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QBullet: RaGa Wants Change in Cong; Family Killed in J&K Shelling

Here is a roundup of all the top stories of the day.

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1. Rahul Gandhi's 2019 Battle Cry: Like Kauravas vs Pandavas, Fight Between Truth and Lies

Comparing the ruling BJP and RSS to the “Kauravas” who were “designed to fight for power,” and the Congress to the “Pandavas” who “lost everything but fought for truth,” Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday, 18 March, that the 2019 elections would be like the battle of Kurukshetra, where the fight would be between the “truth and lies.”

While he launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul, in his first address as party president at the Congress plenary session, also called for a change within the party, saying the walls between leaders and party workers must be broken.

“Modiji thinks he is an avatar of God… Modi is not fighting corruption, he is corruption,” he said. Saying that Modi shares his name with “the one who carried out the biggest theft” (Nirav Modi) and “the most corrupt man in cricket” (Lalit Modi), Rahul said: “The name Modi symbolises the collusion between India’s biggest crony capitalists and the Prime Minister of India.”

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2. 5 of Family Killed as Pak Shells Villages in Valley

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There has been an escalation in ceasefire violations by Pakistan after India conducted the surgical strikes. 
(Photo: AP)

Pakistani mortar shelling killed five members of a family and left two sisters wounded and orphaned in a Jammu and Kashmir village about 4 km from the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday, 18 March.

The Pakistanis “are specifically targeting civilians and their livestock,” said army spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand. He called the firing from across the border a “deliberate provocation.”

According to state police chief SP Vaid, the wounded sisters — Nasreen Kouser and Mahreen Kouser, aged 11 and five — were airlifted and admitted to the government medical college and hospital in Jammu. State public works minister Naeem Akhtar visited them in the hospital.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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3. 3 AIIMS Doctors Killed in Yamuna E-Way Crash

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The wreckage of an Innova car that collided with a container killing three doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura on Sunday, 18 March.
(Photo: PTI)

Three AIIMS doctors were killed and four of their colleagues were injured during a joyride on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura early Sunday, 18 March, when their car slammed into the back of a truck with protruding metal rods.

Police identified the dead as 35-year-old Harshad Wankhede, whose birthday the group was out to celebrate, 25-year-old Yashpreet Singh, and 25-year-old Hembala Taneja.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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4. Some Tough Questions for Arvind Kejriwal but Punjab MLAs Exit Meet United

Aisi kya aafat aa gayi thi”, asked one of the 10 AAP Punjab MLAs to their party convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during a meeting on Sunday, 18 March, said sources. Explanations followed, after which the 10 MLAs presented a united front: they said their support for Kejriwal and the fight against former Punjab minister Bikram Majithia would continue.

The meeting, at Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence, followed Kejriwal’s apology letter to Majithia on 15 March. The move led to differences between the Punjab unit and the central unit of AAP, and resentment, anger and resignations followed.

Aman Arora, who had resigned from his post as co-president, reiterated that he had no intention of taking back his resignation. “I was unhappy that the Punjab unit was not taken into confidence. Today, Kejriwal clarified everything and admitted that there was a lack of communication. He said he hadn’t realised the issue would become so big.”

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5. YSR Congress, TDP to Push for No-Confidence Motion Today

YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will push for acceptance of their notices for no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government when Lok Sabha meets on Monday, 19 March, amid no signs of a let-up in the Parliament deadlock.

YV Subba Reddy of YSR Congress wrote to the Lok Sabha Secretariat to put his notice in the revised list of business for Monday. The TDP has also moved a notice for a no-confidence motion, as parties like Congress, Left, Trinamool and RJD have come out in support.

When their notices were not accepted last week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar had said they could not be taken up due to the House being not in order, with members of several parties raising slogans in the well.

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6. Vehicles May Be Linked to Aadhaar in Attempt to Boost Highway Safety

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Aadhaar. 
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A Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) panel tasked with drafting a comprehensive policy for securing Indian highways has suggested that a central body be set up to maintain data on motor vehicles by linking their registration numbers to the Aadhaar numbers of their owners.

It is one among several recommendation made by the MHA’s Working Group on Highway Security, which was formed in July 2017 and is headed by AP Maheshwari, director general of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D). The recommendations are aimed at reinforcing security against incidents such as Maoist and other militant attacks on highways, reducing crimes such as robberies and attacks on women as well as road accidents.

The group comprises representatives from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the MHA as well as the director generals of police (DGPs) from six states – Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Assam.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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7. Nidahas Tri-Series: Karthik's Last ­Ball Six Seals Title for India

Bangladesh were on the cusp of breaking their T20 hoodoo against India in the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series final on Sunday, 18 March, Vijay Shankar (17) and Manish Pandey (28) were struggling and the asking rate had mounted.

India needed 34 off 12 balls and it looked like a lost cause. Pandey’s departure though brought Dinesh Karthik at No 7. Rubel Hossain, who had picked 2/13 in three overs, was about to bowl the 19th over.

What followed was a masterclass from Karthik which changed the complexion of the game. The India wicketkeeper got off the mark by blasting a low full toss over long on for six and followed it up with a powerful blow to long on for four. The batsman hammered another length ball over deep mid wicket for his second six and ended the over with a scoop to the fine leg fence. With 22 runs coming off Bangladesh’s best bowler, India’s hopes rose.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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8. Vladimir Putin Wins Another Six Years at Russia's Helm in Landslide Victory

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at a meeting in Moscow. 
(Photo: AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, 18 March, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory.

Putin's victory will take his political dominance of Russia to nearly a quarter of a century, until 2024, by which time he will be 71. Only Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ruled for longer. Putin has promised to use his new term to beef up Russia's defences against the West and to raise living standards.

In a widely expected outcome, the Central Election Commission, with just over 70 percent of the votes counted, announced that Putin, who has dominated the political landscape for the last 18 years, had won 75.9 percent of the vote.

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9. Woman Killed to 'Save Rajput Pride', Family Loses Breadwinner

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Image used for representational purposes. 
(Photo: The Quint)

Inside a small, nondescript house in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, the 15-year-old girl stares blankly at the mourners walking in through the doorway every few minutes to ask about the death of her mother Usha Devi. A group of veiled women huddled near the courtyard are wailing while the men seated outside speak in low, hurried voices.

“Devi earned most of the family’s income by working at a plastic factory. The family has lost its breadwinner,” says Mohan Chauhan, elder brother of Devi’s husband Mukesh, who works as a daily-wage labourer.

On 15 March, in full public view near NH-8 at Shahjahanpur in Alwar, the 33-year-old Devi, a mother of two children, was hacked to death allegedly by her husband’s uncle Mamraj Singh, 62. According to the police, Singh killed Devi because he felt that a woman who works is “going against Rajput pride.”

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