Nitin Gadkaritrying to tread a middle path

 The new BJP President

India wining the test at Eden Garden, leveling the series and retaining their position as the world No.1. Test Team - is prominently highlighted by the press today, along with photographs of a victorious Harbhajan Singh, and Man-of-the- Match, Hashim Amla." India beats Weather and Amla to remain No - 1", headlines the Hindustan Times.

Over a hundred Maoists attacking a village in Jamui district of Bihar on Wednesday night, also finds prominence. The Pioneer writes that the cold blooded massacre was mounted on the tribal village within 48 hours of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying that it was development and welfare measures at grassroot levels, and not force- that was the way of tackling extremism.
The Hindustan Times, in an exclusive, reports that a host of measures have been put into place to enhance security for Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who has come to symbolise the security establishment's visible 'hardline' against terror group and the naxalite menace.
The new BJP President, Nitin Gadkari, formally relieving outgoing president Rajnath Singh at the party National Council meeting in Indore, is covered by the Asian Age. The paper writes that Mr. Gadkari, who is trying to tread a middle path between the Sangh Parivar's hardline and a more secular stance, said his party would prefer to arrive at an amicable solution to the Ram Mandir issue, rather than settle the matter through court.