Afternoon News Headlines (March 9, 2017)

* The Cooperative Bank MD informs that 12 lakh farmers will get Rupay card by March end, 32 lakh till June.

* Rajya Sabha adjourns for the day after paying homage to its five members including 1 sitting member Haji Abdul Salam.

* Encounter between security forces & terrorists underway near Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.

* EC announces by-election to Jayalalithaa’s RK Nagar constituency on April 12, counting on 17th April.

* Earthquake measuring 3.5 magnitude hit Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba at 02:09 PM today.

* All Schools at Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir remain closed today due to heavy snowfall.

* Ram Gopal Varma’s Sunny Leone Tweet: Film Studio Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union boycott Ram Gopal Varma for his controversial tweet on Womens Day.

—By Insight News Desk.

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