Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
1. IIM-A Asks Flipkart to guarantee jobs of hires, says Rs 1.5 lakh compensation unacceptable
Days after Flipkart told new campus recruits it was deferring their joining dates to December from June due to a restructuring exercise, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, sent a strongly worded email to the company urging Chief Executive Officer Binny Bansal to guarantee that the candidates do indeed have a job when the date of joining is finalised. The letter was addressed to Bansal, Chief People Officer Nitin Seth and Executive Chairman Sachin Bansal among others.
The email, a copy of which the Economic Times has, suggested that the delay should be shortened and said the compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh offered by Flipkart was “utterly unacceptable.“ Compensation should be in the form of a monthly payment starting June and not as a lump sum as joining bonus or arrears, it said.
2. Maharashtra farmer sells land to build dam
A 42-year-old farmer from a small village in Maharashtra's Akola district has sold a large chunk of his farmland to build a dam for himself and farmers of his villages after he got no aid from the state government.
Sanjay Tidke, who along with his brother, owned 30 acres in Sangvi Durgwada village in Murtizapur taluka, sold 10 acres for Rs 55 lakh and is using Rs 20 lakh to build a dam which has a water storage capacity of 3 crore litres. Tidke says he sold off the part of his farmland that would always get washed off during the rains. “A canal flows through my farm and since there was no dam to block water, every monsoon a large portion of my farm would get washed off causing huge losses. I have repeatedly asked the government for assistance to build a dam to stop water from coming into my farm, but there has been no response and so I decided to do something myself,“ Tidke told TOI. This dam is called a cement nullah bund in technical parlance.
The state government has announced several schemes for water conservation, but their implementation has been questioned by experts. Many of the schemes don't even cover a fraction of the cost of the project, leaving the farmer to bear the rest; there have also been complaints of delays in approving projects.
3. Get yourself certified `paap-mukt', pay Rs11, take dip at this Rajasthan temple
Hindu pilgrims traditionally believe that bathing in holy waters washes away their sins, but the solace so gained is purely psychological with nothing tangible to show. But a Shiva temple in Rajasthan is different. Here, redemption comes with a certificate that qualifies one duly purged of all sin, or `paap-mukt'.
Welcome to Gautameshwar Mahadev Paapmochan Teertha, a Shiva temple in Pratapgarh district that draws thousands of devotees. This temple offers a `paapmukti' certificate to anyone who takes a dip in its `kund' and pays Rs 11, the TOI reported.
The temple claims to have maintained a record since Independence of all those who bathed in its Mandakini Kund and got certified. A body of priests called Aminat Kachhari charges Re 1 for each certificate, while Rs 10 is for `dosh-nivaran' (removal of obstacles). “People ostracised in their villages come here to take a dip and go come here to take a dip and go back with `paap-mukti' certificates,“ said priest Nandkishore Sharma.
4. Patanjali May Set up Plant Near Delhi
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda is looking to set up a manufacturing facility near Delhi to cater to the growing demand for its FMCG products in the northern market. The factory is likely to come up alongside the proposed Patanjali University campus on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, The Economic Times reports.
The company is in discussion with the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) to buy a 200-acre plot for around Rs 320 crore, said people in the know. For the university, it is seeking to buy around 150 acres for Rs 240 crore.
5. Government banks may soon hire directly from campuses
Public sector banks (PSBs) could be allowed to recruit straightaway from the country’s business and engineering schools in a step to reduce acute shortage of staff.
At present, state- owned banks are barred from hiring directly from campuses unlike their private counterparts, the Hindustan Times reported. But a similar process is already on as specialists are being hired from the private sector on contract.
Campus recruitment is considered a much-needed solution to manpower shortage at a time when state-run banks are looking to get a handle on rising levels of non-performing assets.
6. Selfies, ice-creams and chance for a quick buck
Its fuel tank almost half full, the crashed plane was a safety hazard. But oblivious to it, thousands of curious onlookers crowded the site. In fact, the crash site became almost like a fair with ice-cream vendors and juice stalls popping up within half an hour.
In the evening, people from nearby villages started coming in as well. People were busy clicking photographs and selfies with the crashed plane. “Such an incident would never happen in my life again. So, I got a picture clicked. I will show it to my friends in school and to family members. I would also upload it on social media sites to gain popularity," said Aadil, who had come with four friends.
The vendors did brisk business. “Since everyone is here, we did not need to roam around. With over a thousand families at one place with their kids, my business was unusually good. On normal days I would earn between Rs 300 and Rs 500 daily. Today, I earned more than Rs 500 by evening. Police have been telling us to keep away from the site,“ an ice-cream vendor told TOI.
7. Fund gaushala, walk free, cow slayers told
The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered the release of six men -convicted by a lower court for cow slaughter -halfway through their sentence provided each of them donated Rs 9,000 to a particular `gaushala' in Panipat.
The order comes at a time when the BJP government in Haryana is very tough against cow slaughter after it passed a law last year under which those found guilty will serve up to 10 years in jail and pay a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh. Held with 20 oxen, the six men were however booked in Yamunanagar in 2008 under a less stringent law, the TOI report said.
In 2013, a local court sentenced them to six months in jail and slapped a fine of Rs 1,000 on each of them. After the sessions court in Yamunanagar dismissed their ap peal in February this year, they spent three months in jail and moved the high court to reduce their sentence.seeking their sentence to be reduced to what they have already served. The HC on May 14 reduced the sentence to three months provided each of them donated Rs 9,000 to Govind Gaushala in Panipat.
8. 5-star facilities at just Rs 5 lakh inside Thane jail
A letter, sent to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis by anonymous policemen on April 30, has blown the lid off alleged massive corruption by Thane Central Jail Superintendent Hiralal Jadhav. Rich inmates are allegedly encouraged to lead lavish lifestyles, provided there is ample money flowing in and out, The Mid-Day reports.
The letter said within 10 days of taking charge in February 2016, the Thane prison superintendent began allowing inmates to make calls through his mobile phone, and smuggled in hashish, marijuana and alcohol with the connivance of jailers Madane Kadam, Ingale, Suryanvanshi and constable Suryakant Patil. He also allegedly tampered with prison records.
9. In Maharashtra textbook, Silk Route passes via Mediterranean Sea
A year after maps in school textbooks published by the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Cur riculum Research (Balbharti) depicted Arunachal Pradesh as part of China and marked out Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a separate territory, the new Class 6 history textbooks are once again error-ridden.
Maps show Kanheri caves - located inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivli - to be underwater. Delhi, the capital of the country, is shown on the easter n bank of river Yamuna (most of Delhi is on the wester n bank) and the Mediterranean Sea has been depicted as a land mass.
Academicians pointed out several glaring errors in at least six maps published in these textbooks, the TOI reported.
10. Uproar over mystery Shiva lingam at University of Hyderabad
A day after two Buddhist monks were denied entry into the University of Hyderabad (UoH), a fresh row with religious overtones erupted on campus with a Shiva lingam and Nandi structure being noticed for the first time on the garden outside the varsity main gate.
With professors, who have been in the university for years, unaware of when and who put up the structure, a section of students alleged that the chance discovery gave credence to allegations of 'Brahmanical hegemony' on campus, the TOI reported. The controversy has surfaced days after university authorities sought dismantling of unauthorised structures and tents on campus, a move that was seen by many as a threat to the Velivada or dalit ghetto, where research scholar Rohtih Vemula spent his last days.
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