Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of April 19
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03:24 pm: Minister Maneka Gandhi writes to chief ministers of all states/UTs highlighting necessary steps for dealing with sexual offences, confirms Ministry of Women and Child Development; adds all police officers should be re-trained on various aspects of sexual offences (ANI)
03:18 pm: If you're doubting credentials of the Judiciary, then you are also doubting the credentials of all the investigations and evidences. I think Rahul Gandhi should apologise to Amit Shah: Dr Jitendra Singh, MoS PMO, on Judge Loya verdict (ANI)
03:17 pm: Six killed, one injured after car falls into a gorge in Shimla's Chaupal town, Himachal Pradesh (ANI)
03:16 pm: LoP in Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil files complaint against a Youtube channel for spreading wrong and defamatory videos on Gandhi family, Congress party and for provoking enmity between two communities (ANI)
03:14 pm: The verdict marks a sad day in India's history. The Supreme Court verdict has left many questions unanswered.There were discrepancies in the post-mortem report, even in recording the name of the victim properly: Congress' RS Surjewala on Judge Loya (ANI)
01:20 pm: I have come to file the nomination and I am going to get a minimum lead of 30,000-40,000: BJP's CM candidate B S Yedyurappa
09:37 am: Some men claiming to be a part of Army asked me for a lift. I let them in but soon realised they weren't army men. As we tried to escape they attacked us, during our tussle they fled with my car. We informed the police about this at night (on Sunday) itself: Maskin Ali, Local (ANI)
09:20 am: Noida: Body found at the back seat of a commercial car in Sector-110. Further probe underway (ANI)
09:17 am: Markets open in green as Sensex rises 119.74 points to 34,451.42; Nifty at 10,563.65
08:50 am: Siddharthnagar: 6-year-old allegedly raped in Chilhiya Police Station limits, late last night, when she went out to see a 'baaraat' procession. Accused, who is from the same village, has been arrested (ANI)
08:47 am: He is cheating people again.What happened when all YSRCP MPs resigned and went on hunger strike? If he would've gotten his MPs to do the same then, it would've created national buzz and centre would've given special status: Jagan Mohan Reddy on Chandrababu Naidu's fast, Andhra Pradesh (ANI)
08:40 am: Punjab: Security heightened in Pathankot after reports of suspicious movement being detected in the area. SPS Parmar, IG Border Zone, told ANI, 'Since 3-4 days there are inputs of suspicious movement being seen. We reacted accordingly but nothing substantial found as of now' (ANI)
08:17 am: California has the most polluted cities in US, says report (AFP)
07:51 am: Goa Police Crime Branch arrested a man for spreading fake news on the health condition of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is undergoing treatment in the United States (ANI)
07:34 am: Rajasthan: BJP MLA from Alwar's Mundawar, Dharmpal Choudhary passes away (ANI)
07:09 am: Supreme Court to pronounce today, the judgement regarding SIT probe for Judge Loya death case. Petitions had been filed in the apex Court seeking SIT probe in the case (ANI)
07:02 am: Thiruvananthapuram: A 33-year-old man named Kiran Verma has travelled over 6,000 km on foot to spread awareness about blood donation. He started his journey from Srinagar and has gone through places like Udaipur, Vadodara, Chennai and Bengaluru (ANI)
07:00 am: Tripura: Three drug peddlers were arrested by the security forces in Agartala. Ten packets of brown sugar, Rs. 21,000 in cash and three mobile phones were seized from their possession (ANI)
06:40 am: US President Donald Trump vows to work 'very, very hard' for Japanese held in North Korea, reports AFP
06:33 am: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says US, Japan to start talks on 'trade deals', reports AFP