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President, Vice President greet people on Holi
President A P J Abdul Kalam and Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on March 17 greeted the people on the occasion of Holi saying that the festival of colour brings with it joy, hope and fulfilment for all.
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NATIONAL
Salem's judicial remand extended by 2 months
New Delhi: A Portugal court on March 18 extended the judicial remand of underworld don Abu Salem by two months pending the inquiry against him in Lisbon and a decision by India on his extradition to face trial in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.
Flights to Gulf to be suspended if war begins
New Delhi: Government has decided to suspend Air India (AI) and Indian Airlines (IA) flights to Bahrain, Dammam and Kuwait as soon as the war breaks out in Iraq, which would lead the two carriers to suffer an aggregate loss of about Rs 140 crore per month.
POTA court to frame charges against Ansari on Mar 22
New Delhi: A Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court will frame charges on March 22 against Aftab Ansari, in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President A P J Abdul Kalam and kidnap Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly, even as he was produced in another Delhi court on March 18 in connection with charges of waging war against the country.
Holi celebrated with gaiety all over the country
New Delhi: Holi, the festival of colours was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervour in parts of the country on March 18.
BJP national executive meeting on April four
New Delhi: As part of its preparations for the crucial Assembly elections in four states later this year, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has convened a meeting of its national executive in Indore on April 4 to work on poll strategies.
Vajpayee hopes peace would prevail in Iraq
New Delhi: In a veiled rejection of United States' 48-hour deadline to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to leave the country, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on March 18 expressed hope that "peace will prevail".
Unification of Naga areas to be worked out: CM
New Delhi: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on March 18 said the "unification" of Naga-dominated areas was "not a new issue" and had been agreed upon by the Centre in an accord in 1960.
Munda takes oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister
Ranchi: Arjun Munda was on March 18 sworn-in as the second Chief minister of Jharkhand.
Excavation recoveries proof of Hindu culture: BJP
Lucknow: Claiming that recoveries during the on-going excavation at the disputed site in Ayodhya were "proof of Hindu culture", the Uttar Pradesh BJP (Bharatiya Janata party) on March 18 asked the Muslims to "honour the sentiments of the majority community and adopt a positive thinking" to resolve the long-standing dispute.
KASHMIR
Five ultras, jawan among nine killed in J&K
Srinagar: Five Hizbul Mujahideen militants and an Army jawan were among nine persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir, where a big cache of arms was seized and ultras attacked the house of a ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader since March 17 night, an official spokesman said.
Security forces recover huge cache of arms in JK
Srinagar: Security forces have recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from a forest in Ganderbal area of Srinagar district, an official spokesman said in Srinagar on March 18.
Four Hizbul ultras, jawan killed in JK encounter
Srinagar: Security forces killed four militants belonging to pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen outfit and a jawan laid down his life while two others were injured in an encounter in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on March 17 night, police sources said in Srinagar on March 18.
NORTH
Rs 2 crore worth heroin seized, ISI link suspected
Ludhiana: Two kilograms of heroin worth Rs two crore was recovered and two persons were arrested after an exchange of fire with a gang of drug smugglers, suspected of having links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), police said.
Nyas chief hits out at Vajpayee, BJP's critics
Ayodhya: Mahant Paramhans Rama Chandra Dass, mercurial chief of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-backed Ram Janambhoomi Nyas on March 18 hit out at the VHP leaders who criticised Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Ram temple issue, but said the acquired land should be returned to him on the basis of earlier evidence and religious scriptures and not the ongoing excavation.
5 children among 9 dead in jhuggi fire in Delhi
New Delhi: Nine people, including five children and a woman, were killed and three injured in a major fire that devastated a slum cluster near the Red Fort in New Delhi early on March 18 morning.
SOUTH
India visit kind of is homecoming: Suriname President
Bangalore: For Suriname President Runaldo Ronald Venetian, the ongoing visit to India is a kind of "home-coming", as 37 per cent of the population in the smallest independent country in South American continent is of Indian origin.
'AI to evacuate Indians from Gulf if needed'
Thiruvananthapuram: Air India (AI) has worked out a contingency plan to evacuate Indians in the Gulf, if such an eventuality arises in the event of a conflict in West Asia, a top Air India official said on March 18.
Central
VHP bandh in MP districts evokes poor response
Indore: The bandh called by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Dewas, Bhopal and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on March 17, to protest arrest of its senior leader Acharya Dharmendra, evoked a poor response.
EAST
Bangladeshis arrested in border district in WB
Kalyani (WB): A large group of illegal Bangladeshi migrants, including seven women and two children heading for home, were intercepted and arrested from Chakda in West Bengal's Nadia district on March 18, the police said.
WEST
Abu Salem's jail term in Portugal ends tomorrow
Mumbai: As underworld Don Abu Salem completes six months in a Portugal jail tomorrow (March 18), India still awaits response from Lisbon about its request for extraditing him to stand trial in the 1993 bomb blast case and several other cases of murder and extortion, official sources said on March 17.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
4 Buddhist devotees crushed to death in Tripura
Agartala: Four Buddhist devotees were crushed to death when a chariot carrying the body of a Buddhist priest ran over devotees at a funeral procession at Tilakpara village in Dhalai district of Tripura, police said on March 17.
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