The Latest: Top stories of the day
1. A fire in Puttingal Temple in Kollam, Kerala, has killed at least 75 people so far.
2. In Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said the demand to move the National Institute of Technology out of Srinagar was “not worth raising, let alone worth hearing”.
3. A special court of the National Investigation Agency has issued arrest warrants for Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and three others believed to be involved in the Pathankot attack.
Weekend reads
1. In the Indian Express, Mosharraf Zaidi urges that talks between India and Pakistan continue despite disruptions.
2. In the Hindu, Suhrith Parthasarathy examines the idea of a National Court of Appeal and suggests that strengthening the lower courts may be a better way to relieve the burden on the higher judiciary.
3. In the Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi asks some questions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as well as the West Bengal opposition, in the wake of the Vivekananda road flyover collapse.
4. In Mint Lounge, Mayank Austen Soofi on the havelis of Old Delhi.
5. In Hindu BLInk, Vivek Kumar explains the resurgence of BR Ambedkar as a mainstream icon.
6. In the Guardian, Kevin McKenna on why Britain cannot preachmorality to the world after the revelations of the Panama Papers.
7. In the New Yorker, Alexandra Schwartz visits an exhibition on photographs of crime and finds troubling evidence of America’s fascination with violence.
8. Also in the Indian Express, Manoj CG explores what ails a shrinking Congress party.
9. In the Business Standard, B Dasarath Reddy praises the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for making the transition from the party of agitation to a party of government.
10. Also in the Business Standard, Shekhar Gupta on how the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh built a base for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam, by shifting emphasis from anti-immigrant to anti-Muslim immigrant and by borrowing leadership from other parties.
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