Thursday, December 8, 2016

'No survivors' after plane crash in northern Pakistan mountains

'No survivors' after plane crash in northern Pakistan mountains

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Papers widely cover Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's last journey with photographs.
'Tamil Nadu bids a calm, tearful farewell as Jaya is laid to rest next to MGR grave' is the Times of India headline. 'Sea of mourners bids Jaya goodbye', writes the Hindustan Times, noting she became the third Chief Minister from her state to die while in office, touching another common chord with her mentor MGR, and his mentor CN Annadurai, who formed the DMK.
'President, Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, Opposition: death blurs the political divide', observes the Indian Express. The Hindu notes, 'Chennai shuts, but Amma Canteens feed the hungry', free of cost. The Financial Express says, 'State to miss Jayalalithaa's aggressive industrial push'.
'Government may take Ordinance Route to Cancel Unreturned currency', which the Reserve Bank can pay the Government as dividend, reports the Economic Times.
'Note ban impact: Sensex set to miss year-end target' of crossing 30,000 in 2016, states the Business Standard.
'As prices head south, tur dal farmers seek Centre's support' to stabilise prices, informs the Hindu Business Line.
The Hindustan Times reports, '92-km high-speed railway link between Delhi-Meerut cleared', which would enable commuters to cover the distance in 48 minutes, five years from now.
'No crane big enough to lift tilted warship, foreign help sought', a day after warship INS Betwa toppled at the naval dockyard at Mumbai, writes the Times of India.
'280 choppers grounded to conduct safety checks', reports a Hindustan Times exclusive of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, the lifeline of troops in high-altitude areas like Siachen glacier.
And finally, a 'Labour of love! Shola reborn on bare Palni Hills', says the Pioneer of a rare and endemic ecosystem in the Western Ghats that inspired a British couple to transform acres of barren land into pristine grasslands and forests.

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