Corrections

C.S. Pathak and Preema Dharmani, Pune, noticed the following error in the Pune edition: On page 1, the headline read, 8216;Gujarat dares Prime Minister to take action against 1994 anti-Sikh riots accused8217;. The year was 1984 as correctly mentioned in the body of the story.

8226; Hashim Khairullah and Ameya of Pune noticed that the Pune edition of December 14, 2007 on page 1 carried the heading 8216;Fudged ribal schools registers8230;8217; when the headline should have read, 8216;Fudged tribal schools registers8230;8217;

8226; Tabitha Jupudi Class VIII, Delhi says that in Express Newsline of December 14, 2007, page 1 carried a story on DDA celebrating its 50th anniversary. However, the slug to the story read 8216;Diamond Jubilee Year8217; for 60 years instead of 8216;Golden8217; Jubilee Year.

8226;Hemant Kumar, Ambala, has raised a critical issue regarding the Gurgaon school shooting incident of December 11, 2007. He says that the reporting of the story on December 13 and 14 carried the names of 8220;the two accused students who allegedly killed their classmate. This is a clear contravention of Section 21 of the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act, 2000, which clearly prohibits the same and also imposes a penalty for the same. It goes against the directions of various superior courts. The children accused are not per se considered as criminals but merely in conflict with law8221;.

The Indian Express replies: Our decision to name the students allegedly involved in the incident was based on the following criteria: soon after the incident, the Delhi police identified the students and thereafter their names were in the public domain. To use false names in order to protect their identities, next day, may have confused readers.

However, before we published the story we sought legal advice on the propriety of naming the students and were given the go ahead.

8226;In the edition of December 17, 2007, the photo caption on page 2 reads: 8216;Defence Minister A.K. Antony, along with chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force8230;8217; Only the Army Chief was in the photograph.

8226; On page 1 of Express Newsline of the same day, the story entitled, 8216;Senior boys in Delhi govt schools have to give it in writing every year: LG8217; carries a photo caption: 8220;L-G Tejendra Khanna made the announcement8230;8221;

The gentleman in the photograph is M.K. Sharma, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

8226; M.Veerappa Moily, Chairman Media Committee, Congress, on the edition December 13, 2007: 8220;I am constrained to bring to your notice the news item published on page 3 Political Pulse8217; of The Indian Express, titled Sonia rakes up Kandahar hostage issue, but few turn up for rally8217; and also another news item on the same page Modi wave brings traffic to a standstill8217;. To say the least, the news is quite misleading. Vacant chairs have been shown in a public meeting of the Congress president at Ahmedabad. In fact, the chairs were full when the Congress president addressed the meeting and not a single chair was empty. The gathering was definitely not less than 50,000. I think your photographer would have taken the picture much earlier to the commencement of the meeting and displayed it. The Modi meeting was shown as fully attended.8221; The Indian Express replies: Sonia Gandhi8217;s meeting was scheduled for 2 pm. The photographer shot the picture at 2.30 pm. Sonia Gandhi finally arrived around 3.30 pm.