Express 5: A worrisome report card and some legislators all worried

Sandeep Singh tells you how Sonia’s Rae Bareli plummets in financial inclusion ranking,poor show by Gujarat too

2. OUSTER MOVE: It might finally be time for Justice A K Ganguly to go. The home ministry has moved a Cabinet note to make a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court in the sexual misconduct case,setting into motion the process to remove the former Supreme Court judge from the post of West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman.

MHA readies Cabinet note to remove Ganguly from WBHRC by Pranab Dhal Samanta

3. EXODUS IN CONG: Facing an anti-Congress sentiment in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema districts due to bifurcation of the state even as Assembly elections are set to be held next year along with the Lok Sabha polls,many MLAs fear that even if they are re-nominated by the Congress,they may lose the polls.

Fearing anti-Congress wave,over 45 MLAs set to quit party reports Sreenivas Janyala from Hyderabad.

4. TRANSITIONS,2013: Has 2013 secretly been the year of change we had pegged 2014 to be? Politically,it was not supposed to add up to much — it was to be a mere prelude to 2014,the year of the general elections. But the big change might have come a year early.

Transitions,2013 by Seema Chishti

5. FOUR SHORT: Ajinkya Rahane’s rear-guard effort might not have been good enough to save the day for India. Despite falling four runs short of joining Praveen Amre,he too will leave these shores having enhanced his reputation,if not cemented his place in the Indian Test XI.

Bharat Sundaresan studies How Durban centurion Amre prepared Rahane for big test