Holi 2019 is one of the most-awaited Hindu festivals of India. It is popularly known as the festival of colours since it's celebrated by smearing gulaal or coloured powder on each other. Entire neighbourhoods and towns come together on Holi to splash and smear each other with coloured powder, paint and water, all in good humour.
An India Today data analysis suggests that with the Congress-CPI(M) proposed alliance largely going their separate ways for the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, the stage is set for a four-cornered contest in which the main contenders -- the Trinamool Congress and the BJP - are in an advantageous position to consolidate the voters in their favour.
An army jawan was martyred on Thursday in the ceasefire violation by the Pakistan army along the LoC in Keri area of Sundarbani sector this morning. Earlier on Mar 18, an Army soldier was killed and three others injured as Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the second consecutive day along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
Two policemen, including an officer, were injured in a grenade attack by militants in Sopore township of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Militants lobbed a grenade at a security forces party at Main Chowk Sopore in the north Kashmir district. Security forces have cordoned off the area and a search has been launched to nab the attackers.