The big news: Maharashtra farmers call off stir after talks with government, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Karti Chidambaram was sent to judicial custody till March 24, and a Bangladesh passenger aircraft crashed at Kathmandu airport.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says government will fulfil farmers’ demands: The Central Railways will run two special trains from Mumbai to Bhusawal on Monday for the return of the agitators.
- Karti Chidambaram sent to judicial custody till March 24 in connection with INX Media case: The son of former Union minister has demanded for a separate cell during judicial custody.
- Bangladesh aircraft crashes at Kathmandu airport, several casualties feared: The passenger plane became unstable while landing, reports said.
- Three suspected militants killed in gunfight with security forces in Anantnag: Authorities ordered all schools and colleges in Srinagar to be closed on Monday in fear of protests.
- Lok Sabha adjourned yet again as Telugu Desam Party presses for special status for Andhra Pradesh: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had introduced the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill when the MPs started protesting again.
- French researcher claims he found details of 20,000 Aadhaar cards in public domain in 3 hours: The UIDAI dismissed the reports about the security breach as ‘irresponsible’ and ‘far from the truth’.
- Turkish business heiress and her friends among 11 feared dead in plane crash in Iran: Mina Basaran and her friends were returning home in a private plane after celebrating her bachelorette party in Dubai.
- At least nine trekkers dead in forest fire in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district: There are varying figures on the number of people trapped in the flames in the Bodi forest region.
- CBI says Perarivalan’s plea challenging his conviction in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has no merit: The Supreme Court had earlier said that questions raised in his petition were debatable and serious.
- Lenin’s statue in Tripura was not vandalised, claims BJP leader Ram Madhav: In an interview to the Hindustan Times, he compared the incident to a person removing a photograph that they do not like anymore.