Portal:Current events/India/2007 April 18

April 18, 2007 (Wednesday)

Virginia shootout: Missing Minal Panchal declared dead. (Times of India) Vasundhara Raje Government gears up to curb child marriage on 'akhateej'. (The Hindu Update) Madhya Pradesh prepares strategy to prevent child marriages. (The Hindu Update) BJP sacks MP for sneaking in woman on wife's passport (CNN IBN) Exit polls after Phase III polls: BJP stages recovery in UP (Times of India) Steel : India plans to be second largest steel producer in the world. (Financial Express) After the acquisition of Algoma Steel, India's Essar Group plans to buy U.S.-based Minnesota Steel for US$ 1.66 billion. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)