Corrections

J. Kumar and Rev. D. Benedict Thyagarajan of Pune complain that in the Pune edition...

8226; J. Kumar and Rev. D. Benedict Thyagarajan of Pune complain that in the Pune edition, dated 6/12/2007 on page 2, an article with the headline 8216;V.K. Singh case, Court wants CBI to show sensitive papers8217; carried a photograph of V.P. Singh former PM instead of V.K. Singh.

8226; R. Kamath, Raigad, says the Mumbai edition, dated 10/12/2007 on page 19 in 8216;Other Scores, Elite Group8217;, named the playing teams as: Chennai Vs Karnataka.

There is no Chennai team in Ranji Trophy and the match was played between Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh, not Karnataka. On the same day, the Delhi edition, page 19, had a headline: 8216;Nanda scalps five,

Maharashtra falter8217;. It was medium pacer, Rajat Bhatia, who took five wickets, not Chaitanya Nanda.

8226; Akhil Srivastava, Delhi, points out that in the edition dated 10/11/2007, a sentence in the second editorial on Page 10, 8216;Don8217;t Bangalore Pune8217; reads: 8220;8230;but none of them have a clue to how to address the severe crises8230;8221; It should read 8220;8230;but none of them has a clue8221; because none is singular.

8226; K. Shrinivas of Thane and Arun from Ambala find an identical error in the Mumbai and Chandigarh editions dated 10/12/2007. In the story, 8216;Raja is rational and fair, Tata write to DMK chief,8217; the photo caption of the Union Communications and IT minister calls him 8216;D. Raja8217; instead of 8216;A. Raja8217;.

8226; In the edition dated 11/12/2007, on Page 11, TV column, Telescope refers to a participant in CNN-IBN8217;s 8216;The Great Gujarat Debate8217; as Mr Pandya of the BJP.

Haren Pandya was shot dead in 2003.

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It was BJP8217;s Haren Pathak who participated in the programme.

8226; In the edition dated 11/12/2007 Express Newsline, Delhi, Page 6, carried a story entitled 8216;Royal Flush8217;.

It describes author Shrabani Basu8217;s book The Spy Princess about Tipu Sultan8217;s descendant and British secret agent, Noor Inayat Khan, as a 8216;novel8217;.It is a biography.

8226; J. Venkatesan says that in the edition of 11/12/2007, the page 5 dateline went as January 12, 2007.

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8226; V.K. Bhatia in Mumbai discovers that in the late city Mumbai edition, dated 11/12/2007 the story 8216;SC notice to Centre, panel for delay in redrawing boundaries8217; appeared twice: first on Page 2 and again on Page 6.

8226; Shreekant Sambrani from Vadodara points out that in the Vadodara/Ahmedabad edition dated 12/12/2007, page 4, in the article entitled 8216;Shifting Ground8217;, para 3 reads: 8220;Sarkhej, where Muslims are in a majority8230; Of the 10 lakh voters in Sarkhej, around 2.50 lakh are Muslims.8221; However, 2.5 lakh is 25 per cent of 10 lakh, not a majority. Sambrani also says that 8220;A single vidhan sabha constituency of 10 lakh voters appears to be too large8221;. Express correspondent, Tanvir A. Siddiqui who wrote the story confirms that Sarkhej does have 10 lakh voters.