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The Union Government's indication of a likely announcement of a JPC probe into the 2G scam is the lead story in many papers today. "Congress finally yields, agrees to JPC on 2G" writes the Tribune. "Winter freeze over, government thaws on JPC probe into 2G" says the Indian Express.
In another JPC demand, this time from a surprising corner, Hindustan Times writes "Kalmadi wants JPC to probe games scam", "Puts Congress in spot, says will quit, if corruption charge proved". The Asian Age questions, "Will CWG storm erupt in House"? and adds "With 2G JPC on track, Kalmadi jolt to government".
In another story, the Times of India says, "IT crackdown on politicians lying about their wealth." The paper elaborates writes, that for the first time, the income tax department has launched a drive to cleanse dirty money from politics, and initiated action against at least 300 high-net-worth politicians for alleged misreporting of wealth in their returns.
Hindustan Times in an exclusive writes, "7 children go missing every hour". The paper goes on to say that with as many as 60,000 young ones below 18 reported missing in 2009, as compared to 44,000 in 2004, it is a jump of 35 per cent.
"Butcher of Libya", blazes the lead story in the Mail Today with a photograph of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's long time leader. Over 300 killed in brutal crackdown on protests against Gaddafi as even mourners gunned down to save regime, writes the paper. The Asian Age adds, "Indians safe in Libya: govt. says avoid travel there unless "essential" ".
And finally, the Times of India writes that in one of the most ambitious and exciting projects in recent years, digitization of India's ancient manus has moved a step ahead, with the Delhi-based National Manu Mission creating digitization standards for close to 30 lakh manus.
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