After its rout in Bihar, the BJP has a different strategy for West Bengal. According to The Indian Express, the party will refrain from negative campaigning and focus only on what the party aims to bring if voted to power. The report also says that the BJP will concentrate on highlighting local leaders and the prime minister and BJP President Amit Shah will do fewer rallies.
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The Hindu reports that the National Investigating Agency (NIA) has received details of the phone that was used by David Headley in the days before the 26/11 attack. The report says this phone was used by Headley to take videos of possible targets of the attack. Despite being granted a pardon, Headley is still an accused in the case being probed by the NIA.
On the second day of his deposition, Headley revealed that LeT had asked him to film Mumbai’s famed Siddhivinayak temple and also planned an attack on of India’s defence establishments.
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Also read: On Day 2, Headley Reveals ISI, LeT, Pak Army Behind 26/11 Attack
Congress demanded immediate resignation of Aam Aadmi Party Minister Imran Hussain, alleging that a sting operation has revealed that he sought bribe.
A person on behalf of Hussain allegedly demanded Rs 30 lakh bribe for regularising an illegal construction in Ballimaran area of north Delhi. The AAP minister, who represents Ballimaran in the Assembly, denied the charges as “baseless”.
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The Telegraph met with Mangal Panja, who is accused of running a syndicate in Kolkata. But his version of the story is that “he helps people build homes”. He has also said that he is a good Samaritan and a founding supporter of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
But a litigation in the courts has now brought him the kind of attention, that Panja would rather avoid. The report says,
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According to The Times of India, Pakistan has said that whenever the Foreign Secretary-level talks take place, Kashmir will be on top of its agenda. Meeting Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit reportedly reaffirmed the separatists of their commitment to the Kashmir issue.
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The Hindustan Times has an opinion piece that offers an alternate argument to the anti-women label on the Sabarimala temple. The piece delves into the history of the temple and tries to provide a convincing argument to explain the rituals of the temple. It does not, however, address the questions that have led to a political storm in the past few weeks.
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Also read: Why Disallowing Women in Sabarimala is Against the Constitution
In an interview to The Times of India, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat talks about increasing campus clashes, the Left’s views on modernity and grand alliances. Karat also addresses Kerala CM Chandy’s involvement in the solar panel scam and ranks Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance so far.
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In The Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes why the HRD Ministry’s attempt to have a dialogue with universities on the discrimination issue, could be quite challenging. He writes that in the process, neither the ministry nor the institutions must make the mistake of underestimating the deepening alienation that even a well-meaning dialogue between “self-aware protagonists” can cause.
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An opinion piece in The Hindu analyses the global impact that TRAI’s ruling on differential pricing has had.
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