In the edition of December 26, 2007, on page 9, the story “Small area in Himachal a big hub of industry”, identifies Surinder Singla as “Punjab Finance Minister”.
Singla was Punjab Finance Minister in the Amarinder Singh Government.
In the edition of December 27, 2007 page 1 anchor story headline read,”Soul-searching in Surajkund before babus gets Budget-busy”.
It should have read, “Soul searching in Surajkund before babus get Budget-busy.”
Usha Mahajan, Pune, says that in the same edition on the sports page, the story on the first day’s play in the Australia-India Test match had printed the following in Scoreboard “Bowling Zaheer 22-1-83-2”. It should have been 22-1-83-3 as Zaheer had taken 3 wickets.
In the edition of December 28, 2007, on page 8, the article headlined “Benazir, Sonia met last on flight to Jaipur”, said that Benazir Bhutto and Sonia Gandhi met for the last time “in 2003 on a flight to Jaipur”.
In fact, it was Congress leader and Union minister Ambika Soni who had met Benazir Bhutto on the flight to Jaipur.
In the same edition on page 20, the anchor article, “Dravid needs to lighten up and play with less tension”, appeared without Harsha Bhogle’s logo and byline.
Amy Carmichael from Pune points out that in The Sunday Express of December 30, 2007, on page 1, the lead story on Benazir Bhutto has a photograph of her grieving family. It said they “pray at Benazir Bhutto’s grave on Sunday.”
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