Kargil was tit for tat

TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

The Attari border becoming a trade hub between the Indian and Pakistani business communities, is highlighted by The Hindu. The proposed road map will allow a whole spectrum of items for trade and the number of items that India could export has gone up to nearly 7,800 from the present 150.

The Indian Express writes that Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has appealed to opposition parties 'with folded hands', to support the passage of several education bills that are stuck in Parliament, saying the future of India's children is at stake.

Former UP Chief Minister Mayawati came down like a pile of bricks on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday, writes the Mail Today and warned him to stay off her parks and memorials. The Pioneer writes- 'Maya raises statue bogey; Akhilesh says - no vendetta'.

The Sunday Express writes - the Nationalist Congress Party, an ally of the UPA, has come up with Purno A Sangma's name as candidate for the next President of India. 'He is a Catholic and a tribal from the North East and we have never had an occupant of Rashtrapati Bhawan with such deions', said a senior NCP leader.

'Kargil was tit for tat' writes the Asian Age, quoting former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who stated that Kargil was a legacy of warring with India and he hated what happened in East Pakistan and in Siachen in 1986.

And finally, fans of author J.K. Rowling of the Harry Potter fame, can look forward to her comic adult saga, The Casual Vacancy, which targets an adult audience and should be out  by September.