Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
1. Driver sleeping on back seat, Patna SSP 'steals' police jeep
At a time when the Opposition, and even some leaders of ruling alliance partner RJD, are crying hoarse over the purported nosedive in law and order situation in Bihar, Patna district's police chief ran a surprise inspection on Friday night to check the alertness levels. The result: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj 'stole' a jeep from a key police station and drove around for a while, with the police driver in the backseat sleeping through most of it. If this was Bollywood, it would be a comedy at the expense of the police, but given the import it was a tragedy for the city police. As for the SSP, he was "dismayed", reports The Indian Express.
2. How 'Naxal' slipped out of custody with grenade launcher
For six days, Mudkam Deva surveyed Basaguda police station, one of the most sensitive outposts in Maoist-affected Bijapur district, from the inside. He had been detained from a checkpost on the Basaguda-Bijapur road, a stretch one officer described as "throwing up an IED every three days".
Officers at the station told The Indian Express that Deva admitted he was a Maoist on a reconnaissance mission. In the days that he spent at the station, he seemed amenable to providing information, and said he was open to the idea of surrender. Until 7.15 pm on May 18, when a sentry on one of the eight towers saw Deva opening the wire mesh of one of the gates, and escaping into the jungle outside, an AK-47 and 90 rounds slung across his shoulder, and an Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) with eight cells in a satchel in his hands, as per reported in The Indian Express.
3. There will be clear majority for BJP in UP, says Rajnath Singh
The NDA government has been able to quicken decision-making and boost economic growth while displaying a firm response to insurgency and Left wing extremism, home minister Rajnath Singh said in an exclusive interview with Times of India. As it approaches the two-year mark, infiltration from Pakistan and Maoist incidents are the lowest they have been in a decade while investigating agencies are functioning without any interference from the Centre.
4. 'Ex-CBI chief told me to file closure report in coal case'
A CBI officer who had been investigating one of the coal block allocation scam cases recently told a special court that the order to file a closure report in the case was given by then CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, whose role is under scanner of a Supreme Court-appointed panel, reported in The Times of India.
SP Sanjay Dubey said this in his testimony as a prosecution witness in the case involving Madhya Pradesh-based Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd (KSSPL) and others in which the court had rejected CBI's closure report and has been proceeding with the trial in the case. The case relates to alleged irregularities in allocation of Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal block in Madhya Pradesh to KSSPL.
5. 9-day ritual to purify temple 'corrupted' by Dalits
Friday when a mob attacked Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay with stones for entering the premises with Dalits, would now conduct a "long purification ritual of nine days." A temple official said that they needed to conduct purifying poojas since the temple had been "desecrated by the entry of Dalits.", as per report in The Times of India.
6. ED approaches 14 countries for info on Karti-linked cos
The ED has sought information from 14 countries on properties and banking transactions of companies allegedly linked to former finance minister P Chidambaram's son Karti, as per report in The Times of India.
Sources said the agency has approached UK, UAE, South Africa, US, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka and British Virgin Islands seeking information on assets and business transactions of Advantage Strategic, Sequoia, WestBridge and other firms allegedly linked to Karti on the basis of documents recovered during raids.
7.Tied in heat all day, angry camel severs owner's head
Left in the heat with its legs tied all day, a camel attacked its owner and severed his head in anger in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Saturday. About 25 villagers struggled for 6 hours to calm the animal down.
Urjaram of Mangta village was entertaining guests at his house on Saturday night when he suddenly realised that his camel had been out in the heat all day with its legs tied. He was attacked when he tried to untie the annoyed animal. Read full news story in the Times of India.
8. UPSC panel wants govt to reduce age limit for civil services exam
A Union Public Service Commission-appointed committee is set to tell the government to reduce the upper age-limit for appearing in the examination to get into premier civil services such as the IAS and IPS.
The UPSC appointed the panel headed by former education secretary BS Baswan last August as part of an initiative by the Narendra Modi government to overhaul the civil services examination, as per report in Hindustan Times.
9. Government to take call on Raghuram Rajan's extension in August; Subramanian Swamy's views won't impact decision
The government hasn't yet applied its mind to the matter of extending Raghuram Rajan's tenure as Reserve Bank of India governor and is only likely to decide on this in August, a month before his three-year term ends, a senior official told ET.
Subramanian Swamy's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi complaining about the governor and arguing against an extension won't have any impact on the decision, the person said, adding that neither will Rajan's global statusas a star among central bank governors and economists.
10. Gulf remittances fall 2.2%, offset by slide in oil imports
Remittances from the Gulf nations to India declined for the first time in six years due to sliding oil prices, according to a Crisil report.
It fell by 2.2 per cent in 2015-16 but the slide had also resulted in a contraction of oil imports, which offset the drop, as reported in The Hindu.
"Falling oil prices have had a sweeping impact on the oil producing economies of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), severely denting their oil revenues and spending by both governments and households," according to the report.
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