Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
1.) Mayawati expels Dalit for anti-Brahmin Facebook post
Even as UP political theatre is abuzz with parties reaching out to Dalits, Muslims and backwards, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati made her priorities clear when she expelled a core cadre leader for making objectionable remarks against Brahmins, as reported by the Economic Times. For a party which was founded on anti upper caste hegemony and Mayawati in her earlier avataar was famous for her rabid speeches, the change in attitude towards upper castes, especially the so called twice born Brahmin's is complete.
Sanjay Bharti, a Dalit, was among the core cadre of the BSP . He was appointed as the President of Salempur Vidhan Sabha constituency. In the BSP organisational structure the Vidhan Sabha President is considered above the local MLA or candidate for forthcoming polls, and reports directly to the party chief.
2.) Visiting Leh won't be an Uphill Climb for Foreigners
Some of Ladakh's most spectacular spots such as Pangong Tso and Nubra Valley are no longer out of bounds to single foreign travellers and have become more readily accessible to groups of overseas tourists. The Narendra Modi government has overruled security agencies to ease permit conditions at the behest of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to make this possible, officials said.
Foreigners visiting Leh and other parts of Ladakh will now get Protected Area Permit (PAP) and Restricted Area Permit (RAP), respectively, within 10 days instead of at least a month earlier. Moreover, foreigners will be allowed to apply for a permit a month before the expected visit instead of the earlier stipulation of two months in advance, the Economic Times reported.
3.) Flipkart sellers threaten revolt over return policy
A small but growing tribe of disgruntled merchants on Flipkart are threatening to exit or be inactive on the online marketplace, objecting to a host of new conditions the company has imposed on them.
Two trade associations, representing small groups of online vendors said several hundred members, have decided to stop selling on Flipkart because of what they say are “unilateral changes“ in policy that would increase their cost of doing business.
4.) One hour, three suicide attempts at Mantralaya in Mumbai
An hour at the Mantralaya gates on Tuesday afternoon saw more action than the entire day's pro ceedings inside, when three people attempted suicide between 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm after being denied an audience with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Mumbai Mirror reports.
The three -- a debt-ridden farmer from Marathwada who was demanding a probe into his brother's death, a 21-year-old student from Jalgaon who was fighting for a scholarship that was promised but never provided, and a Mulund resident struggling to reclaim his home in a slum rehabilitation project -- told the Mantralaya guards that there was no hope left after being “denied justice at the seat of the state government“.
5.) Labourer's son cracks IIT test
On Sunday, it was business as usual for Banwari Lal Jaatav (42), an illiterate Dalit labourer under the government's rural job scheme MNREGA. He was ferrying mud near his village Pipahera in Rajasthan's Dholpur, when the pradhan broke the news that his eldest son Nitin had cracked the IIT admission test.
Despite numerous difficulties, Banwari always tried to ensure his three sons and daughter got proper education, the Times of India reported. A student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nitin used scholarship money for IIT coaching at a Jodhpur centre for poor students. He has succeeded with an all-India ranking of 499 under the SC category.
6.) IIT-M breaks into top 50 Asia univ rankings
Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has broken into the top 50 of the 2016 Asia university rankings that were released on Tuesday by British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Jumping 13 places from its position last year, IIT-Madras is ranked 43. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, ector, IIT-Madras attri director, IIT-Madras attributed the rise to a combination of factors.
Ramamurthi is also hoping that the rankings would stir interest among foreign students in making a beeline to Indian universities, and IIT-Madras in particular, the Times of India reported.
7.) 'Drunk' Vietnamese diplomat rams official vehicle into a wall
A senior diplomat from the Vietnam embassy allegedly rammed his official car into another and hit the wall of a house in South Delhi’s Anand Niketan on Sunday, The Hindustan Times reported.
A resident of the area, whose car was damaged, alleged that the officer (name withheld) was drunk and could not even stand or speak. Police registered a case of rash and negligent driving but they did not take the officer’s medical test or licence details because of his diplomatic immunity.
8.) UP’s Sambhal emerging as a terror hub, Delhi cops tell court
Sambhal district in western Uttar Pradesh has come under the scanner of anti-terror agencies, with the police finding itto be the home of several alleged members of dreaded al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) who have been providing active support for the group, The Hindustan Times reported.
This was disclosed in a charge sheet filed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police before a city court. The charge sheet was filed against 17 suspected AQIS members, of whom 12 are absconding, for allegedly trying to set up a base for al Qaeda in India under the banner of AQIS.
9.) How a rundown bungalow in Gurgaon was the nexus of a kidney racket 8 years ago
A three-storey independent bungalow just off the main road in Gurgaon’s Sector 23 attracts a fair bit of attention from passersby. With broken windows, doors taken off the hinges and the words “not for sale” spray-painted on one of the walls, the building bears a dilapidated look.
In January 2008, this bungalow became the centre of attention when the Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon Police discovered it was being used by two doctors — Amit Kumar and Upender Kumar — to conduct kidney transplants on poor, often unsuspecting, people from UP. Eight years on, the bungalow stands empty, serving only as the residence of a guard who looks after the place. Sources say there have been attempts to sell the house but its history has prevented a sale. Today, the only sign of the surgeries carried out within its walls is the operating table that lies in the courtyard, visible through its gate, partly folded and covered in dust, The Indian Express reports.
10.) Two Delhi police personnel spotted ‘striking deal’ with man carrying Rs 95 lakh
Last week during patrol, a team from the Delhi Police Vigilance Branch spotted two police personnel “striking a deal” with a man they had apprehended for carrying Rs 95 lakh in cash.
Raising doubts over the “integrity” of the two personnel, the Vigilance Branch has filed a report and sent it to their respective senior officers asking them to take action, The Indian Express reports.
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