Thursday, March 13, 2014, Chandigarh, India,
Edition update time 2:30 am (IST)

SC reaffirms life term for 15 on death row; relief for Bhullar
Apex court rejects Centre’s review plea on mercy petitions
New Delhi, March 12
The Supreme Court on Wednesday re-affirmed its January 21 verdict, granting life to 15 death-row convicts on account of their mental illness or the undue and unexplained delay in rejection of their mercy petitions.

Cong panel undecided on tainted candidates
Party says unfair to call Pawan Bansal tainted
New Delhi, March 12
After marathon meetings through the day to choose the best candidates for upcoming elections, the Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) was unable to arrive at a final list till late tonight. Sources in the party told The Tribune that the CEC had asked for the list of the so-called tainted candidates in the fray separately to take a call on their future.

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INLD decides to go it alone in Haryana
Sirsa, March 12
Following negotiations for an alliance with the BJP drawing a blank, the Indian National Lok Dal has decided to go it alone in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The party has decided to formally launch its campaign in Haryana from March 14. Sources said the INLD’s top leadership had finalised the names of candidates for all the 10 constituencies of the state. The party is likely to announce its candidates tomorrow.

No poll rallies at Anandpur Sahib Hola Mohalla: EC
Chandigarh, March 12
No political rally or conference should be allowed on the gurdwara complex at Anandpur Sahib during the Hola Mohalla festival. 

Political rallies are the hallmark of religious festivals in Punjab.

India joins hunt for missing Malaysian jet
New Delhi, March 12
The Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force have been asked to be in state of readiness after Malaysia requested for help to locate it missing commercial jet-liner. Coastguards from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands joined the airborne search on Wednesday for the missing Malaysian airliner, a senior official said.

Passenger’s husband sore over Centre’s non-response (Nation page)

Pilot’s last words: All right, good night
Search extended to Andaman Sea (World page)

UAE to host IPL7 first half, final leg in India
New Delhi, March 12
The BCCI has decided to conduct the initial phase of IPL-7 in United Arab Emirates and keep Bangladesh on standby for some of the matches, which have been scheduled to take place from April 16 to June 1.

  IPL plans short sojourn in Emirates (Sports page)