Express 5: Govt plans first corporate takeover since Satyam; IM planned to kidnap jews

READ: Govt plans first corporate takeover post-Satyam

2. Crime

It started with a news report that targeted a few police officers, took a nasty turn with an assault on the journalist who wrote it, hit the headlines with the murder of a gangster, and continues to make news with the recent arrest of a DySP who was once a former UN peacekeeper in Kosovo.

READ: A news report, a murder, a cop’s arrest: Kerala’s gripping crime story

3. OPINION

PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with journalists is being termed Diwali Milan. (Source: PTI photo)

According to some of Modi’s staunchest supporters, the modernisation of the Indian economy was set to happen because he would free the caged Indian tiger for good.

READ: Centre according to Modi

4. SPORTS

West Indies team left the Indian tour midway over pay dispute (Source: PTI)

There has been trouble between West Indian players and the cricket board in the past, but it has not led to a termination of a tour.

READ: Current mess in West Indies cricket has turned off more fans than before

5. Indian Mujahideen

Waqas, who was arrested outside the Ajmer Railway Station, is an expert in making IEDs (PTI)

IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal, who is currently believed to be in Pakistan, and Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, who was arrested from Nepal in August 2013, discussed the prospect of kidnapping Jews to obtain the release of Siddiqui, according to the NIA chargesheet in a grand conspiracy case against IM members.

READ: IM planned to kidnap Jews to free Qaeda-linked Pak scientist: NIA

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