News As It Happens

February 01, 2012 10:50

Good morning and welcome to today's edition of Live! News As It Happens.

Today's Mumbai Mirror, in true tabloid fashion, gives you the lowdown on the efforts that went on to get Bollywood director Farah Khan and hubby Shirish Kunder to patch up with actor Shah Rukh Khan at the latter's Mumbai residence, Mannat. Read all about it here.

The Times of India has a report on two European tourists who were deported from America for their 'destroy America' tweet. Read about it here, and be careful what you tweet the next time you call on Uncle Sam.

The Asian Age reports that in order to promote national integration and check regionalism, the government proposes to keep a minimum 20 per cent seats in central universities for students from states other than where these are located. It also wants 20 per cent of the faculty at each such university be recruited from other parts of the country. Read about it here.

The Hindustan Times reports that a Class 11 student at Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok, slapped a security guard and then joined his father and relatives in beating up the man with baseball bats following an argument over parking a car. The 51-year-old guard, Avdesh Sharma, is in a hospital with a fractured leg. Read about the horror here.

Don't take that water for granted, the DNA reports that the Centre has plans to privatize water supply. Read it here.

The Indian Express reports that the West Bengal government announced Tuesday that it had decided to withdraw the trade union rights of its employees. The announcement, made at the secretariat by the labour minister, has triggered outrage among state government staff. Read about it here.

And for a quick recap of yesterday's news, go here.

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