Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
1.) Be the King of Good Times for Rs 367 crore
Kingfisher’s identifiers — its trademarks and taglines — will soon be up for auction for R 366.7 crore and above. The United Breweries (UB) Group’s nine trademarks including the 'Fly the good times' will be part of this eauction that is scheduled for April 30 between 11.30 am and 12.30 pm, the Mid-Day reported.
After failing to auction Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher House, the State Bank of India has now decided to take this step. A notice by SBICAP Trustee Company Limited issued yesterday said this auction is to recover part of R 6,963.21 crore debt that is due since January 31, 2014. The nine trademarks include Flying Models, Fly the Good Times, Funliner, Kingfisher, Flying Bird Device, Fly Kingfisher ( World) and others. The bids will be accepted till 5 pm on April 28 and the reserve price is Rs 366.70 crore, with an Earnest Money Deposit of R 36.67 crore. The increasing amount is Rs 5 lakh.
2.) 5 PhD theses on this class III-dropout poet
He has barely attended school, but five scholars have based their PhD reserarch on this writer and poet from western Odisha who received the Padma Shri from the President on Monday.
Haldhar Nag, the 66-year-old poet in Kosli language, remembers all the poems and 20 epics that he has penned. Sambalpur University is now coming up with a compilation of his writings - Haldhar Granthabali-2 - which will be a part of the university's syllabus. Nag told Times of India, “It's great to see the huge inter est of young people in poems in Kosli. Everyone is a poet, but only a few have the art of giving them shape.“
Nag has never worn any footwear and always dons a white dhoti and a vest. “I feel free in this attire,“ he said.
3.) Islamic State ‘recruit’ tells probe team he panicked, threw explosives in Delhi drain
Explosives meant to carry out serial blasts across India were dumped in a drain in Delhi last year by an alleged Mumbai-based Islamic State (IS) recruit because he panicked at the last moment, according to a senior security official.
Sources said that Mohammed Hussein Khan, one of the 14 alleged members of an IS module arrested in a joint operation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and six state-level agencies in January, “confessed” to having collected 1.5 kg of Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, or PETN, from “a contact” in the capital.
Khan, a businessman from Mazgaon, also allegedly revealed that he was given Rs 50,000 by another arrested accused, Muddabir Sheikh, “the self-proclaimed Amir” of the local module, to pay for the explosive material, sources told The Indian Express.
4.) Ranchi professor suspended for inviting ‘mentor of anti-nationals’ from JNU
An associate professor of the Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) has been suspended by the Vice-Chancellor for inviting a JNU professor to an event to mark Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary earlier in March.
The order, accessed by The Indian Express, said the invitation to “a person of disputed integrity” had led to Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu cancelling her visit to the university as chief guest for the event.
The order also said Bhattacharji had invited Panini without informing the V-C, and that her actions amounted to “misconduct”.
5.) In CM Tarun Gogoi’s model village, toilets a luxury
Four years ago, when three-time Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi chose Jonaki Mandal as a model village in his constituency of Titabor, he promised that providing basic amenities would be the first priority.
As he seeks votes for a fourth term, most people of Jonaki Mandal continue to go to the fields to relieve themselves, or use kutcha latrines. “I don’t have statistics on how many families have received sanitary toilets from the government. I myself go to the bushes or the fields, as do many people of our village,” admitted Rupa Das, lone member from the village in the local Birinasayek gram panchayat.
A latrine was allotted to her family in 2015, but the septic tank was never built, she said, showing the pit behind the latrine, reported The Indian Express.
6.) Skywalk at Qutub may need to be tweaked
Not everyone has warmed to the Delhi government's budget proposal to build a skywalk connecting the Qutub Minar Metro station to the world heritage site, reports the Times of India. Heritage experts and conservationists have welcomed the idea to facilitate better access to Qutub Minar from the Metro station. But they think a skywalk isn't the ideal way to go about it. Instead, they think the government should look into a partially elevated stretch and enough walkwa ys. Intach is doing a feasibility study for the project.
A few years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India and Delhi Urban Art Commission had opposed an elevated Metro corridor here as it would have jeopardised the Qutub Minar and obstructed its view. DUAC said it would oppose this proposal, too, if it threatens the monument.
7.) RSS slams government's 'Shocking' move
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is not happy with the government's decision to allow 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in e-commerce, said a report in The Economic Times.
The government on Tuesday permitted 100% FDI under the automatic route for retail trading, or B2C (business-to-consumer) transactions, in the marketplace model of ecommerce.
This notification has been long-awaited by e-commerce firms, such as Flipkart Ltd, Snapdeal and Amazon India.The notification is expected to change the way online retail operates in India.
8.) Now, Indrani-Peter Mukerjea fight over Worli flat from jail
Indrani Mukerjea has sent a legal missive to Marlow housing society in Worli, where she shared a 3,000 sq ft fifth floor duplex flat with husband Peter, telling them she has first right over the property and that nobody can sell it without her consent, as reported by the Mid-day.
Peter is said to be looking to sell the flat to pay the bills of his seven-member legal team, which includes some of the most expensive criminal lawyers in the country. The couple had gifted the flat to Vidhie Mukerjea, Indrani’s daughter from an earlier marriage, as a Gift Deed on January 7, 2011.
9.) Duo lure NCP leader with Dubai deal, cheat him of Rs 85 lakh
An NCP leader and member of Pune Municipal Corporation’s Shikshan Mandal, was duped by two Hyderabad based- youths to the tune of Rs 84.57 lakh on the pretext of starting a business on partnership, in Dubai, reports the Mid-Day. The incident came to light when National Congress Party (NCP) leader Laxmikant Mohanlal Khabiya (48), a resident of Laxminagar in Parvati lodged a complaint with Vishrambaug police station.
Khabiya alleged that Mani Shankar and Hameed Saberi — both residents of Hyderabad — have duped him. A case has been registered under Sections 420 ( cheating), 406 ( criminal breach of trust) and 34 ( an act done with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
10.) Maharashtra plans new law with stringent conditions on dance bars
After some of its curbs on dance bars were struck down by the Supreme Court (SC), the state government has hardened its stance, planning a new law which will impose stringent, difficult-to-meet conditions, as reported by the DNA.
Some of the proposals are that dance bars should be at least 1 km away from educational institutes or religious places, no dance bars in residential areas, prohibition on smoking and operating hours from just 6 pm to 11.30 pm.
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