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2019-03-26


SC refuses to direct EC for issuing 'pressure cooker' symbol to AIADMK's Dhinakaran faction

Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to direct Election Commission to issue 'pressure cooker' as a common symbol to TTV Dhinakaran faction of AIADMK for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly by-polls in Tamil Nadu.


Fire in Greater Noida factory, no casualties

A major fire ripped through a private factory in Greater Noida Tuesday afternoon.


11 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

Eleven Tamil Nadu fishermen were Tuesday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for fishing in the territorial waters of the island nation.


High Court dismisses Asaram's application for suspension of sentence in rape case

Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday dismissed the application of rape convict and self-styled godman Asaram for suspension of the sentence in the case.


Actor-politician Jaya Prada joins BJP

Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday.


Chhattisgarh: 4 Naxals killed in encounter in Sukma

Four Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces on Tuesday morning.


Pakistan man held by BSF along Gujarat IB

A Pakistani national was apprehended by the BSF along the Indo-Pak International Border in Gujarat.


Two minors dead as fire breaks out in hut

Two sons of a labourer were killed and five other family members sustained injuries when his hut caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday at a village.


Sushma Swaraj asks Pakistan to return abducted Hindu girls to family

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday asked Pakistan to return to the family two minor Hindu girls who were abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married off on the eve of Holi in Sindh province.


Akhilesh Yadav: Governor, government agencies and media are three campaigners of BJP

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, stating that the three campaigners for it are Governor, government agencies and media. Dynamite News Exclusive..


ED arrests defence agent in VVIP choppers case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a defence agent from Delhi in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers deal case, officials said Tuesday.

Yesterday

2019-03-25


Three missing boys reunited with families in J&K

Three boys, who had gone missing from Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, have been traced and reunited with their families.


Air India withdraws boarding passes with ads of Vibrant Gujarat

Government-owned Air India on Monday decided to withdraw boarding passes with advertisements of Vibrant Gujarat.


LS polls: BJP fields Odisha ex-top cop from Cuttack

Former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra was Monday named by the BJP as its Lok Sabha candidate from Cuttack in the state.


Chamling files nomination from two assembly seats

Sikkim Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) president Pawan Kumar Chamling, the longest serving chief minister of the country, on Monday filed his nomination papers from two assembly constituencies.


43 injured as bus overturns in UP's Balrampur

As many as 43 people were injured, six of them seriously, after their bus overturned and fell into a roadside ditch on Tulsipur-Badni road here Monday.


RBI governor meets Arun Jaitley ahead of monetary policy

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das Monday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitely, and is believed to have discussed the current economic situation, ahead of the first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2019-20.


MP woman living in toilet after dispute with family

An elderly woman in Madhya Pradesh has been confined to a toilet outside her house for at least a year after she was forced out by her family members over personal issues, prompting the authorities to send the matter to a Sub Divisional Magistrate.


SC asks EC to file reply on increasing VVPAT sample survey per assembly segment

Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission to reply by March 28 if it can increase the number of VVPAT sample survey from one in each assembly segment at present for the upcoming general and assembly elections.


Fifteen injured as two buses collide in Shimla

At least 15 people were injured when two buses collided head on in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district on Monday.


IAF Chief Dhanoa: Once Rafales come, Pak won't come near LoC or border

Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief B S Dhanoa on Monday said that Rafale jets will the best combat aircraft in the Indian sub-continent and once these are inducted, Pakistan won't dare to come near the Line of Control (LoC) or the international border.


Ex-aide of Dawood Ibrahim dead

Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh, a former aide of underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim, breathed his last at Jaslok Hospital on Monday.


IAF inducts first unit of four Chinook helicopters today

The Indian Air Force inducted the first unit of four US-made Chinook heavy-lift helicopters on Monday.


1 held for robbery, arms seized

A suspected leader of a robbery gang has been arrested.
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