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4 Cars in Delhi's Karol Bagh Catch Fire
Four cars caught fire in Karol Bagh's car repair market at around 1:30 am. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. More details awaited.
(Source: ANI)
Prince William Will Visit NZ to Honor Terror Attack Victims
Kensington Palace has said that Britain's Prince William will visit New Zealand to honor the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks.
The palace said that William will make a trip in late April at the request of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and on behalf of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The palace says he will meet with survivors and others affected by the attacks. It says more details will be released before the trip begins.
(Source: PTI)
2 Killed After Gunman Opens Fire in US
Two killed and two critically wounded after gunman opened fire at Sand Point Way in Seattle. More details awaited.
(Source: ANI)
Three Terrorists Killed After Encounter in J&K's Shopian
Three terrorists have been killed following an encounter between terrorists and security forces in Shopian's Keller area in Jammu and Kashmir. Some weapons have also been recovered and the operation is still underway. The CRPF, Army and the J&K police had launched a joint operation earlier.
(Source: ANI)
I-T Officials Raid Karnataka Minister CS Puttaraju's House
Income Tax officials on Thursday morning raided the house of Karnataka minister CS Puttaraju, who is said to be close to CM HD Kumaraswamy, reported CNN News-18. The house that was raided is in Mandya's Chinakuruli village, it was further reported.
Teen Apprehended Near Indo-Pak Border in Punjab
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday apprehended an 18-year-old Indian, identified as Suraj, near the Mehmadi check post of the Indo-Pak border in Punjab's Firozpur. The teen was questioned and later handed over to the police. A mobile phone was also recovered, which is believed to have some suspicious numbers that are now under investigation.
No Terror Camps Exist on 22 Locations Shared by India: Pakistan
Pakistan on Thursday said no terror camps exist on 22 locations that were shared by India, and that it is willing to allow visits on request in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
The neighbouring country also said that 54 people are being investigated over the Pulwama attack, but no links have been found so far.
SC Refuses Urgent Hearing of Plea Seeking Stay on 'Ram ki Janmabhoomi'
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused urgent hearing in a plea seeking stay on release of the movie Ram ki Janmabhoomi alleging it will prejudice the mediation process in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case.
Posting the matter for hearing after two weeks, the SC bench of Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer said, "What’s the relation between movie and mediation? Parties want to settle it. We are not so pessimistic. No film can come in the way of mediation.”
(Source: ANI)
One Terrorist Killed in J&K's Handwara
One terrorist was killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara on Thursday. The incident took place at Yaroo area and one AK-47 weapon has also been recovered. The search operation is still underway.
(Source: ANI)
Two Boys Missing from J-K's Baramulla Traced in Delhi
Two boys, reported missing from their homes in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, have been traced in Delhi, a police spokesman said today.
"Chandussa police station received a missing complaint that two minor boys -- Mohsin Manzoor Najar, student of Class 8, and Suhail Ahmad Lone, student of Class 10, both residents of Bandi Payeen in Baramulla - were missing from their homes," he said.
(Source: PTI)
Fire Breaks out in 22-Storey Building in Bangladesh
Several people were feared trapped in a 22-storey building which caught fire in Bangladeshi capital's Banani area today, according to media reports.
The incident happened this afternoon in the building that houses several garment shops and internet service providers. Several people are feared trapped inside the building.
(Source: PTI)
ED Seeks Vadra's Custodial Interrogation
ED has sought custodial interrogation of Robert Vadra in a money laundering case. Delhi court has reserved order on Robert Vadra's anticipatory bail plea for 1 April, extends interim protection from arrest till then.
(Source: PTI)
Four Militants Killed in Two Encounters in J-K
Four militants were killed today in two encounters with security forces in Shopian and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Yawran forests in Shopian following information about the presence of militants there, a police spokesman said.
He said in the ensuing gunfight, three ultras were killed.
(Source: PTI)
China Slams US Criticism of Muslim Treatment as 'Absurd'
China today hit back at criticism from the United States' top diplomat who called its treatment of Muslims "shameful hypocrisy" after speaking with a former prisoner from a Chinese detention camp.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the comment after meeting with Mihrigul Tursun, a member of the Uighur ethnic group who has spoken publicly in the US about what she said was widespread torture in China's prisons for the minority group.
(Source: PTI)
Delhi HC Won't Interfere with 'Ram ki Janmabhoomi' Release
The Delhi High Court Thursday declined to interfere with the release of the film 'Ram Ki Janmabhoomi', which is to hit theatres on Friday.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru directed the movie's producer to hold a private screening of the film for the petitioner Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims to be a descendant of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar.
With these directions the court disposed of the petition.
The high court, however, gave the petitioner liberty to approach it again if he found any objectionable dialogue or scene in the movie.
(Source: PTI)
Tej Pratap Quits as RJD’s Student Wing Chief
Tej Pratap Yadav tweets that he has resigned as Chief of RJD's Student Wing.
Foreign Secretary Gokhale Meets Nepal's Top Leadership
Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale today held wide-ranging bilateral talks with his Nepali counterpart Shankar Das Bairagi and called on Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli during his two-day visit in Kathmandu.
Gokhale, who arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday, also met Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
During the talks, the two sides reviewed the past commitments that were made during the visit of Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to India and return visits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal last year.
(Source: PTI)
Court Sentences Man to Death for Raping, Murdering Minor Girl
A city court today sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a two-and-a-half- year-old girl in the city in 2013.
Terming the crime committed by Suresh Paswan as "rarest of rare" incident, chief judge of City Sessions Court Siddhartha Kanjilal sentenced him to death by hanging.
The court found Paswan guilty of abduction, murder and rape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
(Source: PTI)
Hizbul Mujahideen Terrorist Arrested in Kashmir
Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Rameez Ahmad Dar arrested along with arms and ammunition from Anantnag in South Kashmir.
(Source: ANI)
6 Detained for Alleged Sexual Abuse, Murder of 7-Year-Old Girl
Six people are being interrogated in connection with the alleged rape and killing of a seven-year-old girl near in Coimbatore, which evoked protests by outraged locals, police said today.
The six, including the girl's neighbour, have been detained after the postmortem revealed she had been sexually assaulted before the killing, they said.
(Source: PTI)
New Goa Minister Pawaskar Gets PWD Portfolio
A day after being inducted into the Goa Cabinet, minister Dipak Pawaskar was allotted the portfolio of Public Works Department (PWD) by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today.
A notification allotting the portfolio of PWD and the museum department to Pawaskar, who has crossed over to the BJP from the MGP, was issued by Joint Secretary (General Administration) Varsha Naik.
The PWD portfolio was earlier held by MGP MLA Sudin Dhavalikar, who was dropped from the Cabinet Wednesday by the chief minister.
(Source: PTI)
One Arrested in Maharashtra for Alleged Terror Links
One person was arrested today from Maharashtra by Anti-Terrorism Squad for alleged terror links, police said.
The arrest came two days after two Bangladeshi nationals with alleged links to terror outfits were arrested in Patna, police said.
Bihar ATS, in a joint operation with Maharashtra ATS Thursday, arrested Shariyat Mandal (19), a labourer at a construction site near Chakan, 40 km from Pune, police said.
A Maharashtra ATS official said the Mandal is being taken to Patna after securing a transit bail in a Pune court.
(Source: PTI)
Uphaar Tragedy: Delhi Court Pulls up Sushil Ansal for Coming Late for Hearing
A Delhi court today pulled up businessman Sushil Ansal for coming late to a hearing in the case of alleged tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar cinema hall fire and directed him to remain present till it rose.
It, however, let him go after four hours.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat, who had on 26 March issued non bailable warrants (NBWs) against Sushil and his brother Gopal Ansal for failing to appear before it in the case, observed that Sushil was late to attend the court proceedings.
(Source: PTI)
UNHRC Should Look into the Kidnapping of Hindu Girls in Pakistan: VHP
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) today called for the attention of United Nations human rights body UNHRC on the alleged kidnapping of Hindu girls in Pakistan and forcible conversion into Islam, and said they should be handed back to their families.
(Source: PTI)
Senior Assistant Caught by ACB While Accepting Bribe
A senior assistant in the Cachar District Election office was caught by the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe from a man for clearing his pending bills, police said today.
Atoshi Tapadar was caught by the ACB team led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police when she was accepting the bribe amount in her office at Silchar while accepting Rs 30,000 as bribe from the owner of a printing company, an Assam Police press release said.
(Source: PTI)
Pak Court Orders Musharraf to Appear Before on 2 May in Treason Case
A special court hearing a treason case against Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf today ordered him to appear before it on 2 May and asked him to reply to a questionnaire.
The previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had filed the treason case against the ex-Army chief in 2013 over the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in November 2007, which led to the confinement of a number of superior court judges in their houses and sacking of over 100 judges.
(Source: PTI)
Three Die in Bulgaria Psychiatric Hospital Fire
Three patients died in a fire that engulfed a room in the men's ward of a psychiatric hospital in the central Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, officials said today.
"A fire erupted around midnight. Three men who died - patients, who have been identified," hospital chief Mariana Gospodinova told BNR public radio.
The other 60 patients in the hospital were safely evacuated, she added.
(Source: PTI)
Civilian Shot by Militants in J&K's Tral
A civilian named Muzafar Ahmad Hajam was shot at by militants in Tral's Midoora area in Jammu and Kashmir. He has been shifted to a hospital. More details awaited.
(Source: ANI)
Boeing Sued Over Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash
A lawsuit against Boeing was filed in US federal court over 10 March Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people.
(Source: Reuters)
Facebook Charged with Housing Discrimination
The federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination for allegedly allowing landlords and real estate brokers to systematically exclude groups such as non-Christians, immigrants and minorities from seeing ads for houses and apartments.
The civil charges filed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development could cost the social network millions of dollars in penalties. But more than that, they strike at the heart of Facebook's business model — its vaunted ability to deliver ads with surgical precision to certain groups of people and not others.
(Source: AP)
Court Stays Release of Lakshmi's NTR
Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered stay on the release of Ram Gopal Verma's film Lakshmi's NTR. Next hearing adjourned till 3 April, the court ordered not to exhibit the film until then.
Dead After 15-Hour Standoff with Police at Hotel Manchester
A 15-hour standoff at a New Hampshire hotel ended with three people dead, including two who had barricaded themselves inside a room and shot repeatedly at police and drug enforcement agents.
Authorities, including a SWAT team, swarmed the area around the Quality Inn in Manchester, closing off a bustling commercial neighborhood filled with car dealerships, a strip mall and several restaurants.
(Source: PTI)