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Happy Holi to our readers

The offices of The Tribune will remain closed on March 27. There will, therefore, be no issue of the paper on March 28.

BRICS reach deal on development bank
To focus on infra projects
Business Council set up to boost intra-BRICS business
Raj Chengappa in Durban
March 26
After years of dawdling, the world’s five leading emerging powers, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa or BRICS, took decisive steps in the port city of Durban on Tuesday to give their group both the economic punch and clout to rival West-dominated institutions.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma addresses the Fifth BRICS Business Forum at Durban Exhibition Centre on Tuesday. PTI

Of places where Gandhi decided to stay on and fight
Durban, March 26
South Africa is dotted with memorials of Mahatma Gandhi in places where he lived during his formative years and made such an indelible mark not just in the minds of its populace but the entire world. These have now become major tourist attractions, particularly for visitors from India.

THE TRIBUNE INTERVIEW 'The bottomline is that these mosquito bites from Pakistan must stop' — Salman Khurshid, Minister for External Affairs by Raj Chengappa

HOMEOPATHY

Patients from 35 Countries Dr Sharma’s Clinic Treating patients from all over the world with Homeopathy

Italian Foreign Minister quits over marines’ return to India
New Delhi, March 26
Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi today resigned following criticism of the government’s decision to send back two Italian marines to India for trial into the killing of Indian fishermen.

Tax trouble for HP pollution control board; accounts sealed
Solan, March 26
The Income Tax Department today sealed the bank accounts of the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) for failing to clear tax arrears of about Rs 31 crore.

BSP leader shot dead in Delhi farmhouse
New Delhi, March 26
A Bahujan Samaj Party leader, Deepak Bhardwaj (62), was gunned down by three assailants at his south Delhi farmhouse this morning.

Delhi Police personnel at the farmhouse of BSP leader and builder Deepak Bhardwaj (inset) where he was shot dead in south Delhi on Tuesday.

Enthusiasm marks Hola Mohalla procession

Boys perform gatka during a holy procession near Keshgarh Sahib Gurdwara at Anandpur Sahib on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Jaya’s tactics work, no Lankan players in Chennai IPL ties
New Delhi, March 26
Bowing to intense political pressure, top Sri Lankan players were today withdrawn from the Chennai matches of the high-profile IPL after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa refused to host them in view of the prevailing anti-Sinhalese sentiments in the state.