Pakistan | Members of Hindu Community Staged Protest at Karachi Against Alleged Murder of Hindu Girl, Namrita Chandani : Live Breaking News & Headlines, September 18, 2019

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18 Sep, 23:31 (IST)

Pakistan: Members of Hindu community staged protest at Teen Talwar, Karachi against the alleged murder of a Sindhi Hindu girl, Namrita Chandani. Namrita was found with a rope tied to her neck in Larkana, Sindh.

18 Sep, 22:40 (IST)

Delhi: More than 30 transport associations and unions including United Front of Transport Associations have called for a one-day strike tomorrow against different provisions of the amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act.

18 Sep, 21:50 (IST)

Haryana High Court Chief Justice Krishna Murari, Himachal High Court Chief Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Kerala High Court Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy, have been appointed judges in Supreme Court.

18 Sep, 21:33 (IST)

"We regret the decision of the Government of Pakistan to deny overflight clearance for the VVIP special flight for a second time in two weeks, which is otherwise granted routinely by any normal country," says Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar.

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18 Sep, 20:40 (IST)

Maharashtra: FIR has been registered at Deccan Police Station in Pune against Pollution Under Control (PUC) Center for making an illegal PUC on Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's car in Pune.

An accused had made PUC on Nitin Gadkari's car without checking his car and without checking it on gas analyser machine. The certificate of PUC was issued without following the process.

18 Sep, 19:59 (IST)

British Airways pilots on Wednesday called off a strike that had been due on September 27, the British Airline Pilots Association union said after two walkouts last week.

"Someone has to take the initiative to sort out this dispute and with no sign of that from BA the pilots have decided to take the responsible course," BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton said in a statement.

18 Sep, 19:55 (IST)

Pakistan on Wednesday rejected India's request of allowing its airspace for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flight. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, " We have conveyed to the Indian High Commission that we will not allow use of our air space for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flight."

18 Sep, 18:54 (IST)

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai: Some political parties have said that elections should be scheduled after Diwali.

18 Sep, 18:37 (IST)

Maharashtra: Two men, Hemant Patil and Arun Netore, jumped off the second floor of Mantralaya Building onto the safety net in Mumbai, today. They were demanding grants for divyang schools. They were taken away by the police.

18 Sep, 18:22 (IST)

Wrestle Nursultan After sealing India's Tokyo Olympics berth, Vinesh Phogat bags her maiden Wrestling World Championships medal.

18 Sep, 18:04 (IST)

BJP Working President JP Nadda to visit West Bengal on September 27 and address a gathering on abrogation of Article 370. Union minister Amit Shah will also visit the state on 1st October to inaugurate Durga puja pandals. He will address gathering on NRC.

18 Sep, 17:45 (IST)

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan says, " there's no chance of talks with India on Kashmir until curfew is lifted": Pakistan media.

18 Sep, 17:42 (IST)

Delhi: 3 people injured after a bus crashes into 7 cars near Akshardham Temple; injured admitted to hospital.

18 Sep, 16:39 (IST)

DRDO Sources: Third firing of Astra Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile was successfully carried out by Air Force and Defence Research and Development Organisation today. The missile hit the live aerial target near Odisha at maximum range of approximately 90 km.

18 Sep, 16:02 (IST)

A criminal defamation complaint has been filed against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for his statement “BJP, Bajrang Dal are taking money from Pakistan's ISI.” Court has kept the matter for consideration on October 9.

18 Sep, 15:45 (IST)

Winter session of Karnataka assembly to be held in Bengaluru from October 14 to 26th, after Belagavi has been affected by floods this year.

18 Sep, 15:21 (IST)

Bengaluru: Fire breaks out at UCO Bank at MG Road; more details awaited.

18 Sep, 15:20 (IST)

Bengaluru: Fire breaks out at UCO Bank at MG Road; more details awaited.

18 Sep, 15:13 (IST)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: The Union Cabinet has given approval to ban e-cigarettes. It means the production, manufacturing, import/export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertising related to e-cigarettes are banned.

18 Sep, 15:03 (IST)

Gujarat Govt decides to implement the new Motor Vehicles Act from October 15.

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The Haryana police on Tuesday sounded a high-security alert in the state in the wake of reports, which states that Jaish-e-Mohammad might target railway stations in different parts in the country. As a result of which, the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) are conducting joint operations to search for any suspicious elements in the railway stations of the state.

On Tuesday, Rajnath Singh said that India will have USD 26 billion defence industry by 2025.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet the prime minister on Wednesday in New Delhi, during which she would highlight various issues like funds that are due to the state.

The BSE benchmark indices suffered sharp losses on Tuesday trade as fear of rising crude oil and weakness in the rupee against the US dollar affected the investor sentiment. It will be interesting to see how the markets open today.

Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates throughout the day.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Sep 18, 2019 07:18 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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