Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India.
Muhammad Ali a Malayali? Ask Kerala mantri
"I just heard that Muhammad Ali breathed his last in America. He was a great sportsperson from Kerala. He flagged the fame of Kerala sky-high by winning a gold medal," state sports minister E P Jayarajan told a Malayalam TV news channel soon after Muhammad Ali's death started dominating headlines on Saturday, and the minister was approached to comment on the passing of the legend. Read full article in The Times of India.
Ahead of Bluestar anniversary, SGPC bars media in Golden Temple
In an unprecedented move, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to ban the entry of the media in the 'parikarma' (walkway) of the Golden Temple ahead of the 32nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar, as reported in The Times of India.
SGPC chief secretary Harcharan Singh has sent a letter to Amritsar deputy commissioner requesting him to take steps to bar reporters from entering the parkarma, claiming that their presence would hurt the Sikh sentiments.
Govt curbs smartphone use over hacking, data theft fears
Concern over hacking and data thefts and vulnerabilities in communication systems has prompted the government to instruct bureaucrats in all central ministries and departments to use smartphones only as a last resort and in emergency situations to discuss sensitive official work, as per a news report in The Times of India.
Odd as the "restrictions" on use of smartphones may sound in a wireless world, a recent two-day session on cyber security in government offices saw ministry of home affairs (MHA) and central paramilitary brass being asked to stick to face-to-face meetings, RAX (a closed communication network connecting government offices) and landlines.
Rioters tried to kidnap Mathura SP, then lynched him
The violent squatters at Jawahar Bagh had tried to kidnap additional SP Mukul Dwivedi after injuring him during Thursday's clash. However, confronted by a police back-up, the mob lynched Dwivedi before dispersing. The officer went into a coma and succumbed to his injuries a few hours later, as reported in The Times of India.
Senior police officials confirmed that Dwivedi was closing in on the mob when he was hit by a stone on his face. "As he was knocked off unconscious and hit the ground, his helmet came off. The mob then attacked him with sticks and rods," said a police officer who was among the first few to reach out to Dwivedi after he was injured.
Girl tweets about Muhammad Ali and gets famous — for all the wrong reasons!
At a time when everyone across the planet are mourning the loss of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Twitter user Anadita Patel seems to have settled the "greatest footballer of all time" debate once and for all.
Anadita, who was a relatively unknown name until a few hours ago, started to trend on Twitter after she wrote that Ali is better than the likes of Maradona, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo put together, as reported in The Indian Express.
As embers die down in Mathura, three women tell the story of life inside cult base
It is around 4 am, Saturday, more than 24 hours since the pitched battle at Jawahar Bagh in Mathura between members of a cult group and the police, which has left at least 24 people, including two police officers, dead. At a rickshaw stall near the city’s old bus stand, all 95-year-old Goba Devi wants is to go home.
For the last more than a year, 'home' was the once-sprawling park in the city, gradually taken over by members of Swadheen Bharat Subhash Sena, followers of Jai Gurudev, a self-proclaimed spiritual leader who died in 2012. But now, home for the nonagenarian means her village in Kushinagar district at the other end of the state, nearly 700 km away. Read full article in The Indian Express.
With Khadse's exit, BJP loses an OBC face in Maharashtra
The resignation of revenue minister Eknath Khadse over corruption allegations on Saturday exposed the ruling BJP in Maharashtra to anti-OBC slur and internal rivalries.
The party's senior-most leader and minister with nearly nine portfolios lost his job to a land scam that benefitted his family. Ironically, as the leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2014, he exposed several land scams, particularly against the state's NCP leaders, as reported in the Hindustan Times.
Triple talaq raked up to defame Islam, says Muslim Board member
An executive member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Saturday claimed that triple talaq was not an issue for Muslim women and that it was being raked up just to defame Islam, as reported in the Hindustan Times.
Addressing an all-Muslim women conference in Lucknow, Dr Asma Zehra said, "Islam has given equal rights to women and men. Muslims are happy with their personal laws."
A silicon tide lifts many boats
Behind IBM House that looms over Bannerghatta Road in Bengaluru is a maze of bylanes that form Sudarshan Layout. Families and their belongings spill out of the tiny one-storey buildings onto the narrow lanes.
Most of the residents in the slums here have not studied beyond primary school and make a living as labourers and domestic helps, but their children are pursuing a life far beyond what their parents ever thought possible. Read full article in The Hindu.
Why does Dussehri remain a poor cousin of Alphonso?
Mirza Ghalib's love for mangoes was legendary, so it isn't surprising that he composed a long narrative poem or masnavi called Dar Sifat-e-Ambaah (On the Attributes of Mangoes) in praise of India's king of fruit. Ghalib's lines were ringing in my ears as I reached the small town of Malihabad, about 30 km from Uttar Pradesh's capital and the historic city of Lucknow.
Malihabad, along with the neighbouring towns of Mall and Rahimabad, constitutes the hub of Uttar Pradesh's famous Dussehri mangoes, with more than 80% of the country's produce of this variety grown here. Read full article in The Economic Times.
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