Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India.
1.) Shah Wants 1L Download of NaMo App in Each District
After having leveraged mobile SMS in the 2015 membership drive, BJP president Amit Shah has decided to utilise smartphones to publicise the Narendra Modi gover nment's initiatives and thereby deepening the party's appeal.
In what could be a virtual competition with major mobile apps like Flipkart and Uber, which have recorded 50 million-plus downloads on Android phones, Shah has set a target of ensuring over 50 million downloads of Narendra Modi App. He has directed the party's state units to ensure one lakh download of NaMo App in each of over 570 districts across the country, Economic times reported.
2.) `Non-locals' threatened with rape as NIT protests rage on
Around 2,000 nonKashmiri boys and girls continued to boycott classes at NIT, Srinagar for the seventh day on Thursday , demanding that they be `evacuated' from the campus and the institute be relocated to a `safer' place outside Jammu and Kashmir.
A student from Bihar alleged that she was threatened by Kashmiri girls with rape if non-locals continued with their agitation. “I was threatened by Kashmiri girls of my class to attend classes, otherwise we will be raped and molested by the locals ,“ she said.“Though we are getting food and facilities in the hostel, we feel insecure inside the campus,“ a student told Times of India.
3.) BSP leader daughter-in-law death: MP whose Rajya Sabha page lists his social activity as ‘anti-dowry campaigner’
His profile description as a Rajya Sabha member mentions under his social and cultural activities that Narendra Kashyap “launched intensive campaign to create awareness among people against dowry system…which benefited hundreds of families and individuals”.
On Thursday, the BSP MP, with his wife Devendri and son Sagar, was arrested on charges of anti-dowry laws, a day after the body of his daughter-in-law Himanshi was found inside the bathroom of their house with gunshot injury, The Inidan Express reported.
4.) UP Governor’s latest after ‘crow’ analogy: ‘Those not chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai are dumb people’
Governor Ram Naik on Thursday compared those not chanting the slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ to “dumb” people. Addressing mediapersons in Pratapgarh, Naik said people, who oppose chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ should be ignored as they are in the minority, The Indian Express reported.
“Just like dumb people who cannot sing, such people (who do not chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai) should also be ignored,” he said.
5) India's most militarised campus: One soldier for every two students
Five companies of central paramilitary forces numbering 600 soldiers guarding around 1,500 students.That's almost one soldier for every two students. Welcome to Srinagar's National Institute of Technology (NIT), which has become perhaps the country's most militarised campus following clashes among students.
The local police, accused of thrashing outstation students, is virtually invisible. According to Times of India, two companies of CRPF had been deployed earlier and three companies of Sashastra Seema Bal joined them after campus violence in the last few days, which began after a group of students celebrated West Indies' win over India in the World T20 semifinal.
6.) At Rajghat, fleeing gangster shoots at cops
A gangster being pursued by the crime branch fired at policemen and injured one of them near Rajghat. Another had a narrow escape when a bullet hit his bulletproof vest, the Times of India reported.
JCP (crime) Ravindra Yadav said the gangster was identified as Sonu Ghungru from east Delhi who had a reward of Rs 25,000 on him. “It was learnt that Sonu would come to meet his associates near Rajghat. A trap was laid,“ Yadav said. Sonu was spotted on a Honda bike, waiting on the road and told to surrender.But he whipped out a pistol and opened fire. Head constables Ajay and Jitender were hit, while the others took position and returned fire. A chase ensued for about 500 meters after which he was overpowered and his .32 bore pistol seized.
7.) 10 months on, boy waits for AIIMS to let him in
It's World Health Day , but Rahul is none the better for it. Homeless for the past 10 months as he awaits surgery at AIIMS for a painful lump on his back, the 12year-old has got used to counting the hours on the pavement outside the hospital.His sparse frame aches with the pressure of sleeping prone or on his side on the unforgiving concrete. And still, there is neither a bed for him nor a date for surgery .
TOI had reported Rahul's plight last July . His parents, construction workers Komal Singh and Omwati from Dholpur in Rajasthan, have lost wages waiting for the hospital to take the boy in. They claim to have deposited Rs 15,000 as operation charges in April 2015, and Rahul's father and uncle even provided blood for the operation that was scheduled for July 21last year. But the operation had to be put off due to shortage of beds, and Rahul's wait has stretched on.
8.) BJP worker waits for horse's luck
An American vet treated the horse free of cost and it was back on its feet two days ago on a prosthetic leg. As of now, Shaktiman is set to get a better America-made artificial leg soon, official sources.
Lallan, a 52-year-old who has been with the BJP for two decades and heads a labour union affiliated to the party, suffered head injuries in a police baton charge at the same place and around the same time.
According to the Telegraph, he is now battling for life in CMI Hospital in Dehradun. The only help he has received so far is Rs 2,000 from Vijaya Barthwal, the BJP MLA from Yamkeshwar in Paurigarhwal, who had asked Lallan to reach Dehradun to join the march "against the misrule of the Rawat government", The Telegraph reported.
9.) JuD runs `parallel' sharia court in Lahore
Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) has set up a Sharia court in Lahore to dispense “speedy justice“, taking up citizens' complaints and issuing summons carrying a warning of strict action in case of non-compliance, Dawn reported on Thursday .This is the first such parallel judicial system in Pakistan's Punjab province.
The JuD, a front for banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed the court only offers arbitration and resolves disputes in accordance with the Islamic judicial system, but failed to justify the summons. One of the defendants recently refused to appear, and has challenged the court's authority, calling the summons is sued to him unconstitutional, the report in Times Of India said.
10.) IIT fee hike disappoints students, parents
The imminent hike in the fee structure of the Indian Institutes of Technology expected to be effective from next academic year has raised concerns among students and parents alike. The parents who aspire to send their children to the premier institutions admit it would make a huge dent on their finances.
Arun Sudarsan, an alumnus of IIT-Madras and a research scholar at the National University of Singapore, says the hike is a blow for the salaried class. “The argument seems to be that an increase in fee will bring in quality. But that is not true. In Europe, education is free. Education and health are two important factors for mobility. The hike will mean a student will have to spend Rs. 10 lakh. The average salary package after a student graduates is only Rs. 5-6 lakh or even less. Students who take loans will have to take up jobs to pay off their education loans. How will they pursue higher studies?,” he told The Hindu.
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