Shahid Afridi
TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS
Its the heady sub-continental mix of cricket, politics and diplomacy that's making headlines, and grabbing eyeballs, with stories and photographs in the papers this morning. Though the first Kiwi--Lanka semifinal of the ICC World Cup kicks off today,large news space is devoted to the " mother of all matches "--as a columnist calls it--the Indo-Pak fixture, scheduled for the day after, at Mohali. 'Cricket mania sweeps Chandigarh' reads the Tribune lead,while the Pioneer reveals the killing, scalpers are making, with Rs.2500 tickets bought for a lakh, and Rs.250 ones going for 50,000.Most of Corporate India is planning to wind up by 2.30 pm in a bid to catch the match reports Business Line.Pakistan's Interior Minister, warning his country's players against match fixing causing a furor in Pakistan, is the lead in the Times of India.
Cricket diplomacy is a top story too."PM's to meet before match then dine at Raj Bhavan"says the Asian Age.The resumption of the Indo-Pak dialogue is reported in all papers. 'Home Secretaries begin talks, go beyond 26/11' reads the Hindustan Times report.
'A pink box that India would not give to FBI' is a top story in the Hindu, on US cables revealed by Wikileaks, stating that, India had been reluctant to share a crucial piece of evidence in the Mumbai attacks.
'Slush cash:SC raps govt. for narrow focus' is a Statesman report on govt's. concentration on Hasan Ali only in black money related cases.
Tigers registering an increase in population in India, and the world's first artificial leaf that can break down water for energy, is environmental news in the papers.
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