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New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    
    DEL12 LD HOLI

    
    * India revels in Holi festivities, Friday prayers held peacefully

    
    New Delhi: Holi was celebrated with pomp and splendour around India on Friday, with people soaking in the festivities by smearing 'gulaal' on each other and exchanging greetings and sweets. *

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    * Holi celebrated peacefully in UP's Sambhal amid tight security
    Sambhal: The festival of colours was celebrated peacefully with traditional fervour in this district amid tight security arrangements in view of Holi and the Friday prayers of the Muslims falling on the same day. *

    DES10 UNESCO-INDIA-TENTATIVE LIST
    * India adds six properties to tentative list for UNESCO recognition
    New Delhi: A set of six properties -- including some considered serially, such as Ashokan Edict Sites and Chausath Yogini Temples spread across multiple states -- have been added to India's tentative list by the UNESCO's World Heritage Centre. *

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    * BJP rule in Maharashtra worse than Aurangzeb’s time: Raut

    Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday called the BJP rule in Maharashtra worse than that of Aurangzeb and claimed that farmers were dying because of the saffron party. *

    
    MDS19 KL-TUSHAR GANDHI-BJP

    
    * BJP, RSS demand Tushar Gandhi's arrest as he refuses to retract statements

    Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi: Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, on Friday said that he will neither retract his recent statements against the RSS and BJP nor will he apologise for them, while the two saffron outfits demanded that he be arrested for his remarks. *


    FOREIGN

    FGN15 RUSSIA-PUTIN-MODI

    
    * Putin thanks PM Modi, Trump for 'noble mission' to resolve Ukraine conflict
    Moscow,:Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their "noble mission" to end the fighting between Ukraine and Russia. *


    FGN22 PAK-MOSQUE-BOMBING
    * Senior cleric among 4 worshippers injured in bomb explosion at mosque in Pakistan's KP
    Peshawar: Four worshippers, including a senior cleric, were injured when a bomb exploded during Friday prayers at a mosque in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. *

    
    FGN21 US-ARCHIE-HOLI-STORY

    
    * Archie and friends learn about Holi as new digest features story about Indian festival of colours

    New York: Popular comic book character Archie and his friends are learning about Holi as the celebration of the festival of colours in India is featured in the comic’s latest edition. By Yoshita Singh * ARD

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