Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, March 28, 2019: Congress releases list of 31 candidates including Rajasthan Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh; Vaibhav Gehlot to Contest from Jodhpur
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Congress releases a list of 31 candidates for 19 Rajasthan, 6 each for Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, to contest from the Jodhpur parliamentary constituency.
President Ram Nath Kovind met with the President of Latvia, Raimonds Vçjonis in Zagreb earlier today. They discussed issues of mutual interest and cooperation between the two countries.
Government Railway Police (GRP) on Thursday recovered three gold pieces, weighing a total of 1200 grams, hidden as wheels of a trolley bag, from the Guwahati Railway station.
Suspected Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) terrorist Amrik Singh alias Manga arrested in Jalandhar. He had taken up Ugandan citizenship and had entered India through Nepal.
Dhaurahra: Congress workers stage demonstration demanding Jitin Prasada be given ticket from the constituency. Prasada says 'I am a disciplined soldier of the party and will do what I am told'.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Vijayawada: I have come here to make an appeal to the people of Andhra Pradesh that they should vote for Chandrababu Naidu ji.
Shatrughan Sinha on being asked 'when will he join Congress party?': Joining will happen soon, we will give you a positive news during Navratri. I will join Congress now. Shatrughan Sinha on being asked 'if he will contest from Patna Sahib?': Situation kuch bhi ho location wahi hoga.
Delhi: Enforcement Directorate opposes the anticipatory bail plea of Robert Vadra in Patiala House Court. ED Advocate DP Singh says 'we need custodial interrogation,we have sufficient material'.
Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended an Indian teen Suraj (18) near Mehmadi check post of Indo-Pak border in Firozpur. His phone had some suspicious numbers, which are now under investigation.
The Income Tax department is carrying out raids at multiple locations in Karnataka. I-T raids are underway at the residence of JD(S) leader and Karnataka Minor Irrigation Minister CS Puttaraju in Mandya.
The United States slammed China for blocking a request to put Masood Azhar on the UN sanctions list. "The world cannot afford China’s shameful hypocrisy toward Muslims. On one hand, China abuses more than a million Muslims at home, but on the other, it protects violent Islamic terrorist groups from sanctions at the UN," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
New Delhi, March 28: Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district in the early hours of Thursday. The gunfight broke out in Kellar area after a joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Army and the Jammu and Kashmir police was attacked by terrorists during a search operation in the area. This is the second encounter in the district in less than a week.
A day after India's anti-satellite missile A-SAT successfully targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit, the United States said the two countries will "continue to pursue shared interests in space and scientific and technical cooperation including collaboration on security in space". "The issue of space debris is an important concern for the United States government. We took note of Indian government statements that the test was designed to address space debris issues," the US State Department said. Watch Video of Mission Shakti! India's A-SAT Which Shot Down Low Earth Orbit Satellite.
An Indian national was shot dead by unidentified people in Western Nepal on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Feroz Khan from Beliya. He had been working as a mechanic at the Auto Village for a decade. Superintendent of Police at the Area Police Office Butwal told news agency ANI: "He was shot in head and chest at around 8:30 pm on Wednesday. We have started a probe in the incident."
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