#Express5: Parrikar sticks to govt stand on Pak boat row; PDP BJP alliance in sight

Here is a selection of must-read 5 stories from Indian Express today.

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Here is a selection of must-read 5 stories from Indian Express today.

1. Pak boat explosion

For the second time in less than two months, Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has had to promise to tell the truth about the “suspect fishing boat” from Pakistan destroyed in the Arabian Sea on New Year’s eve where it planned “some illicit transaction”.

READ: Why the truth on Pakistan boat matters: the lies hurt our national security system

2. Swachh Bharat

The sanitation workers of Mandir Marg and adjoining Valmiki Colony remember Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit well — particularly the couple living in the garbage station.

READ: Six months later, returning to Valmiki Colony, from where Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched

3. J&K govt formation

When the Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections threw up a fractured mandate, the PDP ignored offers of support from the Congress and the National Conference, for it was bent on a coalition only with the BJP. Two months of warmth and dozens of meetings later, the PDP leadership has sought to create an impression of playing hardball, but the deal it is showcasing makes the BJP the political victor in Kashmir.

READ: JK govt formation: PDP plays hardball, for BJP it’s win-win

4. OPINION

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A lacerating local triumph or a result of national significance? How should one view the victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi’s recent assembly elections?

READ: What Delhi rejects

5. Sports

For today, in distant Canberra, Afghanistan are making their debut in World Cup cricket, while in India, a group of men are trying to find an identity of their own.

READ: With food on the plate, expat Afghans get their fill of the Cup

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