Sunday, February 26, 2012

an Olympic berth for the men's hockey team

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

    Reactions to the Centre's allegation that foreign funded NGO's were involved in protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, occupy the front pages. "Battle lines drawn, government to monitor NGO  funding", reports Hindustan Times. The US says, it will find out the facts, while Russia has stated that it suspected this all along, writes the Statesman.
    "WHO takes India off its polio list", is a headline in the Asian Age. The Times of India reports that the World Health Organization has taken India off the Polio endemic list - after no case was reported in more than one year.
    "Civil Society Ace loses 'civil' lines", writes the Mail Today, with Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare's key aid, making distasteful and outrageous comments against MPs, before a sparse crowd in Greater Noida - with political parties cutting across ideological affiliations condemning his verbal attack.
    "Track 2 door opens again", writes the Indian Express, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh giving the go-ahead to re-activate the back channel process, after repeated requests from Islamabad.
    The Asian Age informs us that trouble is brewing for the government, as the Ministry of Defence and the R&AW - have refused to share information with the National Intelligence Grid, Natgrid that was set up after 26/11.
    In Economic news, the Financial Express writes that London listed Vedanta Resources will merge its Indian subsidiaries & form 'Sesa Sterlite', to create a natural resources giant.
    And finally, the Hindustan Times writes that today, on Super Sunday, there's everything to play for - an Olympic berth for the men's hockey team and survival in the Australian tri-series for the cricket team, with also, the World Book Fair beginning in the capital, at Pragati Maidan.

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