Live Breaking News April 12
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 12:
12:00 pm: Rahul Gandhi reaches for the candlelight march at India Gate against Kathua and Unnao cases
11:47 pm: Trump says China is negotiating with U.S. over trade, negotiations will lead to lower barriers and lower tariffs (Reuters)
11:34 pm: Russia's UN ambassador says top priority is to avert war in Syria, doesn't rule out possibility of US-Russian conflict (AP)
11:19 pm: The govt is sleeping and so at this time Congress will have to wake them up. PM had given a slogan 'Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao' and it's in his regime that our girls are being raped. He isn't taking action against his ministers who are trying to save the rape accused: Ghulam Nabi Azad (ANI)
11:06 pm: Community bunkers constructed in Poonch's Karmara area for the safety of people during cross-border firing and mortar shelling. Locals say, 'our lives were in danger because of the shelling, we are thankful to the government for this', Jammu and Kashmir (ANI)
10:51 pm: There is no instance in the history of India that a PM went on hunger strike. Andhra Pradesh is not given special status for political reasons only. Now they are provoking some more states. However, they only will lose from such acts: CM Chandrababu Naidu on BJP's fast (ANI)
10:45 pm: Their hypocrisy is exposed. The person who killed a poor man should be punished. Lawyer is giving one statement but CM is giving another. Govt is in a state of confusion&so the CM isn't going to office: Harsimrat Kaur Badal on road rage case against Navjot Singh Sidhu (ANI)
10:29 pm: Man allegedly opened fire on his younger brother and wife at their residence in Meerut's Munnalal Mohalla (ANI)
10:17 pm: 32-year-old woman repeatedly stabbed by a man in Delhi's Sarita Vihar area yesterday. Victim admitted to hospital under critical condition. Suspect picked up by police for interrogation (ANI)
10:09 pm: Hyderabad woman allegedly human-trafficked to Saudi Arabia in April 2017 on the pretext of job in a hospital; elder daughter alleges, 'they have made her work as a housemaid and have only paid salary of two months. We request EAM Sushma Swaraj and Indian embassy to rescue her' (ANI)
10:00 pm: 35 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh (ANI)
09:50 pm: OPCW chemical weapons watchdog says fact-finding team will start work in Syria on Saturday (AFP)
09:41 pm: What has happened is shameful. But to say that no action has been taken is wrong. Actions taken by the police till now will provide a solution and will also set an example for the future: UP Governor Ram Naik on Unnao rape case (ANI)
09:36 pm: It's incorrect. Nobody threatened her from appearing in Kathua rape case. She used to be member of our association but 5-6 yrs ago,she tried to drag one of our senior members into a controversy and was expelled: Jammu Bar Assoc President BS Salathia on allegations of Deepika S Rajawat (ANI)
09:17 pm: Rishikesh: Uttarakhand BJP leader Harak Singh Rawat says, 'all party leaders had observed a fast today but by mistake I had cashew at an event.' (ANI)
09:01 pm: Statement of Jackie Shroff's wife Ayesha Shroff recorded by Crime Branch of Mumbai Police in connection with Call Detail Record (CDR) case (ANI)
08:56 pm: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao met Yoga guru Ramdev, in Hyderabad today (ANI)
08:50 pm: A journalist asked me why Rahul Gandhi is seen in Karnataka these days. I said he must be trying to save govt. Journo said 'this is not an effort to save govt. Siddaramaiah govt is ATM of corruption for Congress and if ATM is closed, how will they get salary': Amit Shah in Hubbali Click Here To Read More
08:43 pm: Two arrested, 1200 kg cannabis valued at Rs 1.8 crore recovered from them in Andhra Pradesh's Ichchapuram by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bhubaneswar (ANI)
08:36 pm: Special Investigation Team took my and the girl's mother's statements, we cooperated with them: Uncle of Unnao rape case victim (ANI)
08:29 pm: Madhya Pradesh DGP Rishi Kumar Shukla issued circular to police officers to avoid using social media and not to interact with the media personnel without permission (ANI)
08:11 pm: National Commission for Women issues notice to BJP MLA from Bairia Surendra Singh over his comment on Unnao rape case. He had said, 'I am speaking from psychological point of view, no one can rape a mother of 3 children.' (ANI)
08:00 pm: Delhi: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah arrived for Congress Screening Committee meeting for upcoming Karnataka elections scheduled to be held on 12 May (ANI)
07:56 pm: Special Judge Jail Court Lucknow sentenced 2 Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists to 10 years in imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine each. UP ATS had arrested the two terrorists from Gorakhpur railway station in March 2014 (ANI)
07:45 pm: Kannauj: 19 houses gutted in fire, in Mubarakpur Tila area. No casualties reported (ANI)
