Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, April 18, 2018: RR vs KKR IPL 2018 | Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 Wickets

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18 Apr, 23:30 (IST)

Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 Wickets. Skipper Dinesh Karthik finishes the encounter with a Huge Maximum into the stands.

18 Apr, 21:50 (IST)

Rajasthan Royals Post a Total of 160/8 for Kolkata Knight Riders to Chase, where Chris lynn requires 9 runs to reach 500 in Indian Premier League 2018

18 Apr, 21:25 (IST)

After Mahatma Gandhi, Narendra Modi to Speak London's Central Hall Westminster. Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister to Speak in  London's Central Hall Westminster.

18 Apr, 20:44 (IST)

During Prime Minister  Narendra Modi & British Prime Minister Theresa May's discussion on economic offenders, the case of Vijay Mallya was also discussed, say sources.

18 Apr, 20:07 (IST)

Supreme Court to decide tomorrow on petitions seeking independent probe into death of Sohrabuddin case judge BH Loya

18 Apr, 19:35 (IST)

The Rajasthan Royals will play their second home match of IPL 2018 when they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders. 

18 Apr, 19:17 (IST)

If an SC bride marries an SC boy, she would get Rs 40,000 as gift and Rs 30,000 if a Backward Class girl marries a Backward Class boy. The state government is planning to spend up to Rs 100 crore for providing financial incentive under this scheme: Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu.

18 Apr, 18:48 (IST)

Ahmedabad: Amit Bhatnagar & Sumit Bhatnagar presented before a Special CBI Court in connection with a fraud of Rs 2654 Crores with 11 banks. They, along with other accused, had been arrested by CBI last night.

18 Apr, 18:20 (IST)

British Prime Minister Theresa May & Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to strengthen cooperation to take decisive actions against globally-proscribed terrorists & terror entities to protect citizens, including Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Haqqani Network, Al Qaeda, ISIS & their affiliates: MEA

18 Apr, 17:55 (IST)

In Bengaluru, BJP President Amit Shah began a two-day election tour of the state by garlanding the statue of Basaveshvara while a little earlier the Chief Minister had offered his respects by garlanding the statue in Mysuru.

18 Apr, 16:35 (IST)

It is recommended that RTI Act be made applicable to BCCI along with all of its constituent member cricketing associations, provided they fulfill the criteria applicable to BCCI: Law Commission of India

18 Apr, 15:27 (IST)

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit 226 km North West of Saumlaki, Indonesia at 9:25 UTC 

18 Apr, 15:24 (IST)

Narendra Modi met Prince Charles in London today. Both the dignitaries have visited exhibition on '5000 Years of Science and Innovation'.

18 Apr, 14:18 (IST)

PM Narendra Modi met  British Prime Minister Theresa May at breakfast today. 

18 Apr, 12:46 (IST)

Speaking about the Kathua rape case, President Ram Nath Kovind said, "Kathua case is shameful, our responsibility is to ensure such incidents don't happen again".

18 Apr, 12:36 (IST)

Delhi High Court today has said that anyone who discloses rape victim's identity can be imprisoned for 6 months. Next date of hearing in the Kathua rape and murder case is on April 25.

18 Apr, 11:39 (IST)

Delhi High Court has ordered media houses who had revealed the identity of Kathua rape Case victim and to whom notices were issued to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the court. The Court will transfer the amount to J&K victim's compensation fund. Read here to know more: 

18 Apr, 10:55 (IST)

Train services have been affected after strong winds have hit the region on Tuesday late evening. The storm has claimed more than 10 lives. 

18 Apr, 10:33 (IST)

21 people have died after a truck fell into Son river, last night, in Madhya Pradesh's Siddhi. 


On Tuesday, the news of cash crunch in ATMs across states in India came up, with the Finance Minister, assuring that there is more than adequate cash and there is no need to panic. He further went on to say that the cash crunch is 'temporary'. RBI also ordered banks with adequate cash to help those who are facing shortage. Kolkata was hit by a massive thunderstorm which struck parts of West Bengal late on Tuesday bringing life to a standstil. Around 10 people have been reported dead amid heavy rains and strong winds measuring upto 98 km/hr.Another horrific rape and murder case of a minor came to the front in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. In connection with the Unnao and Kathua cases, Manmohan Singh wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the issue and address the situation, without remaining silent. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that India will retain its top spot as the world's fastest growing economy, helped by structural reforms and the fading of the effects of demonetisation and the new GST system.

Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:

Former US first lady Barbara Bush has passed away today at the age of 92 years. PM Narendra Modi as part of his tri-nation tour is now in United Kingdom. He is expected to have his breakfast with the British PM. We are hoping the cash situation in the ATMs to improve, so that the hassles of common man gets reduced. Starting today, BJP President Amit Shah will be on a 2-day tour in Karnataka. Owing to the massive thunderstorm, flights and train services will also get disrupted.

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