March 24: Must-read stories

Clamour for Rahul takeover set to mount

The clamour in the Congress for vice-president Rahul Gandhi to take over as president of the party will increase as soon as he returns from abroad with ailing mother Sonia Gandhi, a party functionary told The Hindu.

MoP on appointments: SC puts its foot down, rejects Centre's veto plan

The stage is set for a fresh round of confrontation between the higher judiciary and the government with the Supreme Court collegium virtually rejecting every contentious clause that the Narendra Modi government wanted included in the new Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), reports The Indian Express.

Pseudo-inheritance tax aborted

The Narendra Modi government has backed down over a tax proviso introduced in Finance Bill 2017 that had threatened to rip the tax shield that the affluent in this country have traditionally used to pass on their wealth to the next generation, reports The Telegraph.

Muivah says deal with Centre helps Nagas

The framework agreement, signed between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak Muivah) in August 2015, will give Nagas “maximum sovereign power”, according to NSCN (IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah. A report in The Hindu.

We can spot Romeos by the look in their eyes: UP cops

Sitting in an "anti-Romeo" police jeep in Meerut, a Times of India team joins two women and two male constables whose sole task through the day is to be on the lookout for "miscreants" and to prevent crimes against women. "We can identify Romeos just by the look in their eyes," said a cop.