1.   Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen, who became the chief on Sunday, said the air force was fully prepared to guard Indian skies, Pioneer newspaper said.

2.   American Paints will raise funds for the project through a public issue, the Pioneer newspaper said.

3.   Election officials waited throughout the day in deserted polling booths, the Pioneer daily newspaper reported.

4.   Four other senior SAIL executives were on board, according to the Pioneer newspaper.

5.   In West Bengal state, another BJP ally Mamata Bannerjee was quoted by the Pioneer newspaper as saying that she was disillusioned with the BJP.

6.   On Sunday, the Pioneer newspaper published a front-page report that said many in the Congress Party wanted to see her formally take over.

7.   On Friday, the Pioneer newspaper reported that Ram Vilas Paswan, the railway minister under Gowda, was being backed by Gowda to take over as prime minister.

8.   On Sunday, the Pioneer newspaper published a front-page report that said many in the Congress Party wanted to see Mrs. Gandhi formally take over.

9.   Some children who reached the school gate burst into tears and had to be taken home, the Pioneer newspaper reported Thursday.

10.   The Pioneer newspaper on Sunday listed headlines from newspapers around the world, saying they gave the wrong impression that all Hindus were on a nationwide witch-hunt.