Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of March 16
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02:58 pm: NIA Court allows ED's application, seeking interrogation and recording of statement under provision of PMLA 2002 and FEMA 1999 of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali in a terror funding case (ANI)
02:57 pm: Kejriwal and Monitoring Committee's faults are coming forward now. Action should've been taken on commercial activity in residential areas instead action was taken in commercial areas. We all are bound by law and how sealing should be done is defined in DMC Act: M Lekhi, BJP on sealing (ANI)
02:56 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday (ANI)
02:55 pm: There can be no govt more sensitive to the demands and the needs of the people of Andhra Pradesh, than the present govt under PM Modi: Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha (ANI)
02:50 pm: Congress' Ripun Bora moves private member's resolution in Rajya Sabha, seeks amendment of the National Anthem and replacing the word 'Sindh' with 'Northeast India.' (ANI)
02:46 pm: Centre files an affidavit in Supreme Court over plea for Pakistani prisoners lodged in Indian jails, says it had found no case against 56 Pakistani prisoners lodged in Indian jails, as a result of which Centre wanted to release them and send them to their country (ANI)
02:45 pm: Strongly condemn Arvind Kejriwal's apology to Bikram Majithia. Nobody was consulted before he took this decision. This shows that he has become weak and also raises questions on his talks with Akali Dal. For me welfare of Punjab's people is most important: Sukhpal Singh Khaira, AAP (ANI)
02:44 pm: It is not about pulling down govt, intention is to discuss in Parliament the injustice meted to Andhra Pradesh. Jana Sena was the party that initiated it (idea of no-confidence motion) and later due to public pressure YSRCP and TDP were forced to do it: Pawan Kalyan, Jana Sena Party (ANI)
02:41 pm: TDP has survived many crises and we can sail through this situation. I wrote many letters to the Centre. Recently also I gave a letter to PM but nothing materialised: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu in Assembly (ANI)
02:29 pm: Arun Jaitley said, sentiment cannot increase quantum of funds. What a reckless statement. Telangana was carved for sentiment. Sentiment is very powerful. Even now you are doing injustice: AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu in Assembly (ANI)
02:28 pm: Bifurcation promises are not yet fulfilled. Had special status been included in the Act in then Lok Sabha then, this situation would have not arisen: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu in state assembly (ANI)
02:21 pm: Patiala Court grants bail to Daler Mehndi after convicting him in a 2003 human trafficking case (ANI)
02:19 pm: Special task force of UP police raids six places in NCR. 105 persons involved with fraudulent call centres set up to cheat people under the guise of insurance schemes, e-shopping, held. 10 arrested, while 95 will be released on personal bond (ANI)
02:13 pm: Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing to retire (AFP)
02:12 pm: Two people injured in an explosion during loading of waste material in a lorry, in Kerala's Ambalakulangara (ANI)
02:11 pm: We've quit NDA. I took the decision not for selfish reasons, but for interests of AP. For 4-years I made all efforts, went to Delhi 29 times, asked many times. This was centre's last budget and there was no mention of AP, we had to pull our ministers out of cabinet: AP CM in assembly (ANI)
02:07 pm: Tamil Nadu coastal police officials arrest one Sri Lankan national as he was set to leave the country from Dhanushkodi. He was staying without a passport; police investigations underway (ANI)
02:04 pm: There were issues after the division of Andhra Pradesh. If there were issues all these years, then why weren't they raised? This shows merely an opportunistic nature: D Jayakumar, AIADMK MLA and Tamil Nadu Minister on TDP's withdrawal from NDA (ANI)
01:58 pm: Singer Daler Mehndi sentenced to 2-years in prison after being convicted in a 2003 human trafficking case (ANI)
01:56 pm: Delhi High Court refuses to ground entire fleet of IndiGo's A320neo aircraft (PTI)