Here's a wrap of the top stories pick from morning newspapers
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a PIL seeking new guidelines to protect the identities of persons accused of sexual harassment or assault, the Hindustan Times reported. The petition, filed by the Youth Bar Association of India, said allegations carry the potential of destroying the life of an individual even if that person is innocent. It wanys media restrained from revealing identity of the accused.
Days after the Supreme Court entrusted NBCC with completing Amrapali projects, the PSU will take up another troubled real estate giant. The Times of India has reported that NBCC will takeover Unitech’s 74 projects affecting 17,000 buyers. The court concluded that the realtor is incapable of fulfilling its commitment.
The Indian Express has reported that of the 121 militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir by security forces in the first half of 2019, only 21 were from Pakistan. This means that 82% of the militants killed in the state were locals. Most of these encounters took place in south Kashmir, with 36 militants being killed in Pulwama, 34 in Shopian and 16 in Anantnag districts.
India’s newest billionaire is a former classroom teacher who developed an education app that’s grown to a valuation of almost $6 billion in about seven years. Business paper Mint reported that Byju Raveendran joined the rarefied club after his Think & Learn Pvt scored $150 million in funding earlier this month. He owns over 21% in the company
'Absolutely. it was a mistake': Rahul Gandhi on Emergency
G23 extracted pound of flesh, want to join BJP: Bengal Cong chief
Attacked by own party people for pushing for election: Rahul Gandhi
'Gujarat firmly with BJP', PM Modi says as party wins big in local body polls
54 students test Covid positive in a Karnal school in Haryana
Farmers to block expressway on March 6, tour poll bound states
Gujarat Congress Chief resigns as BJP leads by wide margin in civic polls
More than 1.48 crore doses of Covid vaccine administered till March 2: Health Ministry
75% reservation in private jobs in Haryana: Deputy CM Chautala
Farmers' stir: Fadnavis raises issue of celebs tweets, Deshmukh counters
India slams Pak at UNHRC, says OIC has no locus standi to comment on J&K
Over 150 monks test Covid+ at a Dharamsala monastery
UP CM Adityanath attacks Mamata in Malda rally, raises 'love jihad', cow smuggling issues
Lucknow bound Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Pakistan, passenger dead on arrival
Manmohan Singh: demonetisation decision ill considered, led to high unemployment
India's working women face high gender bias: LinkedIn Report
Gurugram family held hostage for feeding strays as dog bite cases rise
Congress Vs Congress: Adhir hits back at Anand Sharma, BJP's loving it
TRP Scam: Ex-ratings agency CEO Partho Dasgupta gets bail
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and wife receive Covid-19 vaccine