Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India.
1.) Odd-even unlikely to return before winter, hints Kejriwal
Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hinted that the next phase of odd-even would not be implemented before winter.
Addressing a thanksgiving function at Chhatrasal Stadium on the conclusion of oddeven II, Kejriwal said, "There is an urgent need to improve public transport. Within a year, we will strengthen public transport and when we have odd-even after that, it will be a much bigger success."
Government sources told The Times of India that a big hurdle faced during oddeven II was the weather. Hence, the scheme wasn't likely to return during the summer.
2.) Prime JeM suspect Sajid was once an 'aspiring dancer'
Sajid, 21, the prime suspect arrested on charges of planning an attack in Delhi, once had dreams of becoming a dancer. He had auditioned for two prominent reality shows, including one in Mumbai.
The Indian Express reported that after failing to make it through the selection rounds of these shows, he started subscribing to JeM's ideology and following their Facebook page, said police.
Sajid, a tailor, burnt his left palm while assembling an IED, said police, adding that there was a possibility that he was assembling a bomb and it went off accidentally. He was arrested late Tuesday from his house in north-east Delhi's Chand Bagh.
3.) IRCTC website hacked, account info of lakhs feared stolen
Personal data of around 1 crore customers is feared to have been stolen from the server of the e-ticketing portal Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), thus raising fears of safety and security, reported The Times of India.
IRCTC is India's largest ecommerce website, lakhs of transactions are conducted every day . Customers provide details like Pan Card numbers while filling up online reservation forms.
A senior railway official said, "Somebody can create forged documents on the basis of the stolen data."
4.) After fire, Uttarakhand likely to face water crisis
After glaciers, scientists are now apprehensive that the massive forest fires may deplete the groundwater table of Uttarakhand and cause severe water crisis in the hill state, said a report in The Times of India.
People in the hills mostly rely on natural water sources, like streams and small ponds, for their daily needs.
The scientists say that this time the fires have burnt vast swathes of green cover, like bushes and plants, which absorb and hold the water and replenish the ground water. But now, the water will just drain away. The fissures through which water percolates have been blocked with ash. As a result, the ground water will not be recharged.
5.) Dalits are rushing to embrace Buddhism
The conversion of the family of Dalit student Rohith Vemula to Buddhism on the 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar has underscored the way in which the faith has been used as the moral armament of the Dalit movement in India, said a report in The Indian Express.
According to data released by the central government last month, Buddhism is the fastest growing religion among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the country.
In a statement issued in Mumbai after their conversion, Rohith's brother Raja Vemula said that Rohith "was extremely keen that our family should follow the path of Buddha".
6.) Yuvi's YouWeCan Plans Fashion Label
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh-promoted fund YouWeCan is venturing into the fast-moving fashion casualwear space under the YWC (YouWeCan) label.
YouWeCan has inked a deal with listed apparel maker Suditi Industries, which makes apparel for music television channel MTV and football leagues FC Barcelona and Manchester City FC, for its clothing venture.
The plan will involve setting up offline and online stores to sell the fashion line, Suditi chairman and managing director Pawan Agarwal told Economic Times. "The brand YWC will be focused on premium fashion. Premium celebrity merchandising is a wide open space," Agarwal said.
7.) Centre asks Niti Aayog to Fix up Monthly Targets for Ministries
In what could be an unprecedented move by the Centre, the government will soon set monthly deadlines for its ministries to deliver on pet projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a move that would make implementing ministries accountable for all hits and misses.
The government's move to set deadlines for delivering on Prime Minister's pet projects would make the implementing ministries accountable for all hits and misses.
The focus is on all major schemes of infra & social sectors for FY2016-17, reported Economic Times.
8.) 30 years on, 17k slum dwellers still wait for flats
Thirty years after the state government launched its Delhi Flat Registration Scheme, 17,000 of the 20,000 slum dwellers from whom the government collected money for allocating flats remain homeless.
As per a report in the Hindustan Times, only 2,650 people have received any kind of accommodation, records show.
The court noted that many slum dwellers who had applied could well be senior citizens or even dead by the time the DDA fulfils its commitment under the scheme.
9.) Cops deserted us, had to fend for ourselves: Judges
CHANDIGARH: Revelations by four district and sessions' judges, detailing ordeals faced by judicial officers, due to alleged mismanagement of personnel by the Haryana Police during the Jat quota agitation, come as fresh cause of embarrassment for the Haryana government.
The stir shook parts of North India in February when protesters, who were seeking inclusion in the Other Backward Caste category, resorted to pillaging, arson and possible gang-rape, reported The Hindustan Times.
The report submitted by Jhajjar district and sessions judge states that though officers met the local SP and inspector general on February 20, the police failed to provided security.
10.) Class 12 pass goes from selling books on footpath to landing his own novel
Santosh Pandey has crammed more than 3,500 books in the small secondhand book stall he runs at Vile Parle, but next month, he will add the most precious book yet — his debut novel, Karmaayan: Untold secrets of Ravan.
But it was hardly an easy journey for the 33- year- old, who was forced to quit school after Std VII because his parents could no longer afford to pay R 6 per month to send him to school. Instead, he made his way from Amani Pandeypur village in Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai at the age of 13, to earn a living, The Midday reports.
Hundreds visit Pandey's bookstall in a small pay- andpark lane in Irla, and many of them rely on him for advice on which books to buy. But when they heard he was writing a book himself, the reaction was far from positive.
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