Train collision in Jharkhand, five passengers killed (TheTimes of India)
Four persons were killed and five others injured when the New Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail collided with a goods train at Karonpuroto. Read

42 per cent of Indian children are underweight (The Hindu)
Describing malnutrition in the country as a national shame, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government could not rely solely on the Integrated Child Development Scheme to deal with it. Read

Pakistani flag hoisting was a Hindutva plot to foment strife, police say (The Hindu)

Well-placed police sources told The Hindu that the incident of hoisting of a Pakistani flag in Sindagi in Karnataka was carried out at the behest of an elected representative of the BJP, whose political agenda was to foment communal disturbances. Read

Will China threat last beyond 2 yrs? Finance stalls military expansion (Indian Express)
Second phase of govt's ambitious Rs 65,000-cr expansion plan has run into rough weather. Read

EC's deadline to cover Mayawati statues ends today (Hindustan Times)
A PIL challenging the EC's order to cover statues of the UP chief minister and her party symbol, the elephant, will come up for hearing in the Allahabad high court today. Read

MEA officials in gift scam: How babus bypassed minister (Hindustan Times)
It's not difficult to circumvent an order even if it comes from the minister himself and it doesn't matter even if it means putting the country's prestige at risk. Read