BJP Proposes Bharat Ratna For Savarkar, Farooq Abdullah's Sister, Daughter Arrested, And Other Big Stories
BJP, in its manifesto for Maharashtra polls, has proposed conferring Vinayak Damdodar Savarkar with the Bharat Ratna. Also, the sister and daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah were among the dozen women arrested by the police on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Justice Arun Mishra questioned the demand for his recusal in hearing the interpretation of a provision of the land acquisition Act, asking whether it amounted to maligning the court. The other big story on the front page was the arrest of Farooq Abdullah's sister and daughter during protest in Srinagar.
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The big story in the Times of India is of the Enforcement Directorate issuing a notice to Praful Patel to appear before it amid allegation of a financial deal between his wife and drug lord Iqbal Memon "Mirchi". Also on the front page is Supreme Court Justice Arun Mishra, who rejected demands for his recusal from a land case.
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The Asian Age led with the story of the arrest of Farooq Abdullah's sister and daughter over protest in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar. The two were among the 13 women arrested by state police on Tuesday. Also on the front page, Chhattisgarh government dumped Electronic Voting Machines in favour of ballot papers for the upcoming polls in urban local bodies.
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The BJP's proposal to confer Bharat Ratna for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a day after a critic of the government's economic policies won the Nobel Prize, is the lead story in the Telegraph today. Also, the other big story was of Bengal Governor saying he was "hurt deeply" at the treatment meted out to him at the Durga Puja Carnival after he was "totally blacked out" and wasn't shown on television "for four hours".
