Friday, June 5, 2015

18 Army Personnel Killed in Ambush in Manipur; Army Planning Counter-Terror Operations

18 Army Personnel Killed in Ambush in Manipur; Army Planning Counter-Terror Operations

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

    The Maggi Noodles row continues to dominate the headlines in newspapers today.
    "2-minute Maggi Now Turns a 24x7 crisis", comments the Economic Times. The Indian Express reports "Centre steps in, complains to consumer Commission". The Hindustan Times cites a webpoll finding 72 percent respondents have stopped eating Maggi after failed safety tests.
    India and US renewing their defence framework agreement is also widely noticed in the press. The Asian Age reports "India, US all set to expand defence links".
    The Times of India reports in its front page of Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif describing Kashmir as 'an unfinished agenda of Partition". Papers also report Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar justifying his remarks on using terrorists to end terror, saying, it has irked Pakistan. The Pioneer quotes him as saying, 'Pak ko mirchi lagi hai woh bhi Andhra ki' .
    The Hindu informs, amidst growing concern over Islamic State terror and radicalisation, former Intelligence Bureau Chief, Asif Ibrahim has been appointed as PM's special envoy on counter terror.
    The Asian Age reports, "States back new Rajnath strategy to fight Naxals", in the first major success of the NDA government in its new anti-Naxal policy.
    And finally, the Mail Today reports of a Kolkata Cabbie, who has found a unique way to beat the heat, with orchids in earthen tubs inside the cab and green grass on the cab's rooftop.

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