Given below are the important national, international, and business news headlines for the school assembly morning of March 19, 2026.

NATION

Three children among 9 of family killed in massive fire at multi-storey building in Delhi's Palam

New Delhi: Nine members of a family, including a 70-year-old woman and three of her granddaughters, one just three years old, were killed after a massive fire tore through a multi-storey residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said.

8 killed in house fire after explosion at EV charging point in Indore; govt orders probe

Indore: Eight members of a family were killed when a fire broke out in a three-storey house after an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore early on Wednesday, officials said. . 

'Rs 1000 EPF pension a joke': Congress slams govt after Parliamentary panel report

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government after a Parliamentary panel recommended an urgent review of the Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995, and demanded that it must take concrete steps for redressal. 

Gangster Ravi Pujari arrested in 2017 extortion case by Thane Police

Thane: Thane Police has arrested jailed gangster Ravi Pujari in a 2017 extortion and firing case in the city and obtained his custody from a local court, officials said. 

Vijay says TVK belongs to 'People's team', 'no alliance' with NDA

Chennai: Avoiding directly naming the NDA, TVK chief Vijay on Wednesday dismissed as "false campaign" claims of "alliance talks" for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

LEGAL

Delhi HC stays trial court proceedings against industrialist Bina Modi, lawyer Lalit Bhasin in assault case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed trial court proceedings against industrialist Bina Modi and senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin in a case of alleged assault of Godfrey Philips India (GPI) executive director Samir Modi during a board meeting in 2024. 

SBI-led secured lenders move SC for claims from Rs 5,100 cr deposited by Sterling Biotech

New Delhi: A consortium of secured lenders including banks of Sterling Biotech Ltd of promoters Chetan and Nitin Sandesara has moved the Supreme Court for disbursal of their claim amounts from Rs 5,100 crore deposited in the apex court registry while highlighting their total outstanding against the Group companies was at Rs 19,283.77 crore. 

BUSINESS

Oil tanker reaches India from war zone

New Delhi: Indian-flagged oil tanker Jag Laadki has reached Mundra port in Gujarat after sailing safely from Fujairah in the UAE, despite an attack on the terminal, taking the total number of vessels transiting the conflict-hit zone to four.

FOREIGN

US offers USD 2,600 exit bonus to illegal immigrants for self-deportation

Washington: The US Department of Homeland Security has released posters offering to fly illegal immigrants, including from India, to their home countries for free with an exit bonus of USD 2,600. 

Nirav Modi seeks to reopen UK extradition case alleging 'real risk of torture' in India

London: Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi's application hearing seeking permission to reopen his extradition appeal concluded in the High Court in London, with claims that he faces a "real risk of torture" during interrogations by the investigating agencies in India.