Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Trump's voter fraud claim 'based on evidence'

Trump's voter fraud claim 'based on evidence'

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
The Supreme Court dismissing a plea seeking postponement of the Union Budget Presentation, ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections, gets prominence in the Press "Budget before polls gets green light from Supreme Court", headlines The Hindu. The Indian express writes that the Election Commission yesterday permitted the Government to present the Union Budget on February the 1st.
Jallikattu stir turns violent in Chennai, Tamil Nadu passes Bill- is The Times of India's top headline. Violence broke out in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Monday, as police cracked down on protesters even as the six-day-old 'Marina Uprising' was called off after the state assembly passed a bill to replace the ordinance. Times of India writes that now neighboring Karnataka wants the Centre to lift the ban on it's  traditional buffalo race, called Kambala
Papers this morning extensively cover the story of the new CBI Chief being asked to probe the Ex-CBI Director. Noting that a prima facie case has definitely been made out for investigation into the abuse of authority by Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court yesterday directed the new CBI chief Alok Verma to lead a criminal probe against the former CBI director over his private meetings with the accused in the Coal Block allocations scam, writes the Indian Express.
Hindustan Times reports that the Supreme Court has directed that Private Schools built on land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority will have to seek the Government's permission before hiking their fee, in order to bring relief to thousands of parents in the city.
And finally, In order to achieve the target of transforming the Ganga into a pollution free river by 2018, 10 ministries have come together to do their bit with a slew of measures, including encouraging IIT's and NIT's to adopt five villages around the Ganga, to grow medicinal plants in catchment areas.

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