Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, who made international headlines when he was caught using crack cocaine while in office in Canada's largest city, died today at age 46 after a battle with cancer. The colorful and controversial Ford -- elected in 2010 -- earned worldwide notoriety in 2013 when he refused to resign after acknowledging that he had smoked crack during his tenure.

A regional governor has said that the third bomb found in the airport, which has now been destroyed, malfunctioned."Three bombs were brought into the building, of which one failed to explode," Lodewijk De Witte, the governor of Flemish Brabant province, told a press conference at the airport, adding that it was later destroyed in a controlled explosion.

Ryanair is charging of a group of 28 British passengers in Brussels nearly 6,000 (Rs 5.6 lakh) in total to change their flights to this evening. The Belgian capital has been hit by two major terror attacks, at Zaventem airport and Mallbeek metro station, which have left at least 30 people dead.

There is bound to be lingering doubt at the end of the day whether US President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba measured up as a 'historic visit'. What is Cuba's history without Fidel Castro? Except for a last-minute drama, the possibility of Fidel receiving Obama at this home seems very remote. And that caps the optics of Obama's visit despite the red carpet welcome he received. 

In wake of the the multiple explosions in Brussels which killed 34 and injured 200 others, Belgium has announced a three day national mourning period. 

The terrorist bombings in Belgium on Tuesday are "another reminder we must unite" in the fight against terrorism, US President Obama said. We will do whatever is necessary to support our friends in Belgium," Obama said.

The US Justice Department is declining to prosecute a former high-ranking diplomat who was investigated by the FBI on suspicion of providing secrets to the Pakistani government, according to law enforcement officials.

Supporters of the Islamic State praised on social media the blasts in Brussels that killed about 34 people on Tuesday, reports Reuters. "The state will force you to reevaluate your ways a thousand times before you are emboldened to kill Muslims again, and know that Muslims now have a state to defend them," said one supporter of the group on Twitter.

@theusofmusic tweets the peace dove.

Much like the aftermath of the Paris attacks in November 2015 and the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January last year, social media users unified in full strength to condemn the Brussels attacks.


This morning a spate of attacks rocked the Belgian capital of Brussels, which left at least 38 dead according to Belgian media.


Brussels residents wasted no time in reaching out to those who might have been affected, offering shelter and a shoulder to cry on.


In echoes of the aftermath of the Paris attacks in November, people in Brussels immediately took to Twitter using the hashtags #OpenDoor and #PorteOuverte to signal safe locations where people could go if they were in need.

Those geographically distant, lent their support to Belgium with these sketches and cartoons.


Pic: Artist @zapata_painter tweets this image of the world's best loved Belgian, saying, "Spray for #Bruxelles"

An undetonated suicide belt has been found at Brussels airport, Flemish TV channel VTM reports. Authorities believe it may have belonged to third terrorist who managed to flee the scene. 

Belgian state media says at least 34 dead and over 170 injured in attacks.  

The FBI has begun coordinating with its Belgian counterparts and other US agencies following the attacks in Brussels, according to US officials quoted by Reuters.


Syria has expressed its strong condemnation of the Brussels attacks and sent its condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, a foreign ministry source was quoted as saying by the Sana state news agency.


The source said the attacks were the "inevitable result of wrong policies and a tolerance for terrorism" and called upon the international community to unite and confront it.


Pic: Flowers in front of the Belgium embassy in Moscow.

Good time as any to read this: How Belgium became a breeding ground for terrorists. Take a look.

Just in: US officials say the Brussels airport bomb may have been in a suitcase.

James Franey, the Brussels correspondent for Euronews tweets: A message from #Brussels.

Authorities in Europe have tightened security at airports, on subways, at the borders and on city streets after deadly attacks today on the Brussels airport and its subway system.


The Paris airport authority said security was tightened at all Paris airports soon after the Brussels explosions on Tuesday morning. Airports in London, Prague, Amsterdam, Vienna, and many others, also saw increased security.


The attacks come just days after the main suspect in the November 13 Paris attacks was arrested in Brussels on Friday.


A cartoon drawn after attacks that says, "Can you make some room for me?" The pic was tweeted by @rachelzarrell 

Two suspects arrested a mile from the Maelbeek Metro station. 

Police presence at airports and other sensitive sites in Britain is being stepped up following the explosions in Brussels, Scotland Yard said today.


"As a precaution, forces across the UK have increased policing presence at key locations, including transport hubs, to protect the public and provide reassurance," said Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, in charge of counter-terrorism policing in Britain.


"This is not in relation to any specific information or intelligence." He added that, in London, extra police were being mobilised to conduct "highly visible patrols at key locations."

A touching cartoon following this morning's attack in Brussels from the French newspaper Le Monde. That's France consoling Belgium. On the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris and its northern suburb, Saint-Denis killing 130 people.

In the Brussels attacks, 15 people were killed at the metro station and 21 at the airport.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over a meeting of the Union council of ministers at 6.30 pm today, to brief them about his government's success in infrastructure areas like power, coal, civil aviation, shipping and national highways.   

Breaking news: ISIS takes responsibility for Brussels terror attacks.

EU lowers it flags to half mast in the aftermath of the Brussels terror attacks. 

Bomb threats to five Jet Airways flights from Delhi to various locations, three of which have landed already, reports ANI.

People being evacuated from the Brussels airport earlier today.  Two explosions tore through Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing at least 28 people in what Belgian public broadcaster VRT called a suicide attack, and a further blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards. Reports also suggest that three suicide belts have been found at the airport.

French media reports that the border between Belgium and France is sealed.

Phone lines in Brussels overloaded, officials urge people to text, use social media

India today received the visa application from five members of the Pakistan Joint Investigation Team: MEA.

Two explosions tore through Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing at least 21 people in what Belgian public broadcaster VRT called a suicide attack, and a further blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards.


French media reports that the border between Belgium and France is sealed.


The Belga agency said shots were fired and there were shouts in Arabic shortly before two blasts rang out at the airport. Pictures on social media showed smoke rising from the terminal building through shattered windows and passengers running away down a slipway, some still hauling their bags.


All public transport in Brussels was shut down, as it was in London during 2005 militant attacks on the underground that killed 52.


The Belgian Crisis Centre, clearly wary of a further incident, appealed to the population: "Stay where you are".The blasts at the airport and metro station occurred four days after the arrest in Brussels of a suspected participant in November militant attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.


Belgian police had been on alert for any reprisal action.British Sky News television's Alex Rossi, at the airport, said he heard two "very, very loud explosions".


"I could feel the building move. There was also dust and smoke as well...I went towards where the explosion came from and there were people coming out looking very dazed and shocked."


"The thinking here is that it is some kind of terrorist attack - that hasn't been verified by any of the authorities here at the airport."


The blasts triggered concern across western Europe with Britain calling a meeting of its crisis response committee. The Dutch military strengthening security at airports and borders and London's major airports Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and City said they were working to provide a high police presence.


Video showed devastation inside the departure hall with ceiling tiles and glass scattered across the floor. Some passengers emerged from the terminal with blood spattered over their clothes. A witness said the blasts occurred at a check-in desk.


The metro station hit by the explosion was Maelbeek, close to European Union institutions. There were no details immediately available of casualties in this second incident of the morning.VRT said the blast went off on a carriage of the underground train but that no one was killed.


Earlier, private broadcaster VTM had said there were reports of the metro death toll at 10.Other media reports cited the transport authority saying the explosion was on a train travelling between Schuman and Maelbeek stations, close to the EU instutions.


A local journalist tweeted a photograph of a person lying covered in blood among smoke outside Maelbeek metro station, on the main Rue de la Loi avenue which connects central Brussels with the EU institutions. 

That's the devastated Maalbeek metro station, the site of one of the explosions. AP reports that there were a number of people with facial injuries following the explosion at the Maalbeek metro station.


Alexandre Brans, who was wiping blood from his face, said that he saw at least two people being carried away on stretchers. "The metro was leaving Maelbeek station when there was a really loud explosion. It was panic everywhere. There were a lot of people in the metro," he said. 

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says: "What we feared has happened, we were hit by blind attacks."

Just in: Suspicious package found near Brussels royal palace, says local media.

Just in: PM Modi to visit Brussels on March 30 and then head to Washington DC. There has been no change in the Prime Minister's scheduled visit the Belgian capital to attend the European Union summit.


Pic: People outside the Brussels airport has been shut down for the day following the twin blasts which left over 20 dead.

The BJP is planning to field cricketer S Sreesanth as its candidate for the Kerala assembly elections to be held on May 16. Sreesanth said he would decide on whether to contest in the election tomorrow. 

Just In: News from Brussels is disturbing. The attacks are condemnable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said soon after the Brussels blasts. Condolences to families of the deceased and may those injured recover quickly, he added.

Election authorities have seized over Rs 11 crore cash in poll-bound Tamil Nadu where the Model Code of Conduct had come into effect on March 4. 

Singer Abhijeet's family is in Brussels. The singer tweets: "Brussels jst spoke to my wife n son at #BrusselsAirport..They r bn evacuated to a safe zone God is great.. Thx @jetairways. 

Jet Airways guests in Brussels re-located to a safe location by Brussels Airport authorities. Passengers and staff have been cordoned off and are not allowed to access the airport terminals: Jet Airways

Not one, but two cabin crew members from Jet Airways have been injured in Brussels airport in Brussels: Jet Airways.

Just in: BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, accused of hurting police horse 'Shaktiman', granted bail on personal bond of Rs 25000.

"News from Brussels is disturbing. The attacks are condemnable. Condolences to families of the deceased,"tweets PM Modi.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj tweets: An Indian lady crew member of Jet Airways is injured. She has been rushed to the hospital.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj tweets: I am in touch with Mr Manjeev Puri Indian Ambassador in Brussels. He has informed me that so far there is no report of any Indian casualty. Embassy's helpline in Brussels : +32-26409140
+32-26451850 (PABX) 
+32-476748575 (mobile)

All guests with confirmed tickets to and from Brussels till March 26 will be allowed full refund of tickets: Jet Airways

Crisis Center Belgium: No public transport. Stay where you are, also in schools, companies.

India will host the eighth annual Summit of BRICS from October 15'"16 in Goa in its capacity as chair of the influential bloc comprising five countries with 42 per cent of the world population and combined GDP of over USD 16 trillion.


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made the announcement today during a function where she also unveiled a logo and a website of the Summit.India assumed chairmanship of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) from Russia on February 15 and it will last till December 31.

Jet Airways cancels three flights to Brussels. NDTV reports that two crew members of Jet Airways have been injured in the twin explosions at the airport.  

Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said.


Zach Mouzoun, who arrived on a flight from Geneva about 10 minutes before the first blast, told BFM television that the second, louder explosion brought down ceilings and ruptured pipes, mixing water with blood from victims.


"It was atrocious. The ceilings collapsed," he said. "There was blood everywhere, injured people, bags everywhere." "We were walking in the debris. It was a war scene," he said.


Near the entrance to the Maelbeek subway station, not far from the headquarters of the European Union, rescue workers set up a makeshift treatment center in a local pub. Dazed and shocked morning travelers streamed from the metro entrances as police tried to set up a security cordon.


"The metro was leaving Maelbeek station for metro when there was a really loud explosion," said Alexandre Brans, 32, wiping blood from his face. "It was panic everywhere. There were a lot of people in the metro." First responders ran through the street outside with two people on stretchers, their clothes badly torn.


The explosions happened only days after Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people, was arrested in Brussels.

Smoke in metro tunnel between Schuman and Maelbeek stations as passengers are evacuated due to explosions. The picture was tweeted by Conflict News.

Just in: A spokesperson for the fire services told CNBC four explosions had occurred at the airport as well as explosions at different metro stations, but could not provide further detail yet. VRT said the airport bombing was a suicide attack.

At least 13 dead, 35 injured in Brussels airport blasts, reports PTI. 

Meanwhile, in Mumbai: Shrihari Aney, who resigned as Advocate General of Maharashtra this morning after a row over his remarks on separate Marathwada, said he quit on his own and was not asked to do so by CM Devendra Fadnavis.


"Let me make it clear that neither His Excellency the Governor nor the Honourable Chief Minister asked me for my resignation," Aney said in a statement. There are two reasons for my resignation. The first has to do with conflict of duty. The second concerns institutional stability. As to the first reason, I firmly believe that the Advocate General is the first lawyer of the people of the state. The Advocate General is not a Government Pleader."


Based on this belief, as Advocate General, I considered it my Constitutional duty to place the interest of the people above the interest of the governmental machinery.

Just in: At least 1 suicide bomber behind explosions at Brussels Airport, Belgian public broadcaster reports.

Sky News Middle East correspondent Alex Rossi, who was at the airport en route for Tel Aviv, told the Russia Today channel: "I could feel the buildings move."

Brussels police have told Sputnik that Zaventem's great hall was targeted in the blast, but they couldn't confirm the number of the victims in the attack. "There was an explosion, but we cannot say more," a police spokesperson said.


Pic: Injured passengers leave Brussels airport. The picture was tweeted by
@davidcrunelle

@BBhuttoZardari Thoughts & prayers with the people of #Brussels . We in #Pakistan know what you are going through all too well.

@davidcrunelle To journalists : no, nobody shouted islamic sentences before the two explosions. Please stop asking this. Thanks.

The entire metro system of Brussels has been shut down following the blast at Maalbeek Metro Station. An agent from the Socit des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles told IBTimes UK, that the whole underground system was being shut down, following an explosion at Maalbek."We're closing, it's a crisis situation here," the agent confirmed.

Jet Airways has issued a statement in the wake of the Brussels explosions: "We are aware of the bomb explosions at Brussels airport. Jet Airways is making all efforts to confirm the status of all its staff and guests. As per first information, the Jet Airways aircraft in Brussels are safe."


Jet Airways has a major hub at Brussels.

Commuters outside the Maelbeek metro station near the Zaventem airport in Brussels. A third explosion was reported at this metro station but no reports as yet of casualties. All metro stations will be shut in the wake of this explosion. 

A quick recap of the twin explosions at the Brussels airport.

-- At least one person has been confirmed dead with reports in the Belgian media of as many as 11 killed following twin explosions at Zaventem airport in Brussels.


-- Emergency responders and security forces on the ground after 8 am blast.  Airport evacuated and all air traffic to and from Zantem  suspended.

-- Politicians have announced a disaster plan is in effect.

-- Blasts believed to have been planned to cause maximum casualties during rush hour at the departure hall.

-- Brussels raises threat level to maximum.

-- The MEA says no reports of any Indian injured or dead.

-- News of another explosion at the Maelbeek metro station.

-- Reports also suggest that there was a shot fired in the departure hall, then something was called out in Arabic, and only afterward, two explosions rocked the facility.

Just in: Media reports coming in that one of the explosions took place near the American Airlines check-in desk. A government source confirmed to VRT broadcaster that it was an attack, while Anke Fransen, spokeswoman for Brussels Airport, said there were people with multiple injuries.


"We can confirm that there have been two explosions in the departure hall. We called the emergency services on the ground '" they [are] now provid[ing] first aid to the injured."


Niels Caignau, flight watcher at Swissport, told Radio 1 that he heard an explosion at around 8:00 a.m. local time.


"The windows outside the departure hall are completely shattered. Many people have run out with tears in [their] eyes. We were advised to stay indoors."


Pic: Several people were injured in the explosions, but the Belgian government has not released the figures as yet. This pic of passengers at the airport was tweeted by @davidcrunelle.

Rezaul Hasan Laskar @Rezhasan tweets: Belgium's press agency Belga reports gunshots and shouting in Arabic heard before 2 blasts in Brussels airport. 

The Belgian government has confirmed there are casualties but has given no numbers yet. However, media reports have put the figure at around 17 dead.


The cause of the explosions is unknown. The airport is being evacuated and has been closed to flights.


The blasts come four days after the capture in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the jihadist attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015.


Emergency services are clearing the airport completely. Belgium's Het Laatste Nieuws reports that more bombs have been found.


Images on social media showed smoke rising from one of the buildings, amid reports of panic as people fled the airport.


Rail transport to the facility has been halted and people have been told not to come to the airport.


Other reports say at least one of the explosions was close to the American Airlines check-in area but this has not been confirmed.

Two explosions have been reported at Brussels Airport, leaving several wounded. Witnesses said the blast happened shortly before 8am local time (7am GMT) in the departure hall opposite the Sheraton Hotel. The airport has been closed to all departures and arrivals. Train services to the airport have been suspended.


The BBC reports that images on social media from the scene showed smoke rising from one of the terminal buildings. The cause of the explosions is unknown.


Reports say the blasts were in the departures area and speak of casualties although this has not been confirmed.


The blasts come four days after the capture in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris attacks in November.


Belgian media say the airport is being evacuated. It has been closed to flights. Rail transport to the facility has been halted. Social media reports from the scene speak of panic as people fled the airport buildings.


Pic: Smoke rises from the airport. Pic courtesy: @pascalmeier74

FLASH: Two explosions heard at Brussels Airport,cause unclear, reports Belgian media.

The fresh efforts from PDP, which has 27 MLAs in the 87-member state Assembly, come in the backdrop of repeated assertions made by BJP that it was committed to implementation of Agenda of Alliance arrived at by late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.


The talks with BJP, which has 25 MLAs, had hit a roadblock last week when the party's interlocutor Ram Madhav made it clear that no fresh demands would be entertained from PDP and that they had to decide whether they want to form a government based on the Agenda of Alliance document.


The toughening of stand came as a surprise for Mehbooba who boarded a plane on Friday last and returned to the state. PDP MP Muzzafar Hussain Baig, who has been playing a key role in the backchannel talks, had clarified that PDP had made no fresh demands and that there was a miscommunication from both sides leading to derailing of talks.


PDP and BJP had formed an alliance on March one, last year with Sayeed as the Chief Minister. Both the sides had formed an Agenda of Alliance which sought to address internal and external dimension of the state.


PDP had toughened its stance after Sayeed's demise by seeking concrete plans for the state's development, including handing over of power projects to the state and vacation of land by the army before the coalition could be revived.

Governor's rule was imposed in J-K on January 8 after Mehbooba decided against taking over the reins after her father's death.

Residents of Chembur, Vashi and other areas around the Deonar garbage dump have planned a gathering on Tuesday at Azad Maidan to protest against the municipal corporation's failure to stop fires at the dump.


"We were promised by the chief minister that another incident of fire from the Deonar landfill will not happen. But only a month later, this fire has begun choking us again,' said Priya Fonseca, resident of Chembur.

"We will be wearing black clothes and masks as a sign of protest from 10am onwards for the right to breathe clean air."


Residents living close to the dumping ground pointed out that on the third day, the smoke was carried by strong winds towards Navi Mumbai on Monday morning and there was no improvement by the evening as the blaze was seen spreading from one location to the other.


Chembur resident Vandana Tripathi said, "The air that we are breathing today is poisonous, could lead to cancer, birth deformity, tuberculosis. It is a slow poison, possibly leading to premature death."

In a claim that is being firmly rejected by the Iraqi military, the Islamic State stated that a British suicide bomber has killed more than two dozen Iraqi army troops in an attack on Monday.

Emerging after a 30-minute-long meeting with the Prime Minister, Mehbooba said she had a "very positive meeting and a good meeting" with him.


"We are seeing a stalemate for last two to three months over government formation in the state but today I am satisfied. I am very satisfied," she told reporters in Delhi.


To a question whether the stalemate has ended, she said, "When you meet the Prime Minister of the country, naturally the solution to the problems faced by the people of Jammu and Kashmir is more clear". She will be flying back to Srinagar where she will brief her party legislators on Thursday.


"I had been authorised by the party MLAs to take a decision. I have convened a meeting on Thursday and after that we will announce the future course of action."


On government formation in the state, she said, "As I said I will talk to my MLAs because that is the forum. This is not the place. There is a particular place to make such announcements. I will go back to Srinagar and take the next step."

Ahead of his visit to the Hyderabad University, JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at his residence.


Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on sedition charges last month, is scheduled to meet with Veumla's friends at the Hyderabad University tomorrow.


The meeting will take place at a part of the campus where a makeshift memorial has been set up for the 26-year-old, who committed suicide in January, triggering a nationwide controversy.

Myanmar's president-elect on Tuesday proposed an 18-member Cabinet that will include party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the former dissident who for decades had campaigned for a democratically elected government to replace the country's military junta.


President-elect Htin Kyaw submitted the names to the parliament for a formal review and approval by legislators on Wednesday, after which the Cabinet positions of the ministers will be decided.Notable, and top on the list, is Suu Kyi, who was not able to become president because of a constitutional block, even though she led her party to a landslide win in general elections last November.


It was widely rumoured that Suu Kyi will become the foreign minister, but that's far from certain because if she were to take that post she would have to give up her parliament seat and end party activities."I doubt that Aung San Suu Kyi would take the position of the foreign minister,' said Toe Kyaw Hlaign, a political analyst.


"Also, working as a foreign minister requires a lot of time travelling around the world. She will have to do a lot of international relations and overseas trips, and she won't have the time to exercise control over the government,' he told The Associated Press.


Suu Kyi has said in the past that she will be "above the president' and indirectly govern the country from behind the scenes.


Still, Suu Kyi's entry into the government is a remarkable turn of fortunes not only for the Nobel Peace laureate but also for the country, which had been under an iron-fisted military rule since 1962.


For decades, the junta kept Myanmar in isolation and economic stagnation while refusing to listen to international counsel or homegrown demands for democracy.


Suu Kyi came to prominence in 1988 when popular protests were building up. The junta simply crushed the protests that had turned into anti-government riots, killing thousands of people and placing Suu Kyi under house arrest in 1989.

Just in: Hyderabad University students protest and vandalise the Vice Chancellor Appa Rao's office. The University of Hyderabad VC who was on a two-month leave, resumed office this morning.

The Hyderabad campus is where Dalit student Rohith Vemula hung himself in January.

Students targeted the office of the VC, who was on leave in the aftermath of the protests that followed Vemula's death. Students blamed the "dictatorship of the union government" in allowing Rao to resume his duties.

In the first episode of Shyam Benegal's TV series screened in the eighties -- 'Bharat Ek Khoj', Nehru's character quizzes those chanting 'Bharat Mata ki jai' on what the phrase means. Read

Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney (left) submits his resignation to governor Vidyasagar Rao after receiving flak over his statement on a separate Marathwada state. 

The world has lost a true technology legend after Andy Grove, the former CEO and chairman of Intel, passed away aged 79. Grove had suffered Parkinson's disease, but the cause of death has not been made public at this point. Read more

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti meets PM Modi. 

So the meeting between PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi ends. Mehbooba says the meet was very positive. "It has been a positive meeting with the PM and I will go back to Srinagar and take the next step. A discussion with MLAs has been scheduled for Thursday," the PDP chief said.

Jammu and Kashmir is under governor's rule since the death of chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed three months back. Mehbooba was in Delhi last week during which she held talks with BJP president Amit Shah, bur failed to end the stalemate. The BJP has said they are not willing to accept her conditions on government formation. During her last visit to the Delhi, she had failed to meet the Prime Minister fuelling speculation of a mid-term poll.

Yesterday, former J-K CM Omar Abdullah had met governor NN Vohra asking for mid-term polls.

Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney has submitted his resignation to the governor following row over remarks on separate Marathwada state, official sources have said.

Aung San Suu Kyi was nominated to join the cabinet in Myanmar's incoming government on Tuesday, giving the democracy veteran a formal position in the administration, despite being blocked from the presidency.

JUST IN: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is now meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bid to end impasse over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.

 injured after a truck collided with an auto rickshaw near the Food Corporation of India godown in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning.

JUST IN: Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar will be meeting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at the latter's residence at 11 am today.

Amidst the uncertainty of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital today.

Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi grabbed news headlines after the news broke that his statue will make its debut at Madame Tussauds museum wax museum, now it's time for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

"The poisonous smoke makes the children suffer. We have complained before also, but the government did not take any step. We are very much disturbed with this. The smoke can cause heart diseases and cancer," Mohammad Ali, a local told ANI.

And here is a morning visual from Mumbai's Deonar dumpyard. The area continues to be under thick smog due to the fire which has been raging for the fourth day now.

A massive landslide was captured on camera on March 18 as it buried a highway in Anhua County, located in central China's Hunan Province. 

Sven Mary has earned the nickname "avocat des crapules" ("scumbag's lawyer") from his work defending a series of notorious criminals in Belgium.

More news from Apple. Apple's iOS 9.3 is now available to download. While it's only a minor release, it does have a surprising amount of features for iPads and iPhones.

Apple yesterday announced that its new smaller iPhone SE, with features akin to its top-end devices, but in a 4-inch form factor, will be available in India early April for a price of Rs 39,000 for the 16GB version.

Fire at Deonar dumping ground (Mumbai) continues, situation still not under control on day 4, even as people living in the vicinity complained of discomfort due to the fumes emanating from the site.