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Catch all the latest news and updates.(At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)One individual was shot dead by militants in Gulzarpora, Awantipora late on Thursday, 14 March. He has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Lone, a resident of Dogripora, ANI reported.Initial investigations revealed that he was forcibly taken away by terrorists and shot dead. Police have registered a case.A shooting situation was reported at a mosque in New Zealand’s South Island city. Armed police was seen in the city as local media reported multiple casualties.(Source: AFP)Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence.The rocket attack on Thursday night caught the Israeli military off guard and marked the first time that Tel Aviv, some 80 kilometers north of Gaza, has been targeted since a 2014 war. Though the attack caused no damage or injuries, it was a significant escalation and set the stage for a tough Israeli reprisal.(Source: AP)The National Investigation Agency has issued fresh summons for Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Naseem Geelani for 18 and 19 March.(Source: ANI)YSR Congress party leader, YS Vivekananda Reddy, passed away due to heart attack, in Kadapa. He was the brother of former Chief Minister late YS Rajasekhara Reddy.(Source: ANI)Supreme Court in its order has lifted he life ban on S Sreesanth in the spot fixing case and has asked the BCCI to reconsider 's plea within three months.(Source: ANI)Supreme Court issued notice to the Election Commission on plea of 21 Opposition parties seeking direction that 50 percent EVM results are matched and crosschecked with VVPATs before the declaration of results in the upcoming General Elections.The apex court has listed the matter for 25 March.(Source: ANI)BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting to be held tomorrow.(Source: ANI)Supreme Court issues notice to CBI on bail plea filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking bail in 3 fodder scam cases.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought response from CBI within two weeks. Yadav sought bail on medical grounds.(Source: ANI)SC issues notice to EC on DMK’s plea seeking directions to hold by-elections for three vacant assembly seats in Tamil Nadu.ED moves Delhi court to quiz separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Shah, others in Tihar in terror-funding case.Mayawati has confirmed that the BSP will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with Jana Sena. The parties have almost finalised the seat sharing.(Source: ANI)A day after Congress leader Tom Vadakkan joined the BJP, Former Congress MP Arvind Sharma has joined the saffron party.Delhi's Patiala House Court on Friday allowed Enforcement Directorate to interrogate lobbyist Deepak Talwar in judicial custody as per jail rules in AgustsWestland case.The ED can question him from Monday to Friday between 9 am to 6 pm.(Source: ANI)Sanjeev Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer Karnataka on Friday said “total cash seizure till date (since the imposition of Model Code of Conduct ) is Rs 54 lakh, liquor worth Rs 8.53 crore also seized, 650 gm of gold and 40 kg of silver have also been seized and 1,818 excise cases have been registered.”(Source: ANI)The Nationalist Congress Party releases list of five candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Parth Ajit Pawar to contest from parliamentary constituency of Maval in Pune district.(Source: ANI)Apna Dal party entered into alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, to contest on two seats in Uttar Pradesh.(Source: ANI)Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi released first list of 37 candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Friday.(Source: ANI)Delhi's Patiala House Court issues summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leader Atishi Marlena, AAP MP Sushil Gupta and MLA Manoj Kumar in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Rajiv babbar, asking them to appear before the Court on 30 April.Fire breaks out at a plastic waste godown at Sundarapuram in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.(Source: ANI)Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla was hit by a heavy hailstorm on Friday.(Source: ANI)Congress General Secretary UP-East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to take a thee-day, 140 km long 'ganga-yatra' on a steamer boat, starting with Chhatnag in Prayagraj on 18 March. She will also meet people of the villages and towns falling en route her final.(Source: ANI)Election Commission of India holds meeting of Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence, ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019.DG BCAS, DG BSF, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) and DG CRPF is also present at the meeting.(Source: ANI)External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday said the leaders who term China's blocking of banning JeM chief Masood Azhar at the UN a "diplomatic failure" must see that India was alone when the move was first made in 2009 under the UPA rule, while it has worldwide support in 2019.Her remarks came a day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minster Narendra Modi over China's blocking of the UN resolution to designate Azhar a global terrorist, alleging that the PM was "weak" and "scared" of Chinese President Xi Jinping.(Source: PTI)Enforcement Directorate has seized foreign currency worth Rs 93 lakh and Indian currency worth Rs 90 lakh under FEMA from Forex Hawala Operator Harish Bhatija of Jaipur.(Source: ANI)Police has arrested a man in possession of eight 7.65mm pistol, one 9mm pistol and 21 round ammunition of 7.65 mm, five round ammunition of .303mm and eight 12 bore live ammunition in West Bengal’s Murshidabad.(Source: ANI)YSR Congress Party demands CBI probe into the death of YSR leader, YS Vivekananda Reddy who passed away earlier today(Source: ANI)A car caught fire at Mumbai’s Deonar Road today.(Source: ANI)Forest officials tranquilized and rescued a leopard in Alwar that had entered a residential area in Scheme number 1 earlier today.(Source: ANI)India’s overall imports in April-February 2018-19* are estimated to be USD 577.31 billion, a growth of 9.42 per cent over the same period last year.(Source: ANI)India's trade deficit narrows sharply to a 17-month low in February.(Source: BloombergQuint)The Left Front in West Bengal announced a list of 25 candidates for Lok Sabha elections.(Source: ANI)TMC Youth Gen Secy filed a police complaint at Titagarh Police Station over news article titled 'Maa Mati Manush Ekhon Money Money Money' published by 'Ekdin'.The complaint also stated that the comment made by former TMC MLA Arjun Singh was politically defaming and aimed at maligning AITC.(Source: ANI)Boeing to roll out software upgrade for 737 MAX stall prevention in 10 days, AFP reported quoting source.National Aviators Guild (NAG), which represents Jet Airways' pilots has written to Union labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar for intervention over the issue of pending salaries and dues from the airline.(Source: ANI)Directorate of Revenue Intelligence zonal unit busted a hawala & gold smuggling syndicate in Delhi on 13 March. Foreign currency equivalent to Rs 3.22 cr, foreign marked gold worth Rs 2.1 cr, gold jewellery worth Rs 1.75 cr along with Rs 42.5 lakhs of unaccounted cash was recovered in this operation.Three persons were apprehended in this operation.Congress releases third list of 18 candidates (5 Assam, 8 Telangana, 2 Meghalaya and 1 each for Nagaland, Sikkim & UP) for the upcoming LS polls. Sushmita Dev to contest from Silchar, G Gogoi to contest from Kaliabor, Mukul Sangma to contest from Tura & Tanuj Punia from Barabanki.(Source: ANI)The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) on Friday called off its nascent alliance with the BJP and decided to contest all assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim.(PTI)A minor Dalit girl was abducted and killed allegedly by a person with whom her family had a land dispute here in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said Friday.The incident took place in village Berkhedi under Banda tehsil of the district.(PTI)Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday hit out at the Congress for "not showing courage" after the terror attack in Mumbai in 2011, and lauded the NDA government for retaliating after the Pulwama blast which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF men.(PTI)Seven people, including three women and two minor girls, were killed and two others injured when their SUV collided with a truck in Chhattisgarhs Kondagaon district Friday night, police said.(PTI)The recent India-Pakistan conflict arose due to terrorists that departed from Pakistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday, asking Islamabad to stop "harbouring" terrorists.(PTI)The Islamic State group Friday launched three coordinated suicide attacks targeting crowds leaving their embattled last redoubt in eastern Syria, killing six people, a spokesman for the force battling the jihadists said.(AFP)Tropical cyclone Idai battered Mozambican coastal city Beira Friday, leaving half a million people virtually cut off after power lines crashed, airport shut and roads were swamped by flooding that killed 66 people nationwide.(AFP)In the wake of cyclone Idai hitting the Mozambican coast, the Indian Navy on Friday diverted ships to the African country for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) work.(PTI)US President Donald Trump signs veto of congressional rebuke on border emergency.(AFP)Police are responding to reports of a man with a gun at a mall in Los Angeles. LAPD officers clearing the area, but at this time police have no evidence of a shooting or victims. (ANI)Police say a local TV journalist was shot and killed in eastern Afghanistan, less than a week after a journalist in the southern Helmand province was wounded by a sticky bomb attached to his car. (Source: PTI)India to host FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020. (AFP)

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