Twitter is buzzing with breaking news and news alerts from India and rest of the world. Here is the coverage of all breaking alerts and latest updates from the micro-blogging site on one page:
Breaking News of March 16:
10:02 pm: Today, a feeling is gaining ground in our state that BJP is not sensitive to the aspirations of our people: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu in letter to BJP President Amit Shah (ANI)
09:51 pm: Joined alliance with expectation that our people will get justice. We hoped that our state will get fair treatment.When our being in the alliance doesn’t serve that purpose, we feel that it is pointless to continue: AP CM Chandrababu Naidu in letter to Amit Shah (ANI)
09:40 pm: 12 year old boy steals Rs 3 lakhs from a SBI branch in Rampur. Police begin investigation (ANI)
09:29 pm: He asked me how is organ donation considered in Islam, I replied that it's banned. Someone who doesn't follow what Allah has said, then there're doubts on him being a Muslim. He could be a man who has just kept a Muslim name & is trying to defame Muslims: Maulana Hanif Barkati (ANI)
09:24 pm: Fatwa also urges people to boycott me from the society. In my opinion maulanas are fake. To serve mankind is the biggest religious duty. I have been getting threatening calls from unknown numbers. When I complained to Kanpur police they did not take any action: Arshad Mansuri (ANI)
09:19 pm: I've pledged my organs for the welfare of the society & also because I want the people from Muslim community to do the same. I came to know a fatwa has been issued against me for doing so. Fatwa says that donating organs is not allowed in Islam: Arshad Mansuri, Kanpur (ANI)
09:17 pm: There is no rift between BJP and PDP, removal of state finance minister Haseeb Drabu from the cabinet is PDP's internal issue, we have nothing to do with it: Ram Madhav, BJP (ANI)
09:15 pm: Cut off date for implementation of vehicle scrapping policy to be April, 2020; policy to go to GST Council for reduction in rate (PTI)
09:04 pm: Commercial vehicles of more than 20 years to be mandatorily scrapped under the policy: Sources (PTI)
08:54 pm: High-powered committee gives 'in principle nod' to Vehicle Scrapping Policy: Official sources (PTI)
08:48 pm: Rural sanitation has risen to 78 per cent from 39 per cent in 2014, number of toilets increased to 13 crore from 6.5 crore: PM Modi (PTI)
08:46 pm: We have taken Delhi (Central govt) to the doorsteps of eastern India with our development projects: PM Narendra Modi (PTI)
08:43 pm: P V Sindhu enters semifinals of All England Championship (PTI)
08:40 pm: Congress plenary session is beginning from tomorrow, it will decide the direction of the party for the next 5 years. It will be a workers plenary, focus would be workers and not leaders: Randeep Surjewala, Congress (ANI)
08:37 pm: Exclusive | I will never cheat my country for money: Mohammed Shami to India TV
08:20 pm: South Africa will prosecute ex-president Zuma for graft: prosecutors (AFP)
08:11 pm: Russia opens 'murder' probe into death of Russian Nikolai Glushkov in UK (AFP)
08:05 pm: A Cooperative Bank guard shoots dead cashier and peon in Uttarakhand's Champawat, later arrested by Police (ANI)
07:55 pm: One injured after a crude bomb blast in district court in Allahabad (ANI)
07:48 pm: We have taken cognizance of the issues of the students and will take action shortly against the concerned teachers: Gangadhara Nayak, ADM, Mayurbhanj, Odisha (ANI)
07:36 pm: Mayurbhanj (Odisha): Around 350 students protest, alleging derogatory remarks were made by headmaster of the school against tribal students (ANI)
