Express 5: EC gets report on Vadra-DLF deal; no country for the old

The Election Commission, which had sought to ascertain whether the clearance given by the state government to a land deal between Robert Vadra and real estate firm DLF violates the model code of conduct, received a report from the Haryana poll authorities on Tuesday.

Vadra-DLF case: Haryana nod to Vadra land deal under EC scanner, report by Raghvendra Rao

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2. NO COUNTRY FOR THE OLD:

If you are old and single, you are most likely to be a woman living in a rural area. That’s the finding from the recently released Census 2011 data on households with people aged 60 years and above.

Seven out of 10 elderly who live alone are women, special report by Apurva, Uma Vishnu

3. INDIA WARNS PAK:

Indian villagers sit near a blood stained spot after alleged mortar shell firing from the Pakistan side.

Amid repeated ceasefire violations across the Line of Control and International Border, the Army is learnt to have warned its Pakistani counterpart of an “effective, immediate and appropriate” response.

After repeated ceasefire violations across LoC, India warns Pak of ‘effective’ reply, report from ground zero by Pranav Kulkarni and Vijaita Singh

4. OPINION:

Alteration in the electoral landscape had a larger impact on BJP’s Uttar Pradesh bypoll performance than its Hindutva campaign.

Arithmetic, not ‘love jihad’, by Praveen Chakravarty

5. WEST INDIES IN INDIA:

Dhoni wore a confounded look when a journalist asked him whether the side, in the tune-up to the big one next year, had addressed their three big problems in ODI cricket – openers, death bowlers and spinners.

West Indies, the new Sri Lanka, writes Aditya Iyer