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1 dead, 1 Hurt in St Patrick's Day Shooting at Texas Pub
One woman was killed and another injured in a shooting on St Patrick's Day at an Irish pub in southeast Texas.
The shooting happened Tuesday night at Molly's Irish Sports Pub in Corpus Christi and a suspect is in custody, police spokesman Travis Pace said.
When officers arrived, they found one woman dead and another who had been shot in the torso, the Corpus Christi Caller Times reported. Police interviewed witnesses and identified a suspect, who was later arrested after a brief foot chase, Pace said.
Sharad Pawar, Athawale Elected Unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra
Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale are among seven candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.
All 3 Rajya Sabha Candidates in Assam Elected Unopposed
Two nominees of the BJP and its ally BPF and an independent candidate, backed by the Congress and AIUDF, for the three Rajya Sabha seats in Assam were declared elected unopposed on Wednesday.
Sitting Bodo Peoples' Front (BPF) MP Biswajit Daimary, BJP's Bhubaneswar Kalita and Congress-AIUDF supported independent candidate Ajit Bhuyan were elected to the upper house of Parliament on the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers on Wednesday, Returning Officer Amarendra Narayan Deka said.
DAC Clears Procurement of 83 Tejas Aircraft for IAF: Report
The Defence Acquisition Council on Wednesday cleared procurement of 83 advanced version of Tejas aircraft, sources told PTI.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) paved the way for procurement of 83 of the more advanced Mk1A version of the aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by finalising the contractual and other issues, they said.
An order of 40 Tejas aircraft had been placed with the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd in initial configurations.