Saturday, September 30, 2017

Maximum city, maximum accidents. Does Mumbai ever learn?

Maximum city, maximum accidents. Does Mumbai ever learn?

Newspaper’s Headlines
Most of the newspapers have focussed on the war of words on the state of the economy. "Debate over economy gets personal" writes The Indian Express. The DNA says "Jaitley calls Sinha job applicant at 80". The Pioneer leads with the headline, "Sinha acting in tandem with PC Chidambaram): (says) FM"
Another story featured prominently in many papers is the resistance to the proposed Delhi Metro fare hike. The Hindustan Times headlines "Kejri(wal) wants Metro fare hike rollback".
The DNA in an exclusive story expects the number of annual GST statements to be filed to be reduced from 36 to 12. The paper surmises that the decision is likely at the GST council meeting on October 6.
The Asian Age writes that the Prime Minister has asked the Niti Aayog to take immediate steps to revive private funding in the big-ticket sectors. Niti Aayog will seek the opinion of ministries to give PPP models a greater push to boost the economy.
The Hindustan Times headline reads "Not so NEET: Colleges block seats, sell to low rank holders". The story reveals a collusion between some high scoring candidates and private colleges to block seats that are later sold to low rank holders.
"CBDT opens checking A/c on Rs 3 lac crore deposits" headlines The Economic Times. According to the paper, tax officials have been asked to target and tax the unexplained cash parked in bank accounts post demonetisation.
The Times of India says "Collegium did flip flop on Justice Patel's transfer". The paper reports that the SC collegium had initially decided to transfer Justice Patel to Bombay HC, but then suddenly changed its mind and shifted him to Allahabad HC instead.
In an ironic story, The Hindu reports that six men arrested for selling liquor by Bihar police escaped as the guards dozed off after consuming the seized liquor.
The Statesman informs us that Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to introduce electric taxis to reduce vehicular emissions. Hopefully other states will follow suit.

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