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The Morning Wrap: Flood Fears Heighten in Kashmir; Property Tax Arrears Drives Man To Suicide

The Morning Wrap: Flood Fears Heighten in Kashmir; Property Tax Arrears Drives Man To Suicide
Kashmiri villagers and officials search for bodies of victims following landslides due to heavy rainfall in the village of Laden some 45 Kilometers (28 miles) west of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 30, 2015. Hundreds of Kashmiris in both India and Pakistan moved to higher ground Monday as rain-swollen rivers swamped parts of the disputed Himalayan region placed under an emergency flood alert just six months after some 600 people died in flooding that left the region in shambles. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri villagers and officials search for bodies of victims following landslides due to heavy rainfall in the village of Laden some 45 Kilometers (28 miles) west of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 30, 2015. Hundreds of Kashmiris in both India and Pakistan moved to higher ground Monday as rain-swollen rivers swamped parts of the disputed Himalayan region placed under an emergency flood alert just six months after some 600 people died in flooding that left the region in shambles. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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In the wake of forecasts of more rain, Srinagar saw thousands of shopkeepers moving out goods from their shops and people ferrying their families to safer areas as the water level in the Jhelum kept rising till this Monday evening.

A rally in the national capital on April 19 against the Narendra Modi government's land acquisition policy may turn out to be the first public appearance of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who's on a two-month-long break at an undisclosed location.

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Off The Front Page

A 46-year-old man committed suicide after local municipal authorities parked a garbage-filled tractor in front of his house in Punganur, Tamil Nadu to "shame" him over non-payment of property tax arrears.

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With the PMO flooded with complaints of trains running late, the Railways is dusting files from the Emergency of 1975 to find out how trains ran on time then.

Sandip Acharya, an untrained athlete and state police-force aspirant from a village in Rajasthan ran 10km in 33 minutes, just shy of the national record of 29 min.

Opinion

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, in The Hindu, says that as regards the fight in the Aam Aadmi Party, it musn't weaken the fight for democracy in the country. "Internal democracy is vital but there is something called the wrong time for right things."

Ashok Desai notes in The Telegraph that PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir has announced a maiden Budget with several interesting, workable ideas.

Dhanmanjiri Sathe says in The Indian Express that to go forward on the contentious land acquisition bill, the Centre must also consider successful methods that have been implemented in states.

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