PUBLISHED Newspaper of March 17
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Missing Flight MH370
Malaysia dials Manmohan as India suspends search
* IAF, Navy assets on standby
* Delhi wants specific inputs
New Delhi, March 16
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Sunday called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought India's technical assistance to trace the possible pathway of the missing jetliner.

A young girl writes on a banner carrying messages for passengers of the missing Malaysian jetliner in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. AFP

World page: Hunt widens to 25 nations; pilot's role probed
Indian Ocean poses daunting challenge
Flight MH 370, Bermuda Triangle — is a pattern emerging?

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IAF, intel experts debunk 9/11-type attack theory
New Delhi, March 16
India’s key intelligence agency and military analysts are not alarmed over claims made by former US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbot, who said the missing Malaysian Airlines plane was hijacked to replicate a 9/11-type attack on an Indian city.

Ready to take on Modi : Kejriwal
Says final call during Varanasi visit on March 23
Bangalore, March 16
The stage is set for a high-voltage contest between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi with Kejriwal today announcing that he would challenge Modi in the historic city.

Rahul attacks Modi over Gujarat riots
New Delhi, March 16
Rahul Gandhi today sought to boost his party’s morale by affirming that there would be a Congress-led UPA-III even as he hit out at Narendra Modi for “inexcusable failure” of governance during the 2002 riots for which he demanded “legal accountability”.

Sidhu paid for tussle with SAD
Amritsar, March 16
With the BJP fielding senior party leader Arun Jaitley from Amritsar, it is now clear that sitting MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has paid for his tussle with the SAD leadership over the "delay" in carrying out his pet projects.

Nation page: BJP looks to strengthen base in Punjab with ticket to Jaitley

Rift in Haryana BJP over ticket allocation * Irate workers ransack party office in Rohtak * Dissent in other dists too Chandigarh, March 16 Serious differences have emerged in the Haryana unit of the BJP, a day after the announcement of its Lok Sabha candidates. BJP workers protest at the party office in Rohtak on Sunday. PTI