NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES
The lead story in national dailies is, predictably, India's victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup. Interesting headlines in large point size are splashed across the front pages of newspapers, along with photographs of the jubilant winning team. "The world at our feet" reads the headline in The Times of India, while that in The Asian Age reads, "Sare jahan se achcha".
The filing of the chargesheet by the CBI, in the 2G spectrum scam is the other main story in the papers. "Unfazed Raja smiles away proceedings" reads the headline in The Pioneer. Under the headline, "7 trunkloads of charges", Hindustan Times writes, armed with the chargesheet running into 80,000 pages, CBI officials marched into a chaotic courtroom.
The news of Goa minister, Atanasio Monserrate being caught by Mumbai customs, while attempting to take out 10 million dollars on a flight to Dubai, has been widely reported in papers. The Tribune quotes the Leader of Opposition, Manohar Parrikar, as saying that the issue would be raised in the Assembly if the state government failed to drop Monserrat.
The Indian Express reports that at least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in Kandahar in Afghanistan, on the second day of protests over the burning of the Koran by a Christian preachers in the US. This comes a day after 7 UN staff members were killed in Mazar-i-Sharif by protesters, writes the paper.
A special report in The Times of India reveals that beyond the tiger, even the leopard, the Asian elephant, the Asiatic black bear and the one-horned rhino face threats to their existence in India. In many cases it is the loss of habitat, coupled with poaching, that is proving dangerous for these animals.
And finally, The Asian Age reports that the Supreme Court, holding that every child born in the country has a right to get opportunities to lead a healthy and dignified life, irrespective of the manner of his birth, is mulling over redefining of a crucial provision of the Hindu Marriage Act, on the property right of children born out of wedlock.
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