Schools within 5 km of the LoC in Rajouri reopened in J&K. MA Asad, DDC Rajouri says, "84 educational institutions within 5 km of LoC have reopened. Classes & exams are ongoing as usual now. We're providing bunkers in school to keep children safe, if a ceasefire violation occurs."
Congress releases first list of 15 candidates for Lok Sabha elections. 11 from Uttar Pradesh and 4 from Gujarat. Sonia Gandhi to contest from Rae Bareli and Rahul Gandhi to contest from Amethi.
J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik said that the government has decided that it will uproot terrorism from here. We have arrested 170 people who support terrorist activities. We also banned Jamat-e-Islami as they radicalise and mislead the youth.
Telangana government has formed 2 SITs on data theft case. One team will inquire on the cases registered in Guntur and Tulluru. The other team will inquire on the 252 complaints received by Election Commission using Form 7.
Sources: Pakistan's Punjab govt takes control of headquarters of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniat, it will also take control of JuD mosque and madrasa in Lahore's Chauburji tonight.
Jashpur: A class 10th student committed suicide after being allegedly strip searched during her board exam by the inspecting officials. SDM Ravi Mittal says, 'We will investigate the incident, it's condemnable. Students need not worry.'
2002 Gujarat riots case: Supreme Court today granted bail to one of the convicts in Naroda Patiya matter, Babu Bajrangi. He has been granted bail on health grounds.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a press conference on Thursday morning said that "I won't talk much about it (evidence of IAF strikes), but yes I read that families of some of the CRPF personnel who were martyred have raised this issue, they are saying we were hurt so please show us what happened."
One terrorist has been gunned down by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara district. Operation continues.
With Congress asking the Election Commission to announce the poll dates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 soon, the apex poll conducting body had its explanations for the delay and said that they have their own schedule. Reverting to allegations of Congress of EC waiting for PM Narendra Modi’s schedule to complete, EC source said, ‘We don't operate as per PM's schedule, we have our own schedule.’ In 2014, the election dates were announced on March 5.
Google dedicated a doodle to Olga Ladyzhenskaya, a Russian mathematician, on her 97th birthday on March 7, 2019. The Google Doodle description on Olga Ladyzhenskaya paid tribute to her extraordinary courage and wrote that "she triumphed over personal tragedy and obstacles to become one of the most influential thinkers of her generation."
India and Pakistan will attend the first meeting to finalise modalities of Kartarpur Corridor on March 14, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday. This would be the first official meeting between India and Pakistan after tensions escalated between the two countries following the Pulwama terror attack and subsequent air strikes by Indian Air Force (IAF).
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