HRD Ministry proposals aimed at de-stressing the young
Top story in Papers this morning with photographs is of jawans killed in the biggest Maoist strike in West Bengal, with some of the Jawans even burnt alive.
Papers quote Maoist leader Kishenji claiming this to be a revenge attack against the centre's Operation Green Hunt, the Tribune reports that the Home Ministry has labelled West Bengal and Maharashtra , which have witnessed high levels of violence, as the two states that have fared badly in modernising their police force, despite funds allocated to them for the purpose. An unusually frank statement by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, to the Supreme Court, that every police officer working in naxal areas is marked for death, is reported on the front pages of the Indian Express.
The other major story is the Pune terror trail, in which crucial evidence from CCTV footage at a hotel near the blast site, has led to the detention of two suspects. Papers also quote Home Secretary GK Pillai not ruling out a foreign hand in the blast. A HUJI militant arrested in Colombo by RAW, in connection with Andhra blasts, saying that Pakistani ex-army men, now LeT members, plotted the incident is reported in " The Asian Age "
The MP government asking both ministers and civil service officers in the backdrop of extensive tax raids on them to declare their assets online is reported in the Indian Express.
Inflation at a high of 8.56%, breaching the RBI target, and forcing the Finance Minister to play his cards carefully in the Union Budget on Feb.26th is a prominent story in the financial papers.
School children in Delhi are newsmakers today. The admission age to nursery has been raised, with these pre-school classes proposed to be held in campuses away from the higher classes, according to HRD Ministry proposals aimed at de-stressing the young. An extended autumn break during the Commonwealth Games is also scheduled for Delhi schools.A tribune exclusive reports that 51% of school children in Indian metros are at high risk of lead poisoning due to inferior paints used in school premises according to a Quality Council of India study.
Twelve priceless Ravi Varma paintings go missing from the Government Art Gallery in Thiruvananthapuram, reports Hindustan Times, and the anguished kin seek Court direction for a CBI Probe. The Hindu reports on a landmark project by Microsoft and MIT which will make available news in Chattisgarhi tribal dialects on the mobile phone.
The other major story is the Pune terror trail, in which crucial evidence from CCTV footage at a hotel near the blast site, has led to the detention of two suspects. Papers also quote Home Secretary GK Pillai not ruling out a foreign hand in the blast. A HUJI militant arrested in Colombo by RAW, in connection with Andhra blasts, saying that Pakistani ex-army men, now LeT members, plotted the incident is reported in " The Asian Age "
The MP government asking both ministers and civil service officers in the backdrop of extensive tax raids on them to declare their assets online is reported in the Indian Express.
Inflation at a high of 8.56%, breaching the RBI target, and forcing the Finance Minister to play his cards carefully in the Union Budget on Feb.26th is a prominent story in the financial papers.
School children in Delhi are newsmakers today. The admission age to nursery has been raised, with these pre-school classes proposed to be held in campuses away from the higher classes, according to HRD Ministry proposals aimed at de-stressing the young. An extended autumn break during the Commonwealth Games is also scheduled for Delhi schools.A tribune exclusive reports that 51% of school children in Indian metros are at high risk of lead poisoning due to inferior paints used in school premises according to a Quality Council of India study.
Twelve priceless Ravi Varma paintings go missing from the Government Art Gallery in Thiruvananthapuram, reports Hindustan Times, and the anguished kin seek Court direction for a CBI Probe. The Hindu reports on a landmark project by Microsoft and MIT which will make available news in Chattisgarhi tribal dialects on the mobile phone.
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