Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of April 21
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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 April 21:
11:52 pm: I am very happy that such a step has been taken by the government. It is a victory for every girl & her parents in this country: Aditi Rao Hydari on the ordinance to amend POCSO act
11:47 pm: I think it is a good step. People who do such horrifying crime should be punished in the harshest way possible: Shilpa Shetty on the ordinance to amend POCSO act (ANI)
11:45 pm: A very harsh punishment is required to create a certain mindset in the people who even think of such horrifying crime. It is important to put something very strong as an example for them: Shahid Kapoor on the ordinance to amend POCSO act (ANI)
11:31 pm: Case registered against 2 people in connection with a scam in the scholarship program for the backward classes in Maharashtra's Buldhana. SIT probe has been ordered in the matter
11:13 pm: Shahid Kapoor wins the Best Actor Award for the film Padmaavat at Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards
10:46 pm: I came to know people in Congress have sold tickets. I am accusing the party of not giving me a ticket despite working for 40 years: Chalavadi Narayana Swamy, former Congress leader who joined BJP (ANI)
10:18 pm: Hyderabad: Commissioner’s Task Force, East Zone Team apprehended an inter-state cannabis smuggling gang consisting of 3 members. 26 Kg of cannabis, 2 Cell Phones seized (ANI)
10:10 pm: 9 ministers inducted into the state cabinet in Punjab. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Vijay Inder Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Sunder Sham Arora, OP Soni, Rana Gurmit Sodhi, Gurpreet Kangar & Balbir Sidhu take oath as state cabinet ministers (ANI)
09:43 pm: West Bengal Panchayat polls: State EC announces April 23 as the last day for filing nomination
09:24 pm: 4 people seriously injured after a cylinder exploded in Uttar Pradesh's Etah. Police rushed the victims to the district hospital (ANI)
08:54 pm: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah writes to PM Modi stating 'Our govt is strongly opposed to formation of Cauvery Management Board because such board is not constitutional & Supreme Court has not directed mechanism'. CM Siddaramaiah also sought time to meet him at the earliest (ANI)
08:43 pm: Rs 20 Lakh transferred in the account of CRPF Officer Anil Maurya's wife, Rs 5 Lakh in his father's account under directions by UP CM. Anil Maurya lost his life in encounter with naxals in Chattisgarh's Sukma last night
08:21 pm: BJP releases a list of 40 star campaigners for upcoming Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 (ANI)
08:08 pm:
07:59 pm: Huge step taken for safety of our daughters. I thank PM & Union Cabinet. Madhya Pradesh had also taken a step towards this. This will instill fear among criminals & they'll think before committing such crime, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on ordinance to amend POCSO Act
07:33 pm: CISF intercepted a Zimbabwe national and seized drugs worth Rs 35 lakh from her at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi yesterday
07:22 pm: One dead, 16 injured in Madagascar opposition protests (AFP)
07:15 pm: Swati Maliwal announces she would break her indefinite hunger strike tomorrow after Union Cabinet approved Ordinance for punishment for perpetrators of rape cases especially those against girls below 12 years & 16 years of age, today (ANI)
06:48 pm: Russia says OPCW chemical weapons inspectors arrive at site of suspected attack in Syria (AFP)