'Kingmakers try their LuckNOW

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

In the run-up to counting day tomorrow, newspapers today highlight the poll forecasts. In a loaded pun, Mail Today headline says, 'Kingmakers try their Lucknow.' The Pioneer comments that "Sensing Power, SP debates pros and cons of CM choice". An Asian Age headline reads, "BSP's Plan A Congress, but Plan B is BJP deal".

Vladimir Putin winning Russia's presidential election is the lead in the Hindu. Mail Today reports 'Macho man Putin claims victory in Russia polls'.

'Gogoi's name floated as Ansari's successor'; under that headline the Asian Age writes that with the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections due in a few months, 3-times Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi is being considered as a possible candidate for the Vice-Presidency.

"Soon, only four to six VIPs may be exempted from airport security checks' reads an Indian Express headline. The paper says that the Civil Aviation Ministry is considering a move to reduce the list of dignitaries exempted from security checks at airports.

In an exclusive, Hindustan Times carries a statement by Kapil Dev on the plight of Indian cricket, the paper says that 'the former India Captain questions Dhoni's team selection and slams him for calling seniors 'slow fielders'.

'Youth bat for cricket in Naxal heartland', under that headline the Indian Express reports on a BCCI talent search in Chhattisgarh. The paper says that 'cricket may provide a balm to soothe the pain of conflict and wean away impressionable minds from picking up the gun'.

The Times of India reports the story of a first-year MBBS tribal student hanging himself in his hostel room at AIIMS, saying he was facing problems in coping with the English-medium teaching.

And finally, on a more positive note, the Asian Age carries an article on a "Musical potion to cure mental illness stigma". The paper reports that a young psychiatrist from Safdarjung Hospital has composed a song to fight the stigma attached to mental disorders.