Journalist sentenced to 20 years in prison for articles

India retaining the Nehru cup in football beating Syria in a thriller in Delhi, bye-bye to Board exams for class ten with the grading system approved by the Central Advisory Board on Education from this year and the economy growing at a fast 6.1 % according to latest government data are headline stories in the dailies today.The Pioneer however, headlines the UPA government's agenda paper for the Planning Commission meeting today, stating the adverse impact of the global recession and the weak monsoon. The caption reads - Government admits to ailing economy.The Indian Express carries an article on the front page by CM Naim, professor Emeritus at Chicago University and National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla who writes that several footnotes and endnotes in Mr. Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah have been copied word for word from the internet with no acknowledgement of the source.
The paper also has a bootom anchor story on the Delhi High Court, rejecting a US couple's bid to adopt an Indian mentally challenged boy saying their real intention is to use him as a domestic help.
The Asian Age carries an exclusive interview with former speaker Somnath Chatterjee in which he says that the Left party knew something disturbing would affect Lok Sabha proceedings, on the day of the 'Cash for Trust ' drama in the house last year.
Veteran Sri Lankan journalist Tissainayagam sentenced to 20 years in prison for articles criticizing the deteriorating humanitarian condition in Sri Lanka is a front page story in the Times of India. The paper with four photographs captioned Death Traps, showing open manholes in the capital, which have claimed at least five people's lives, questions Delhi's world class city credentials.
At least 267 new words have made it to this year's Collins English dictionary thanks to the teenage generation of internet users is a story widely reported in the dailies.
Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram has convened a meeting in New Delhi today to discuss the situation in the trouble torn North Cachar Hill District and its adjoining districts of Assam. Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi will attend the meeting.