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#9:49 PM

Woman killed, some 'catastrophic' injuries in #UKParliament attack:AFP - ANI

#9:42 PM

Chhatarpur (MP): More than 10 security personnel injured after their vehicle collided with a tractor. - ANI

#9:25 PM

Delhi MCD Polls postponed to April 23, counting to April 26 due to CBSE board exams: State Election Commissioner S K Srivastava.

#8:36 PM

UK parliament shooting: Minister says the alleged assailant has been shot by police at Parliament - ANI

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Cabinet approves Rs 2,029 cr project for Mumbai harbour channel at #JNPT. - PTI

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British police say incident on Westminster Bridge being treated as firearms incident: Reuters - ANI

#8:30 PM

At least a dozen injured people on Westminster Bridge near UK parliament: Reuters - ANI

Read More: Live Updates | Firing outside UK Parliament, assailant shot down; PM Theresa May safe

#8:27 PM

Reports of shots fired outside UK Parliament, Palace of Westminster reportedly in lockdown: BBC - ANI

#8:15 PM

Cabinet clears 400 km border road from #Mizoram to #Meghalaya at a cost of Rs 6,221 cr: Sources. - PTI

#7:18 PM

India and Asian Development Bank sign $350 Million loan for upgrading 1,500 kms of district roads in Madhya Pradesh - ANI

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CM said that File index should be maintained in order to track the movement of any file :Shrikant Sharma, UP minister. - ANI

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Licensed slaughterhouses are allowed to function, there should be no confusion in this: Sidharthnath Singh,UP Minister - ANI

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In the cabinet meeting CM said that we have to restore rule of law in the state and address problems of the public:SN Singh,UP Minister - ANI

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Madhya Pradesh: Fire had broken out in shops near Mahakaal temple in Ujjain. - ANI

#7:01 PM

Its for the first time in 12 years,since June 2005 that India has won an International friendly match away from home  - ANI

#7:00 PM

India beat Cambodia 3-2 in an International friendly match in Phnom Penh - ANI

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After meeting me, doctors have agreed to resume work by 8 pm:State medical education minister Girish Mahajan - ANI

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launched free Wi-Fi project for 273 colleges, 16 universities and 30 institutes on the occasion of Bihar Day in Patna. - ANI

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Maharashtra Congress writes to state EC requesting use of VVPAT machines for upcoming local body polls in Parbhani Latur and Chandrapur - ANI

#6:13 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow. - ANI

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Arguments were heard by EC and orders are expected tomorrow: A Sundaram, AIADMK Sasikala faction counsel on two leaves symbol case - ANI

#6:07 PM

Grade B: Rohit Sharma,KL Rahul,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh - ANI

Read More: BCCI Grade A Contract includes Kohli, Dhoni, Ashwin, Rahane, Pujara, Jadeja, Murali Vijay with Rs 2 crore annual retainer amount

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Grade A Contract: Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay - ANI

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BCCI Committee of Administrators announces annual men players’ contracts - ANI

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Rajya Sabha adjourned till tomorrow - ANI

#5:44 PM

The Finance Bill has been passed in Lok Sabha. - ANI

#5:39 PM

US-led coalition to probe alleged civilian casualties near Raqa: Pentagon - AFP

#5:21 PM

Former Foreign Minister SM Krishna joins BJP - ANI

#5: 19 PM

Yogi Adityanath Cabinet:

1. Keshav Prasad Maurya: Public Welfare Department

2. Chetan Chauhan: Sports

3. Mohsin Raza: Minority Affairs

4. Siddharth Nath Singh: Healh

5. A Tondon: Basic Education

6. Rita Bahuguna Joshi: Secondary Education

7. Dinesh Sharma: Higher Education

8. Swati Singh: Women Welfare

#5:05 PM

Illegal slaughter houses and meat shops sealed by Police and Nagar Nigam in Lucknow, UP. - ANI

#4:56 PM

DIG suspends 13 constables deployed at Noida's Sector-20 Police Station after complaints that they took bribes. - ANI

#4:08 PM

Ex-Congolese VP jailed for one year for corruption, fined 300,000 euros: ICC - AFP

#4:46 PM

No arbitrary power will be given to Tax Dept; no tax of farmer's income: FM Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha - ANI

Read More: Live updates | Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha: 'No plans to tax farmers' income'

#4:45 PM

Tax buoyancy has improved in the last 2 years: FM Jaitley responds on Finance Bill in Lok Sabha - ANI

#4:34 PM

SC directs formation of a high power committee over uploading of sexual videos on social media matter - ANI

#4:21 PM

Delhi: In wake of attacks on resident doctors in Maharashtra, resident doctors at AIIMS wear helmets as a precautionary measure. - ANI

#4:17 PM

Grenade hurled at Government Girls' High School in Balochistan's Qilla Abdullah district near Pak-Afghan border: Pakistan Media - ANI

#4:01 PM

He also has Culture Ministry so we may have to change his portfolio, but if it's permissible then we have no issue: Punjab CM on Sidhu - ANI

#3:45 PM

Cases of crime against women have to be investigated, no matter how small an incident: Goa CM Manohar Parrikar on Irish women murder case - ANI

#3:41 PM

Sensex tanks 317.77 points to close at 29,167.68; #Nifty falls 91.05 points to 9,030.45. - PTI

#3:39 PM

All OPD and elective surgeries stand withdrawn, only emergency services to continue: Dr Parthiv Sanghvi, India Medical Association. - ANI

#3:33 PM

Trump's ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort secretly worked for Russian billionaire to "benefit Putin government," files show - AP

#3:29 PM

There will be strict action against officers who consume pan, gutka & tobacco in official premises: DM Bareilly Surendra Singh - ANI

# 3:29 PM

Safety of girls/ladies is the sole intent of the anti Romeo squads. No moral policing: UP DGP Javeed Ahmed - ANI

#3:26 PM

Bareilly: DM Surendra Singh issued advisory to all govt officers to dress formally to encourage discipline & an effective working environment - ANI

# 3:24 PM

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament - ANI

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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asks state government officials to not chew paan, paan masala etc during duty hours - PTI

# 2:54 PM

Got purported ISIS threat letter last night. 5-6 similar letters found on road in Mirza Murad area; investigation on: Asheesh Tiwari, SP Rural - ANI

# 2:48 PM

10 drought affected states are Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangna, Karnataka, MP, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra - ANI

# 2:03 PM

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh and cabinet minister Manpreet Singh Badal met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - ANI

# 2:01 PM

Chhattisgarh: 5 Naxals arrested by security forces in Bastar's Jagdalpur; 2 security personnel injured during operation - ANI

# 1:48 PM

Zakir Naik not likely to appear before NIA on 30th March as he has not received any summons- Zakir Naik's Lawyer - ANI

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Chennai: 2 photo journalists allegedly manhandled by bouncers during shoot of Rajinikanth's film 2.0 in Triplicane; Police complaint lodged - ANI

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Maharashtra: Dean of Government Medical College, Nagpur suspends 301 of its resident doctors over issue of their strike - ANI

# 1:34 PM

Maharashtra: Dean of Government Medical College, Nagpur suspends 301 of its resident doctors over issue of their strike - ANI

# 1:24 PM

SC issues summons to Chief Secys of 11 states on hearing plea seeking proper rehabilitation & financial assistance to drought affected ppl - ANI

# 1:20 PM

Uttar Pradesh: Purported ISIS threat letter recovered from Varanasi, police register case against unknown persons - ANI

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Ya, looks like: SM Krishna, Former Congress leader SM Krishna on question if he would join BJP - ANI

# 1:05 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm - ANI

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Yogi Adityanath also orders blanket ban on smuggling of cows - PTI

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath directs police officials to prepare action plan for closure of abattoirs in state - PTI

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6 months salary of doctors on strike to be cut if they dont get back to work by 8 PM today:Maharashtra Medical Edu Minister Girish Mahajan - ANI

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Maharashtra: Mumbai's JJ Hospital initiated expulsion process of doctors striking over recent incidents of assault against them - ANI

# 12:55 PM

Uttar Pradesh: Three meat shops torched by unknown persons in Hathras, police registers case - ANI

# 12:48 PM

Multiple blasts rock migrant camp in Nigeria - ANI

# 12:46 PM

Ghaziabad: A case against five including doctor was lodged due to involvement in Audi crash which took four lives in Indirapuram on 27th Jan - ANI

# 12:41 PM

Govt considering imposing import duty on wheat to protect farmers' interest: AgricultureSecretary: PTI

# 12:20 PM

2007 Ajmer dargah blast case: Devendra Gupta and Bhavesh Patel sentenced to life imprisonment by Special NIA court - ANI

# 12:15 PM

Chhattisgarh: Police jawan shot dead by Naxals at his residence in Farsegarh, Bijapur - ANI

# 11:56 AM

Parliamentarians' pension after retirement- SC issues notice to Union of India and EC on the issue, seeks reply within four weeks - ANI

Supreme Court also issues notice to Secretary General of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Parliamentarians' pension after retirement issue - ANI

# 11:52 AM

Separatist leader Nayeem Khan arrested at Srinagar airport ahead of his visit to Pak High Commission, Delhi tomorrow to celebrate Pak Day - ANI

# 11:48 AM

Ahmedabad ATS arrests gangster Dawood Lala, relative of Dawood Ibrahim's aide Sharif Khan - ANI

# 11:44 AM

BMC serves notices to 500 resident doctors on strike,asks to resume work in wake of HC directions as soon as possible else face consequences - ANI

# 11:14 AM

Junior doctors' mass leave: Bombay HC likely to hear the case tomorrow, which couldn't be done today because of unavailability of CJ's bench - ANI

# 11:10 AM

First Cabinet meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Government to take place at 5 PM today - ANI

# 11:09 AM

Delhi Police seize demonetised notes worth Rs 6.18 crores from Safdarjung police station area, detain 7 people in this connection - ANI

# 10:58 AM

Delhi: Int'l Kick Boxing Champion Tajamul Islam, who had urged Govt for indoor facilities for athletes in J&K, meets Sports Min Vijay Goel - ANI

I had written to Mehbooba Mufti when I saw Tajamul's post, to provide facilities in order to promote Kick Boxing: Sports Minister Vijay Goel - ANI

I am grateful to them, I want all children like me to gain recognition in the field of kickboxing:Int'l Kick Boxing Champion Tajamul Islam - ANI

# 10:50 AM

Babri Demolition case: Supreme Court adjourns the matter till tomorrow - ANI

# 10:42 AM

ED attaches assets worth Rs 10 crores ( Market Value) of B. K. Vohra of Bengal India Global Infrastructure, Kolkata, in a bank fraud case - ANI

# 10:41 AM

MHA issues advisory regarding strict compliance of 'Flag Code of India, 2002' and 'The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971' - ANI

# 10:23 AM

19 MLAs suspended by speaker till Dec 31 2017, in connection with the uproar in Maharashtra assembly during budget announcement on March 18 - ANI

# 10:20 AM

Bus falls into a gorge in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, three dead and more than 20 people injured - ANI

# 10:16 AM

All India Muslim Personal Law Board ready for out of court settlement under SC directives in Ram Mandir case: Maulana Khalid Rasheed, AIMPLB - ANI

# 10:15 AM

Demonetisation will act as disincentive to continue with shadow economy, will integrate informal with formal economy: FM - PTI

GST will be the biggest reform; trying to implement it by July 1: FM - PTI

GST will transform complex indirect tax system to simple system; GST will make evasion difficult: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - PTI

# 10:10 AM

Three dead, one critically injured after car falls into a gorge near Parsundakhal in Uttarakhand - ANI

# 10:05 AM

Encounter between police and naxals in Chhattisgarh's Kanker took place today, no casualties - ANI

# 9:10 AM

Rajasthan: 2 minor girls drowned after they jumped into a pond to escape detention at red light area,during a police raid in Bharatpur yday - ANI

# 9:00 AM

RK Nagar bypoll: Election Commission to hear O Panneerselvam, Sasikala factions over party symbol today - ANI

# 8:43 AM

North Korea fails in new missile test - ANI

# 8:11 AM

Babri Masjid demolition case: SC likely to examine whether to revive conspiracy charges against LK Advani, Murli M Joshi,Uma Bharti & others - ANI

# 7:58 PM

Uttarakhand: Leopard rescued by the forest officials of Ramnagar Division after it got trapped in barbed wire fence - ANI

# 7:28 AM

Bombay HC to hear the junior doctors' mass leave matter today, HC had yesterday asked them to resume their duties immediately - ANI

# 7:17 AM

NIA Special Court to announce the quantum of sentence for the two convicts in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast case - ANI

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