Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of March 12

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10:31 am: There are total of 37 Defence licensing companies holding industrial licenses for manufacturing of arms, ammunition and explosives. This number can grow: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (ANI)

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10:25 am: We prefer the Indian Designed and Developed Manufatured (IDDM) within India as the first priority. We have not excluded licensed manufacturing. There is going to be no restriction on any kind of manufacturing: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (ANI)

10:24 am: BJP's Thawar Chand Gehlot, Ajay Pratap Singh and Kailash Soni file nomination for Rajya Sabha (ANI)

10:20 am: I encourage the Private Sector to come in the Defence sector because of the agility they have shown. They have identified the opportunity that exists in this area: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (ANI)

10:15 am: TDP MP YS Chowdary gives Adjournment Motion notice in Rajya Sabha (ANI)

10:13 am: YSR Congress Party MP Vijay Sai Reddy gives Calling Attention Motion in Rajya Sabha over special status to Andhra Pradesh (ANI)

10:09 am: TMC gives notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 168 over discussion on PNB fraud case (ANI)

10:08 am: Fire breaks out following an explosion in a scrap godown in Saharanpur's Rampur Maniharan, UP; later doused by fire tenders (ANI)

10:05 am: Aam Aadmi Party gives notice in Rajya Sabha over short duration discussion on sealing drive in Delhi (ANI)

10:01 am: 9 confirmed dead in Kurangani forest fire in Tamil Nadu. 10, out of the 27 rescued receive minor injuries, while 8 of them have serious injuries (ANI)

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09:53 am: 3rd phase of 'Lok Suraj Abhiyan' begins in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada. CM Raman Singh inspects many development programs in the district, says 'it makes me really happy to see this district develop at this pace.' (ANI)

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09:17 am: Markets open in green as Sensex rises 295.62 points to 33,602.76; Nifty at 10301.60

09:11 am: Rescue operations for Tamil Nadu's Kurangani forest fire underway. 16 commandos of Garud Commando Force and 4 choppers from the Indian Air Force, with one of them at stand by, at the search and rescue operation since this morning (ANI)

08:28 am: 15 people rescued from the forest-fire in Tamil Nadu's Kurangani; search operation underway (ANI)