIR". This time the "Mann Ki Baat" from AIR will be on 27th January and feature President Obama also. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited questions till the 25th  of January using # Ask Obama-Modi. AIR covers 92 per cent of geographical area through 414 broadcasting centers - says the report.

    Ahead of the budget 2015-16, the Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley has indicated that there may be more fuel subsidy reforms on the anvil to cut center's fiscal deficit, says the Business Standard.

    "Sanitary mates" - SM's will now be an important component of Swachh Bharat mission says a Pioneer report. These SM's will be handpicked by gram panchayats from women MNREGA workers & their job will be to identify households without toilets.

    The Asian Age on its front page carries the story of cracks within Aam Aadmi Party as its founder leader Shanti Bhushan launched a stinging attack on Arvind Kejriwal & praised  Dr. Kiran Bedi, as the ideal Chief Ministerial candidate.

    A Hindu report says that rivers Sutlej & Beas in Punjab will be part of  99 rivers to be developed as water highways quoting Mr. Nitin Gadkari Union Minister for Road, Transport and Shipping. Punjab will be the first state to be linked with all major cities through 4 or 6 lane highways.

    And finally, bland food is out, chilli is in, says the Economic Times. Fast food chains have found that fries, burgers, wraps etc. with a high chilli quotient are among the hot selling items, literally speaking.

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