Newspaper Headlines: BJP Gets New President, IMF Lowers India Growth Estimate To 4.8%

  • <B>Hindustan Times</B>: JP Nadda was elected unopposed as the new chief of the ruling BJP on Monday as he took over reins from party's youngest president Amit Shah, the daily reports. The newspaper also carries Delhi court's verdict in Muzaffarpur shelter home case. A court in Delhi on Monday convicted 19 people, including prime accused Brajesh Thakur in the case that shocked the nation.
    Hindustan Times: JP Nadda was elected unopposed as the new chief of the ruling BJP on Monday as he took over reins from party's youngest president Amit Shah, the daily reports. The newspaper also carries Delhi court's verdict in Muzaffarpur shelter home case. A court in Delhi on Monday convicted 19 people, including prime accused Brajesh Thakur in the case that shocked the nation.
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  • <b>Times of India</b>: The Supreme Court's ruling in a plea filed by one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case is the lead story of the daily. The top court on Monday rejected death row of Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts, in the case.
    Times of India: The Supreme Court's ruling in a plea filed by one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case is the lead story of the daily. The top court on Monday rejected death row of Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts, in the case.
  • <B>Deccan Herald</B>: The front page of the paper carries a high alert that was sounded at Mangalore airport on Monday after a "live" bomb was found abandoned near a ticket counter of the departure gate. Nearly eight hours after it was spotted, the bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion. 

Another story on its front page is Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy "bulldozing" his predecessor Chandra Babu Naidu's dream capital Amaravati by reducing it to a legislative capital. The state government on Monday introduced a bill to give Andhra three capitals -- executive capital in Visakhapatnam, Legislative capital in Amaravati and judicial capital in Kurnool.
    Deccan Herald: The front page of the paper carries a high alert that was sounded at Mangalore airport on Monday after a "live" bomb was found abandoned near a ticket counter of the departure gate. Nearly eight hours after it was spotted, the bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion. Another story on its front page is Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy "bulldozing" his predecessor Chandra Babu Naidu's dream capital Amaravati by reducing it to a legislative capital. The state government on Monday introduced a bill to give Andhra three capitals -- executive capital in Visakhapatnam, Legislative capital in Amaravati and judicial capital in Kurnool.
  • <b>The Telegraph</b>: Calling "tukde tukde gang" "much ado about nothing" the newspaper leads with an RTI query. Activist Sanket Gokhale claimed in a tweet that "Ministry of Home Affairs has no information in concerning tukde-tukde gang". He had filed an RTI query, asking ministry the official definition of the phrase and whether standard operating procedures (SOPs) have been laid down to take action the "gang".
    The Telegraph: Calling "tukde tukde gang" "much ado about nothing" the newspaper leads with an RTI query. Activist Sanket Gokhale claimed in a tweet that "Ministry of Home Affairs has no information in concerning tukde-tukde gang". He had filed an RTI query, asking ministry the official definition of the phrase and whether standard operating procedures (SOPs) have been laid down to take action the "gang".
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