Mumbai Hotels Receive Bomb Threat Over E-Mail| Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, February 19, 2020

Joint CP Crime, Mumbai Police: Four five-star hotels in Mumbai have received a bomb threat over e-mail. The sender of the email claims to be from Lashkar-e-Taiba; police investigating the e-mail.

Students received Hindi Literature question paper instead of General Hindi in UP Board exam in Rampur. Ananjay Kumar, DM says, "I have received complaint from students. District Inspector of School and Magistrate have been asked to prepare report. We'll take action after that".

Delhi: The first meeting of the Ram Mandir Trust concludes; Nitya Gopal Das named President, Champat Rai named General Secretary and Govind Dev Giri named Treasurer of the Trust.

UP Bhadohi: Case registered against BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi, his son and nephew on charges of raping a woman. Investigation underway. More details awaited.

Delhi HC reserves order on a plea filed by Sanjeev Chawla, challenging a local court's order to send him to custodial remand in a match-fixing case. He was allegedly part of match-fixing racket busted in 2000 & extradited to India last week. The order will be delivered on Feb 20.

Defence deal of 24 helicopters for navy likely to be signed: MEA Sources.

Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) fighters kill 16 Pakistani Army personnel and capture post at Makran.

Government sources on the issue of US offer of mediation: US President Donald Trump has made it clear on a number of occasions that if countries want then they can mediate. We've said no to any mediation. It's an offer that is conditional, don’t think it will come up during the visit.

Coimbatore: Several organisations hold' Road Roko' protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on India-US relations: It is a strategic partnership and a forward-looking relationship.

We have passed a resolution in the assembly for the release of prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Supreme Court has said that the Governor should take a decision in this regard: Tamil Nadu Law Minister CV Shanmugam.

INX media case: A Delhi Court grants regular bail to all six bureaucrats on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each. These bureaucrats were chargesheeted by the CBI and were currently out on interim bail. Court directs them not to leave country without Court's permission.

Shaheen Bagh Protest: Will not talk in front of the media, Says SC Mediator

The question is where and how protest can carry on without the public being disturbed: Sanjay Hegde.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter's residence.

Fire breaks out at a plywood factory in Lucknow's Aishbagh area, reports news agency ANI.

Bihar: A portion of a school building blown up by Naxals in Gaya's Bankey Bazar area. No injuries reported.

Mumbai Police Crime Branch has given clean chit to Shifa Sheikh, daughter of gangster Ejaz Lakdawala in an extortion case. Police filed plea under section 169 of CrPC in Esplanade court. Other case related to her passport obtained through fraudulent manner will go on as earlier.

On Wednesday, fire was reported in Marathon Futurex building in Lower Parel area of Mumbai. Reports inform that the blaze is under control and people have been evacuated. 

On Wednesday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee attacked the Centre on the death of former TMC MP Tapas Pal. "Central govt's pressure has claimed so many lives. Three people died due to this pressure by the agencies. Sultan Ahmed (former TMC MP), TMC MP Prasun Banerjee’s wife passed away and now Tapas Pal", she said.