Hasan Ali has confessed to investigators how he routed money for three former Maharashtra Chief ministers through hawala into the stock markets

TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

The stepped up air strikes on Libya by coalition forces dominates the front pages of most dailies. "Gaddafi's home hit, air strikes on" reports the Hindustan Times. The Indian Express writes "Gaddafi compound hit, US denies bid to kill him". The Asian Age and the Tribune cite opposition web sites and Arab media reports as saying that one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, who was injured when a Libyan Air force pilot deliberately crashed his jet into Gaddafi's residential compound, has died. Hinting at cracks within the alliance against Libya, the Times of India writes "Civilian Deaths worry Arab, African blocs".

The Congress-Trinamool Congress seat sharing agreement for the assembly polls in Bengal is widely noticed with most papers suggesting that the TMC has had the upper hand. The Pioneer writes "Congress eats humble pie in Bengal". In a similar vein the Hindu says "Trinamool takes the lion's share".

While most papers report that the Supreme Court has extended Pune businessman Hassan Ali's remand by three days, the Mail Today, in a front page exclusive, writes that Hasan Ali has confessed to investigators how he routed money for three former Maharashtra Chief ministers through hawala into the stock markets.

In a special story on the dearth of firing ranges for the Indian Army because of growing urbanization and environmental concerns, the Times of India reports that the Army is just left with 40 operational field firing ranges of the 104 ranges it once had.

Bureaucratic culture in the country is set to change. The Hindustan Times and the Indian Express write that the government has made it mandatory for all departments to install biometric access control system to qualify for performance-linked incentives.