Thursday, December 22, 2016

Mock me if you want, but answer my questions on corruption: Rahul to Modi

Mock me if you want, but answer my questions on corruption: Rahul to Modi

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi alleging that prime minister Narendra Modi accepted kickbacks from prominent business houses,some during his tenure as Gujrat chief minister is one of the top stories in most of the dailies this morning."Modi got 9 kickbacks, says Rahul, BJP scoffs at claim"report Hindustan Times. In a related story the Pioneer quoting the BJP writes "Modi as pure as Ganga; copter scam has riled Congress vice president".
Referring to the government withdrawing rules that required bank customers to make deposit of above  5000 rupees, the Business Standard writes "RBI does U-turn on cash deposit curbs". The paper also writes that "KYC customers allowed to deposit any amount, any number of time, Bankers, customers angry over frequent revisions."
"Volume up but value of card transactions falls to 9-month low" leads the Indian Express.
Writing on the ministry of health deciding to hold the national Eligibility cum Entrance test (NEET-UG) from academic year 2017-18 in eight languages The Tribune writes "NEET in Hindi, English, 6 other languages now".
"Government for more power to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), The move could eat, into states rights" notes Hindustan Times.
Most of the papers report of a youth shooting dead a 17-year old girl in parked Mercedes car at Najafgarh, south west Delhi and escaping on Tuesday night.
"Cabinet approves ordinance to pay salaries by cheques" reports The Hindu.
On the much touted Nirbhay land attack cruise Missile designed to carry Nuclear warheads to a strike range of 1000 Kilometers failing on Wednesday, The Times of Indian notes  "Nuclear capable Nirbhay Missile fails test for the fourth time".
"Tamil Nadu chief secretary's premises raided, 18 lakh in cash and gold bars seized" is the lead in The Statesman.
And finally, soon you can charge mobiles with a swipe. The Times of India reports that you may soon be able to charge your smartphones using the motion of a swipe, thanks to a device designed by scientists that could harvest unused mechanical energy from wind, ocean waves and human motion.

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