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NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

Most national dailies have skipped today's edition in Delhi, owing to the Holi festival yesterday. 
Amongst the newspapers that are available, news related to Libya has been prominently displayed on the front pages.  "Gaddafi vows to take fight into Europe" reads the headline in The Hindu.  The Statesman has quoted Gaddafi as saying "We will die as martyrs".  The paper also reports that India, China and Russia have regretted the air strikes on Libya.  The Indian External Affairs Ministry has expressed hope that the air strikes would not lead to greater harm to innocent civilians, foreign nationals and diplomatic missions, reports The Statesman.
A Wikileaks expose of a US Embassy cable of 2008 has revealed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had rejected requests either to visit Tehran or for Iranian President, Ahmedinejad to visit India, keeping in mind the civil nuclear agreement with the United States.  This story appears on the front page of The Hindu. 
The MDMK has decided to quit the AIADMK alliance and boycott the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, due to the treatment meted out to the party during the seat-sharing talks, reports The Hindu.  AIADMK general-secretary, Jayalalitha, has stated that she's "saddened by MDMK's decision, writes the paper.
And finally, this morning the sun crossed the plane of the earth's equator, making day and night approximately of the same duration.  The event, known as Equinox, takes place only twice a year - on March 21 and September 23, writes The Hindu.




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