Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
1. BJP ultimatum over 'beef' at AMU, university says buffalo meat
Bharatiya Janata Partyleaders in Aligarh gave the police an ultimatum on Saturday to take action within 24 hours against what they claimed was "beef biryani" being allegedly served in the canteen of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College on campus at Aligarh Muslim University.
Local BJP leaders led by the mayor of Aligarh, met the SP (City) to file a complaint and seek a probe into the allegations. The university has said that the biryani contained only buffalo meat, and rejected the allegations as "vicious" and "an attempt to whip up communal passion", the Indian Express reported.
2. Fear in JNU: A few J&K students go home
Post February 9, there has been a sense of fear and uncertainty among students from Jammu and Kashmir living in Delhi. And it's not without a reason. The controversy over the JNU event and the subsequent arrest of Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on the sedition charge has shifted the attention to the Kashmir issue. The students from the Valley, irrespective of their political affiliations, are apprehensive that they could also be targeted either by some fringe elements or cops.
In fact, a couple of students from the Kashmir Valley have already left the campus despite seniors' advice against such a move. Many of the students say that though they have not faced any problem so far, their families want them to return home till the time the "normalcy" returns, a report in the Times of India said.
3. No place to honour martyrs
It is a tradition to give a ceremonial guard of honour to soldiers who have laid down their lives in line of duty. However, as the bodies reach Delhi, there is no fixed place to accord honour because the issue is stuck in a web of regulations and red tape. The armed forces are denied a permanent space in the name of security.
According to a report in Hindu, In the recent Siachen tragedy, the bodies of the nine soldiers of 19 Madras Regiment killed in an avalanche were flown to Delhi in a military aircraft and taken to the Palam Air Force station. However the normal practice is to bring them on civilian flights to Delhi, accord them the honours, and fly them to their native places. Military aircraft are not used regularly to fly bodies because it will be too expensive.
4. 2 terrorists sneaked into Pathankot base 48 hours before attack
An intelligence input on December 30, 2015 from the Punjab border warned New Delhi that six terrorists, with the intention to strike at critical military installations, had infiltrated the country. But as the input was being deciphered, two of the terrorists had already entered the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Pathankot, said police sources.
According to the Hindustan Times, Investigations into the January 2 terror attack on the base revealed two of the six terrorists — all killed in a multi-agency response — had entered the premises at least two days before the terror attack began.
5. JNU row: Mother anxious, family comes to Delhi, hopes to meet Kanhaiya Kumar
Just off a 20-hour train ride, JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar's family waits impatiently in a modest five-bed dormitory at the CPI office in Ajoy Bhawan at ITO on Saturday, hoping to meet him soon.
As per the Indian Express, over the past week, as the family closely tracked news on television, they had been optimistic of his release. But when the wait grew longer and his mother could no longer take visuals of him being manhandled on the court premises despite heavy police deployment, she pleaded with other family members to make the journey from Begusarai to the national capital and be with Kanhaiya.
6. Soon, police check for passport may take just 8 days
The passport is creating its own little revolution in governance in India. Like the landline telephone of yore, the acquisition of a passport signalled a rise in social status a few decades ago because you had jumped through several hoops to get it.
Over the past few years, Indians have found it easier to get a new passport or have one renewed at computerised seva kendras. The passport, like the Aadhar card, is writing its own governance script, and government departments are adapting to keep up.
According to the Times of India, by the end of 2015, 6.33 crore Indian citizens possessed valid passports, up from 5.19 crore in 2013. This week, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) expanded its footprint with a passport kendra in Arunachal Pradesh.
7. After 40-year legal battle, jawan who was granted Rs 40 disability pension to get dues
The Lucknow bench of Armed Forces Tribunal has directed the Defence Ministry to pay ex-solider Sunehri Lal, 67, arrears and additional 'special costs' of Rs 25,000 after he was granted Rs 40.5 monthly disability pension after 40-year legal battle.
The two-judge bench comprising Justice VK Dixit and Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan asked the ministry to refer the case to Re-Survey Medical Board for re-assessing the medical condition of the petitioner for entitlement to disability pension. It set aside the impugned orders of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension), Allahabad, the Times of India reported.
8. Meetings, visits on table as Pakistan FIR in Pathankot clears way
Forty-eight hours after Pakistan registered an FIR in the Pathankot terror attack, plans are afoot to schedule three interactions between India and Pakistan over the next month or so, sources said on Saturday. Talks are on to schedule a visit by Pakistan's Special Investigation Team to India, and to have a meeting between Indian and Pakistan foreign secretaries as well as between the two foreign ministers in Nepal in mid-March, on the sidelines of SAARC sessions.
According to Indian Express, officials from both Pakistan and India confirmed that discussions are on to schedule these visits and meetings to resume the dialogue process.
9. Blood clot leading killer in Siachen, study busts impotence myth
A new study by scientists and army doctors has nailed a long-standing belief among many soldiers that high-altitude posting in places such as Siachen leads to impotence. It also found blood clots to be the deadliest threat to soldiers serving in Siachen, the world's coldest battleground.
The findings are based on research carried out over more than four years involving the medical examination and feedback of about 700 soldiers, who have served on the glacier. For long, the impotence myth has left many soldiers anxious about a posting in Siachen, where temperatures can plunge below -50 degrees Celsius, a report in the Hindustan Times said.
10. Karnataka women break into another male bastion
With the Karnataka Janapada Academy (KJA) set to launch 60 all-woman folk teams representing signature arts of the State, Women's Day will see hundreds of women artists making waves. On the day of launch on March 8, 60 troupes from 30 districts (two each) will present spectacular performances in Dollu Kunita, Veeragase, Kamsale, Tammate, Patakunita, Venu Kunita, Chittimela, Puja Kunita, Jaggalige Kunita, and other important folk forms.
Considering the demand performances of artistes like Durgamma of Ballari (Dollu Kunita), Savitha Chirukunaiah of Mandya (Puja Kunita), Yashoda of Tumakuru (Tammate) and Shweta of Chikkamagaluru (Veeragase) have generated at national and international events, including at the Indian Premier League, there is hope of commercial gain as well, the Hindu reported.
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