Sunday, September 18, 2016

J&K: 17 soldiers, 4 militants killed in Uri Army headquarters attack

J&K: 17 soldiers, 4 militants killed in Uri Army headquarters attack

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES:
Developments within the Samajwadi Party or SP are prominently noticed on the front pages with many papers signaling an end to the intra-party fighting that had gripped the party. The Pioneer reports "Akhilesh Yadav as parliamentary board chief gets say in ticket allotment; Shivpal takes 13 government departments".
Pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sitting with his beaming mother on his birthday yesterday are splashed across most of the papers. Later in the day the Prime Minister celebrated his birthday with tribals and differently abled people in South Gujarat where the Tribune quotes him as saying "Days of 'hota -hai, chalta-hai are over".
The papers report that there is fresh trouble in Kashmir. The Indian Express writes "Protests in Valley after body of 11 year old found with pellets". Highlighting the governments efforts to deal with the unrest, the Hindu writes "3000 more soldiers deployed in the Valley".
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's visit to India is keenly tracked in the press. The Times of India quotes him as saying "Nepal wont allow any anti-India activities". The Pioneer reports him as saying "New Delhi's support needed to heal Nepal".
On the data leak about the Scorpene submarines being built in India with French collaboration, the Hindustan Times quotes the Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lamba as saying "Scorpene leak took place in France".
The death of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Edward Albee is prominently noticed in the press. The Times of India observes " 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?' playwright is dead".
And finally....in a special front page story "A small step for women, a big crack in tradition", the Hindu writes "Women participate in Pulikali or Tiger dance in Thrissur for the first time as part of Onam celebrations".

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