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New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court has found "no grounds" to recall its judgement rejecting the plea seeking reinvestigation into the alleged "larger conspiracy leading to" the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

The apex court refused to take into account the plea in the review petition that claimed that "fresh" documents and evidence would clear the air in the matter.

NEW DELHI, March 4, 2019/PRNewswire/ -- Under the aegis of the Laureates and Leaders for Children platform, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, 66 Nobel Laureates have urged the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan to defuse the rising tension before it escalates to a full-fledged war between the two nuclear states.

New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) A Sukhoi-30 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force on Monday shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile, government sources said.

The Pakistani drone was detected by a ground-based radar station and minutes later one of the Sukhoi-30 jets deployed in the area to keep an eye on Indian air space shot it down, they said.

The Pakistani military drone was targeted at around 11:30 AM in Bikaner-Nal sector in Rajasthan, the sources said.

New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) Ahead of the general elections, BJP president Amit Shah Monday flagged off 'NaMo Rath'-- a store on wheels selling merchandise inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The saffron coloured fleet of mini-trucks with huge photos of Modi will tour the nation selling 'NaMo' (Narendra Modi) t-shirts, coffee mugs, caps, face masks, key chains among other merchandise, a party leader said.

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The official website of the Bharatiya Janata Party, http://www.bjp.org, was taken offline on Tuesday after hackers defaced the site.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

An official response from the party is awaited.

New Delhi, March 3; GANASHAKTI:  The ten major Central Trade Unions (INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA,AICCTU, LPF, UTUC) and independent Federations and Associations of various sectors are holding a National Convention of Workers for adoption of Workers Charter of Demands on 5th March 2019 at 1:30 pm at Constitution Club Annexe, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

New Delhi, Mar 3; PTI/GANASHAKTI: A high-octane rap, a thought-provoking nukkad natak, a poet reciting poems celebrating love, and a band playing songs on 'protest and change', the 15 August Park in front of the Red Fort is buzzing with all kinds of activities.

More than 200 artistes have gathered at the historic monument in Delhi for an innovative two-day event against what they call an "assault on culture" and "attack on democracy" in India. The organisers are calling it a "protest festival".

New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) In view of delay in implementation of the Centre's project for paperless legislative assemblies in the country, Delhi Vidhan Sabha has decided to implement it on it's own with financial help from the city government.

The general purposes committee (GPC) of Delhi Assembly in it's report has opined that the project, NeVA (National e-Vidhan Application), for all the Legislatures has been "badly delayed" and hence the Assembly should implement it from the funds provided by the AAP government.

New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) The Congress on Sunday said the Modi government claims that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) inviting India to attend its plenary was a diplomatic success has fallen flat with the 57-nations grouping adopting a resolution that "supported" Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Fifty-two couples belonging to the differently-abled and economically weaker sections tied the knot at a mass wedding here on Saturday.

Chosen from different states of the country by charitable organisation Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS), these couples tied the knot in the two-day-long gala ceremony.

"The couples got household routine appliances and gifts as 'kanyadaan' (marriage ritual) to start their new married life," Prashant Agarwal, president of the NSS, said.