Newspaper Headlines: India-China Face-Off In Ladakh, Delhi Records Hottest May Day Since 2002 & Other Top Stories

Hindustan Times is leading with Delhi recording the highest temperatures in May in at least a decade at the Palam weather station and 18 years at Safdarjung station, under the influence of dry northwesterlies. India has decided to not back down from a standoff with China - along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh - that centres around a strategic bridge being built near Daulat Beg Oldi, the last military post south of the Karakoram Pass, and has moved troops to counter Chinese forces stationed in the region, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named.

The Telegraph In Kolkata's Behala pocket, most homes are without power since Wednesday and some since Thursday, had its supply restored on Sunday evening after a group of residents hijacked a CESC team, shielded it from rival groups and stood guard as long as the linesmen were on the job. Hundreds of villagers have started repairing breached embankments on their own in Cyclone Amphan-hit areas of South and North 24-Parganas to try and save more than 100 villages that are getting submerged twice a day during the high tides.

The Asian Age is leading with amid speculations over attempts to impose President's rule in Maharashtra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi further complicated the matter when he said that his party merely supported the government in Maharashtra and was not a key decision-maker. Nearly two weeks after saying it cannot stop guest labourers walking back to their villages or sleeping on railway tracks, the Supreme court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the "miseries of migrants".