-The Times of India New Delhi: Zainab, Sana, Sumaila, Saima, Saina and Alisha, if not attending tuition classes, while away the day in the narrow bylanes of Hazrat Khwaja Peer Dard Colony, a stone's THRow from their school, Nigam Pratibha Vidyalaya on Turkman Road in Delhi. The children may be happy that they don't have to go to school, but their parents worry that the kids are missing out on nutritious...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Delhi High Court today stayed a ban on management quotas in private schools clamped by the Arvind Kejriwal government, paving the way for admissions to resume in 2,500-odd institutions. In its interim order, the court referred to an earlier judgment that such quotas could only be abolished by passing a law, not THRough an "office order" of the kind the AAP government had issued. The court also upheld 11...

-Hindustan Times Raipur: In Kawardha, the home district of Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, a woman sarpanch has decided to delegate all her responsibilities to her nephew, citing her busy household routine as the reason. In an affidavit, sarpanch Santoshi Bai has handed over her powers to nephew Kaushal Nishad, saying she remains too engrossed in her household work. “At home, I am preoccupied with work and that diverts my attention from...

-The Indian Express Among other crimes, robbery and cheating with 22 cases each are among the most common. New Delhi: Sexual offences form 13 per cent, or roughly one-eighth, of the crimes committed against foreigners in India while thefts are four times higher, government data reveal. The latest case of sexual offence being probed is the alleged stripping and assault of a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru. Last year, National Crime Records Bureau...

-The Times of India New Delhi: In what could be an alarming fallout of air pollution, top cancer doctors say they have noted a significant rise in lung cancer among non-smokers in recent years. Roughly one in every five persons diagnosed with the disease does not smoke, they said. "Till about a decade ago, less than 10% of all lung cancer patients were non-smokers. This percentage has now gone up to around...