A passenger ferry, run by the naval dockyard, collided with a fishing boat inside Mumbai harbour today but all seven crew members of the boat are safe. The incident occurred at 7:30 am.

Under fire over his comments on 1984 anti-Sikh riots JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar appeared to be in a damage control mode today and said he will fight against every massacre.

A sessions court today rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man whose name came to the fore as an accomplice of the alleged henchman-cum-sharp shooter of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu during investigation by police.

A total of 62 cases had been filed in Mumbai till February against people for manhandling or assaulting policemen on duty - the highest for a city in Maharashtra, the Legislative Council was informed today. Alarmingly, out of these, charge sheets in only seven cases have been filed.

Riding on opener Jason Roy's quickfire 78 runs off only 44 balls, England thrashed New Zealand by seven wickets in the first semi-final of 2016 World T20 at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. Jason Roy played a starring role with a 44-ball 78, and was named the player of the match.

In a novel protest for release of water from a dam to his constituency, a Congress MLA today entered the Madhya Pradesh Assembly wearing only 'dhoti', causing flutter in the House which led to its adjournment as BJP and opposition parties squabbled over his act. 

Even the sky is not the limit for the project, PM Modi says on Aryabhatta Research Institute (ARIES) Telescope, which he remotely launched from Brussels. 

Asia's largest "general purpose" optical telescope installed in Devsthal, 60 km from Nainital, will begin operating today after Prime Minster Narendra Modi remotely activated it from Belgium.


A team of scientists, along with Union science and technology minister Harsh Vardhan, will be present in the 10-storey building, which houses the telescope, at the time of inauguration.


A release issued from the Prime Minister's Office, quoting PM Modi said, Belgium has contributed 7% finances to the project along with technical assistance especially in making the telescope's lens.

Slamming Pakistan for making a doctored video of an arrested ex-Indian Navy officer, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said the neighbouring country was cooking up stories to defame India. Rijiju said the release of the video by Pakistan Army of an arrested ex-Indian Navy officer purportedly "confessing" his "involvement" in terror activities in Balochistan at India's behest will have no impact on international platforms.


"It was a completely doctored video, fake video made by Pakistan. They are just cooking up stories and doctoring videos to defame India," he told reporters. The Union Minister of State for Home said the Pakistan's allegations will have no impact on international platforms.

Investor wealth today soared by over Rs 1.62 lakh crore, driven by a rally in the stock market where the BSE benchmark Sensex surged by 438 points, snapping a two-day losing run. Consequently, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies surged Rs 1,62,392.75 crore to Rs 94,51,833 crore. The 30-share index zoomed 438.12 points or 1.76 per cent to end at 25,338.58.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said Pakistan has for the first time acknowledged that the terror attack in Pathankot had its roots in that country.


"Pakistan had been continuously saying that it has no involvement in militant and terror activities in India. But now it has acknowledged the Pathankot attack and filed an FIR. Their (probe) team has come here and our team is going to Pakistan," Singh told election rallies in Assam.


"This is due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's astute and positive political capability. All the countries of the world are acknowledging that India's strength is increasing. Modi has established India's importance in the global scenario," Singh said.


Accusing Congress of continuously misleading the people of the country, he said, "I have been in politics all my life, but I don't indulge in the politics of misleading people of the country. I don't do politics like Congress."

Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi tweets: Chanting "Bharat Mata Ki Jai' should not be "fashion' but it should be "passion' for every Indian. Nationalism is in DNA of every Indian.

Meme 3: Ben Innes poses with the burning twin towers of the World Trade Centre, NYC. 

Meme 2: Ben Innes poses at the precise moment JFK was assassinated. 

The British man who posed smiling for a photo with the hijacker on board the EgyptAir flight MS 181 has a couple of memes he can look back upon with pride.  Each meme has Ben Innes posing before an iconic picture of a historical event. These were created by @Mockeree and is called the Ben Innes Selfie Collection.

Meme 1: Ben Innes poses with ISIS troops.

Just in: Seven CRPF personnel killed in Naxal landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.


Pic: The crater in the road left by the blast.

Just in: At a crucial meeting between the officials of the National Investigation Agency and the five-member investigative team from Pakistan that has come to probe the Pathankot attack site, India sought voice samples of Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf. NIA Chief Sharad Kumar said that the Pakistan probe team will record the statement of witnesses in connection with the Pathankot terror probe tomorrow. The NIA also hands over statements of witnesses; post mortem report of four terrorists to Pakistan probe team in the Pathankot terror strike.

Just in: Uttarakhand floor test stayed -- no floor test on March 31. The hearing has been adjourned to April 6.


The Centre on Wednesday moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging an interim order by a single bench directing a floor test in the Assembly on March 31, days after President's Rule was imposed in the state. A petition was mentioned before a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice KM Joseph and Justice VK Bisht by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on behalf of the central government.


The petition sought clarity on whether the floor test can be held in the state Assembly after the promulgation of President's rule when the House is in suspended animation.

Just in: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to the victims of the Brussels terror attacks in which 32 people, including an Indian, lost their lives. Modi, who arrived in the Belgian capital on a day-long visit to attend the India-EU Summit, laid a wreath at the Maalbeek Metro station in the Belgian capital where a suicide blew himself up killing scores of passengers, including Raghavendran Ganeshan, who was an Infosys employee from Bengaluru.


"At a time of grief, India stands in solidarity. Before official engagements, PM lays wreath at Maalbeek metro station," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.


At the Maalbeek Metro Station, the Prime Minister remembered Ganeshan and other victims of tragic attack, Swarup said. Modi's visit comes just days after the March 22 terror attack here in which at least 32 people were killed.

PMO India @PMOIndia tweets: In remembrance of those men and women who lost their lives due to mindless violence in Brussels.

In other news, public sector lender Dena Bank has raised Rs 65 crore by issuing over 2 crore shares to LIC on preferential basis. Andhra Bank also said it has sold over 4.23 per cent stake to LIC on a preferential allotment, without disclosing the amount. Post the acquisition of additional shares in Dena Bank, LIC's stake in the lender has gone up to 14.5 per cent from 11.63 per cent earlier, Dena Bank said in a regulatory filing today.

Women cannot be banned from entering a temple, a court in Mumbai said while hearing a challenge to the ban on women at the Shani Shingnapur temple.


The Bombay High Court said: "As per Hindu Law women cannot be stopped from entering the temple."Giving the Maharashtra government two days to explain the ban, the court questioned, "if women enter temples, is it affecting the purity?"


Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had earlier said it was not part of Hindu culture to restrict women from entering temples.


Women have not been allowed for centuries into the inner chambers of the famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.


Temple priests claim it is not discrimination but done to protect women as the vibrations from some idols are harmful for women.


Pic: Trupti Desai (in pink), who heads the Bhumata Ranragani Brigade, leads a rally demanding the entry of women into the core area of the Shani Shingnapur temple complex in Ahmednagar. Photograph: PTI


Also read: 'A tradition which prevents women at temples needs to change'

The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sanjeev Balyan (pictured) has now said that he did not tell a farmer to 'do whatever he likes' when the farmer threatened to commit suicide.

A farmer approached the minister with his problems and threatened to commit suicide if his demands are not met. The Minister of State for Agriculture said he is free to do whatever he likes.

"Do whatever you like," Balyan told the farmer in Rajasthan's Tonk where he was attending an event organised by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research.

According to an IBN Khabar report, the farmer named Giriraj Jat complained to the minister that the power supply to his village Arniya Kakda was cut off for over a fortnight, affecting his 200-odd fruit trees.

Frustrated by the apathy of the electricity department in the BJP-ruled state, the farmer is reported to have told Balyan that he will be forced to commit suicide if he does not get urgent help.

Giriraj repeated this several times, prompting the controversial parliamentarian from Muzaffarnagar to get up and say, "Go, do whatever you like. Don't talk about it."

Thousands of farmers commit suicide every year in India due to mounting debt or bad weather destroying crops. In the last two decades, nearly 300,000 Indian farmers have killed themselves by consuming pesticides or hanging themselves.

Maharashtra, with more 65,000 farmer suicides, tops the list. Last year, as many as 3,228 debt-hit farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra, with the maximum in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.

Just in: Yuvraj Singh ruled out of World T20. Manish Pandey brought in as cover for Yuvraj.

India suffered a blow ahead of Thursday's ICC World T20 semi-finals against West Indies when all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was ruled out of the mega-event because of injury.

Yuvraj twisted his ankle while batting in the previous match against Australia in Mohali and has been ruled out of further participation in the tournament.

"The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 has approved Manish Pandey as a replacement player for Yuvraj Singh in India's squad for the tournament," the ICC said in a media release on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old Pandey has played two T20Is, which were against Zimbabwe in Harare in July last year. He has also played four ODIs.

On Tuesday, in Mumbai, Yuvraj underwent MRI scans, which showed no fracture or ligament tear. However, he has still not recovered from his injury and was ruled out of the tournament.

2007 champion India will take on 2012 winner the West Indies in the second semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai at on Thursday.

Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane is likely to be drafted into the playing eleven.

A British man who posed smiling for a photo with a hijacker on board an EgyptAir flight has said he did it to take "a closer look" at the apparent explosives belt, adding: "I figured if his bomb was real I'd nothing to lose anyway."


Ben Innes, 26, was one of three passengers and four crew held to the end of a hostage siege, after Seif Eldin Mustafa hijacked the EgyptAir flight bound for Cairo from Alexandria and forced it to be redirected to Cyprus.


The plane landed at Larnaca airport, where Innes was snapped standing next to Mustafa -- who was still wearing what he claimed to be an explosives belt -- in the cabin of the Airbus 320.The bomb was later found to be fake.Innes is a health and safety auditor from Leeds, living in Aberdeen. He was returning home on a business trip when flight MS181 was seized.


He spoke to the Sun about his motivations."I'm not sure why I did it, I just threw caution to the wind while trying to stay cheerful in the face of adversity. I figured if his bomb was real I'd nothing to lose anyway, so took a chance to get a closer look at it.


Photo credit: Paul Smith

Saudi tourist brings four gold cars worth more than UK Pound 1 million to London. Take a look.

While India applauded India vice-captain Virat Kohli for his Twitter assault on those trolling his former girlfriend Anushka Sharma, his selfie with another pretty young thing has everyone going awwww.

The PYT in question is Ziva Dhoni, the Indian skipper's darling daughter.

Kohli shared a pretty awesome selfie with Ziva who's all of one, on Instagram on Tuesday. Pouting for the camera as Ziva plays with his phone, Kohli writes, "Baby Zeeva (sic) using my phone and knowing how to handle it. Haha too cute and adorable. Kids are just unbelievable to be around. You literally switch off from everything looking at their innocence. Love it."

Ziva was also seen spending time with daddy, Harbhajan Singh and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.

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Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) released on Tuesday a confessional video statement of Indian spy agent Kulbhushan Yadav admitting to foment terrorism in Balochistan and Karachi. This is what he purportedly said. Read

The man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane and forcing it to land in Cyprus was remanded into police custody for eight days during his first court appearance today.

Police told the court in Larnaca that 58-year-old Egyptian Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa faces possible charges of hijacking, kidnapping people with the aim of taking them to an unknown destination, reckless and threatening behaviour and offences that breach the anti-terror law.

The accused did not speak in court. But as he left in a police car, he gave the victory sign to journalists attending the hearing at the courthouse, which is less than a kilometre (half a mile) away from Larnaca airport where the hijacking unfolded on Tuesday. Mostafa, who has a Cypriot ex-wife, will not face any formal charges until a later hearing and only at that point will he be expected to enter a plea.

Cyprus authorities have described Mostafa as "psychologically unstable" and said the case was not "terrorism-related". He is accused of forcing the plane to divert to Larnaca airport on the island's south coast on Tuesday by threatening to detonate an explosives belt that turned out to be fake. Authorities allege that his motives were personal and related to his Cypriot ex-wife with whom he is reported to have had children.

The hijacking triggered a six-hour standoff at the airport and the closure of the main entry point for tourists to the Mediterranean resort island. Most of the 55 passengers on the plane -- originally travelling from Alexandria to Cairo -- were quickly released after it had landed.

But some escaped only minutes before the standoff ended, including one uniformed man who was seen clambering out of a cockpit window and dropping to the ground. 

Activist Bheemappa Gadad's RTI reveals that Karnataka ministers spent 11 crore on travel since the government was formed.

The world is outraged after the classic TV-series Thomas the Tank Engine has 14 new engines introduced to give the show a multicultural edge. The new characters will come from all over the world, including India and Brazil, and will be introduced to fans in a film called 'The Great Race' which is being released later this year, reported the New York Times. Here are the comments that got past the moderator...

sarcastic, manuel antonio, Costa Rica: Another totally English staple going to be changed, What next? Noddy going to marry a Hindu ?


Juanhunglo, worcester, United Kingdom: Where is the migrant train - you know, the one that always goes where it is not wanted


Alibongosboots, Benghazi: So, I take it Ashima is going to have hundreds of people sitting on the roof and crash at some point with massive casualties ? I don't think the Reverend factored that in when he wrote those stories ..


Rossy58, Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Oh no - there's WHITE smoke coming out of the chimneys in the first picture.


not him again, mariehamn, land Islands: Have they got an Azir from Afghanistan who steams through national borders ignoring the stop signals?

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Accusing the Congress government in Assam of having failed to stop infiltration from Bangladesh, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the NDA government at the Centre will completely seal the Indo-Bangladesh border to stop intrusion.


"Intruders have been continuously entering India since the day Bangladesh was created. Bangladeshi intruders are coming to India through the Indo-Bangladesh border. What is the reason, why didn't you (Congress) stop them? Why didn't you completely seal the Indo-Bangladesh border?" he asked at an election rally here. Highlighting the steps taken by his government in this regard, Singh said that a few months ago he had visited the India-Bangladesh border and held "talks with the Bangladesh government".


"We just need some time and we will seal the Indo-Bangladesh border completely so that no Bangladesh intruder can come in," he said. 

Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan has delivered a baby boy at Hinduja Healthcare hospital today.  Salman's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma posted the news today. The baby has been named Ahil.

Vijay Mallya, chairman of the UB Group submits a proposal to the Supreme Court to repay a bad debt of Rs 4,000 crore by September 2016. The SC allows the consortium of banks to respond within a week's time to the proposal and posts the matter for hearing on April 7

State Bank of India has declared the industrialist a 'wilful defaulter' for defaults on nearly Rs 7,000 crore loans to the long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines.

Known for his extravagant lifestyle, Mallya is in debt with 17 public sector banks for an estimated amount of Rs 9,091 crore, who have moved the Debt Recovery Tribunal against him.

Mallya, who fled India on March 2, has said that he does not feel the time is right for him to return to India.

There was reasonably good news on the Yuvraj Singh front for the Indian team, with MRI scans on his left ankle showing no fracture or ligament tear, but India are still waiting on the final word on whether the left-hand batsman will be available for Thursday's ICC World Twenty20 semifinal against West Indies. Read more

Just in: Delhi court acquits Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila in a 2006 case of attempt to suicide.


Irom Sharmila on Tuesday told a Delhi court that she was ready to end her fast if the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) was repealed and expressed her desire to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the issue.


Sharmila (42) is on a fast for around 16 years in Manipur demanding repeal of AFSPA.


Also read our 2011 report: Meeting Irom Sharmila.

"Comrade Xi Jinping, since your election as General Secretary at the Party's 18th National Congress, your determination to fight corruption by "beating tigers' has led to some improvement in the unhealthy tendency of internal Party corruption. Your personal leadership on several Central Leading Groups working towards comprehensive reform, as well as the great amount of work you've made on economic development, has received some public support, and these efforts have not been unnoticed by us. "

That's an excerpt from the controversial open letter to the Chinese president asking for his resignation. Read the full letter here.

Hrithik Roshan has been hit with a legal notice by Abraham Mathai, the former Vice-Chairman of the States Minorities Commission, for his remarks suggesting that it was more likely that he could have an affair with the Pope than any of his female co-stars.

The notice, filed under Section 295A, accuses the actor of trying to outrage the religious feelings and beliefs of the Christian community.


The remark about the Pope was Roshan's initial public reaction to an interview by his Kangana Ranaut, in which the actress said a "silly ex' was giving her trouble and causing her to lose roles. Even though he wasn't named in the interview, Roshan lashed out through his Twitter account, saying, "Ther r more chances of me having had an affair with d Pope dan any of d (Im sure wonderful) women d media hs been naming.'

The Supreme Court today approved the Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims, from being unnecessarily harassed by police or any other authority.


A bench comprising justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra asked the central government to give wide publicity to these guidelines so that people who help others in the time of distress are not victimised by any authority.


Earlier this month, the apex court had said it will pass an order on the recommendations of a committee headed by its former judge on road safety which advocated that people saving lives of road accident victims need not fear harassment by police or other authorities.


The bench also took on record the guidelines placed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways which were based on the recommendations of the three-member committee headed by former judge K S Radhakrishnan.


The committee, also comprising former Secretary of Road Transport Ministry S Sundar and Nishi Mittal, ex-chief scientist, had given 12 major recommendations including setting up of State Road Safety Councils, evolving a protocol for identification of black spots, their removal and monitoring to see the effectiveness of the action taken.


The apex court-appointed committee had also suggested strengthening of enforcement relating to drunken driving, over-speeding, red light jumping and helmet or seat belt laws.


The ministry had said in a statement that in the absence of any statutory backing, it was proving difficult to enforce these guidelines and therefore the government had approached the apex court to consider issuing these guidelines, through an order binding on all states and Union Territories, until the Union government enacts a law to this effect.


The apex court had in 2014 appointed the three-member committee to monitor steps taken by the Centre and state governments to ensure road safety.

Militancy cannot disappear in Pakistan until a holistic view of extremism, justice and citizenship is taken by the state. Even more urgent is the recrafting of national security doctrines. Read more

PM Modi being welcomed by the Indian Community on his arrival at Brussels, Belgium.

Modi arrived in Brussels on Wednesday for a hectic day-long visit during which he will attend the India-European Union Summit and hold bilateral talks with his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel.

Though terror is expected to figure prominently both at the Summit and also in the bilateral talks in the wake of the Brussels suicide attacks last week, Modi will strive to advance Indias partnership with the EU in priority areas such as Make in India and Smart Cities.

Here's what lies ahead for the PM today. Read

The Left-Congress alliance is expected to breathe down the neck of the Trinamul Congress, grabbing a vote share of 44 per cent against the ruling party's 45 per cent in the coming Assembly elections in Bengal, an opinion poll shows.


Conducted by ABP Ananda-The Nielsen Company, the poll was largely carried out before the Narada videos became a talking point and the Opposition combine gained momentum.


The outcome broadly follows the trend of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, if the Left and Congress votes are added (see chart). But the one big takeaway is that Left-Congress attempts to consolidate the anti-Mamata Banerjee secular vote appear to be paying off. Read more

It was a little before 7am on 18 April 2014 when Jennifer Peedom was woken up by the sounds of an avalanche.


The Australian film-maker was in her tent on Base Camp at Mount Everest, on location with a camera crew to make a documentary exploring the lives and working conditions of Sherpa people. They are the Nepalese climbers who for decades have escorted tourists up and down the mountain: incredibly risky work for a very small share of the reward. Read more

What makes Sunday's tragedy in Lahore particularly significant is its location. Lahore is the capital of Punjab province and the political stronghold of Pakistan's ruling PML-N party.

In recent years, Punjab has suffered fewer mass casualty terror attacks than Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces.

However, a number of assaults in recent years have made clear that Punjab is not immune, from a triple bombing on a Sufi shrine that killed more than 40 people in Lahore in 2010, to the assassination of Shuja Khanzada, a top PML-N politician, near the district of Attock in 2015.

The park blast simply amplifies what has long been known: terrorists very much have Punjab, and Lahore in particular, in their crosshairs.

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Three Muslim youth- Dilkash, Mohammad Ajmal and Naeem-- were allegedly beaten up by unidentified men at a park in outer Delhi's Begampur area, as they refused to chant pro-religious and national slogans such as 'Jai Mata Ki' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.


"We had gone to a nearby park. Some men came and slapped one of my friends. They asked us to say 'Jai Mata Ki' and 'Bharat Mata Ki' and threatened to kill us. I don't know them, but I can recognise them. We called up Hafiz and then the police came and we were being taken to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital," said Dilkash, one of the victims.


Another victim Mohammad Ajmal said they were not given a chance to say anything, adding that their skull caps were thrown and crushed with feet.


"They asked us to say 'Jai Mata Ki'. Suddenly one of them came and thrashed me with a bamboo stick. They all started beating us. We then called up our teacher. He came and called up the police," he added.


The victims called up their teacher Hafiz, who then called up the police. They were rushed to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital for immediate treatment.

India's Tata Steel, Britain's largest steelmaker, is considering the sale of its entire UK business to stem heavy losses, a move that would draw a line under its almost decade-long foray into Britain.


After a marathon board meeting in Mumbai, the Indian steel giant said in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday that the financial performance of its UK arm had deteriorated substantially in recent months, after years of weak conditions.


Blaming high manufacturing costs, domestic market weakness and increased imports into Europe from countries like China, the company said it saw little change ahead for its UK plants.

A nuclear-armed Pakistan is a 'very very vital problem', Republican presidential front- runner Donald Trump has said and asserted that the country needs to 'get a hold of' its situation.

"Pakistan is a very, very vital problem and really vital country for us because they have a thing called nuclear weapons. They have to get a hold of their situation," Trump told CNN during a town hall in Wisconsin, where the Republican presidential primary is scheduled for April 5.

"When I see that and when I see it put in a park because it was mostly Christians, although many others were killed other than Christians, I think it's just absolutely a horrible story," he said referring to the terrorist attack in Lahore on Easter Sunday that claimed 74 lives and injured over 300 others.

"I'm talking about radical Islamic terrorism. I will solve it far better than anybody else running," Trump said in response to a question.

JUST IN: Industrialist Abhey Oswal passes away in Moscow after suffering a heart attack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accorded guard of honour as he arrives in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: @MEAIndia/Twitter

Htin Kyaw, the man chosen by Aung San Suu Kyi to serve as her proxy, was sworn in as Myanmar's president today in a historic power shift away from outright army rule.

The 69-year-old close aide and confidante of Suu Kyi pledged to be 'faithful to the people of the republic of the union of Myanmar' at a ceremony at the country's parliament in the capital Naypyidaw.

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing charges of money laundering, has come out in defence of his son saying that Siddharth must not be targeted or be dragged into any controversy as he had absolutely no connection with his father's 'business'.

'My son Sid does not deserve all this hatred and abuse. He has had nothing to do with my business. Shower abuse on me if you must but not him. Slam me if you must but not a young man,' Mallya said in a series of tweets.

Siddharth has faced a massive backlash on Twitter after Mallya left the country, which led to trolls attacking him with questions about his father's location and whereabouts.

'What joy do ppl get from abusing on social media? Do they feel powerful, do they feel big, do they feel strong??(sic)' Siddharth had tweeted earlier.

Many came out in support of Sid including former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen and ace Bollywood director and choreography Farah Khan.

Mallya also retweeted a tweet by his son, who had said, 'People don't understand that I have nothing to do with it!'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Brussels for the first leg of his three nation tour of Belgium, United States and Saudi Arabia.

The PM will attend the 13th India-European Union summit in Brussels today.

He would also be holding bilateral talks with his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel and later in the day he will hold meetings with the Members of European Parliament, Indologists, Belgian CEOs as well as a wide cross section of the Indian diaspora in Belgium and he would also interact with the Board Members of the Association of Diamond Traders in Belgium.

This is Modi's first visit to Belgium.

India's ambassador to Belgium Manjeev Singh Puri asserted that PM's tour will improve trade and investment ties between the two nations.

Puri said India and Belgium share major economic relations and this visit of Modi will heavily boost the incumbent ties.

Russia will boycott the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC, to be being hosted by United States President Barack Obama on March 31 and April 1.

Issues pertaining to North Korea nuclear threat and preventing terrorist group Islamic State from acquiring nuclear weapons will be the main points of discussion during the Nuclear Summit.

JUST IN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the 13th India-EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, today.

Brussels airport said it would not reopen today despite drills to test resuming partial services after the suicide bombings that struck its departure hall and a metro train, as Belgium lowered the death toll to 32.

Zaventem airport has been closed since twin bombings wrecked the departure hall on March 22, in coordinated suicide attacks that were claimed by the Islamic State group.

The government said lowered the earlier toll of 35 to 32, following confusion between two lists of people who had died at the scene and in hospital.   'After thorough verification: number of victims goes down to 32. Still 94 people in hospital,' Health Minister Maggie de Block tweeted.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today supported his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal's remarks that he could not reach out to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa or the state ministers during the last 22 months of his tenure. 

A New Delhi-bound Air India flight with 158 passengers on board from Hong Kong today made a precautionary landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here after the pilot reported a snag in one of the engines of the plane, AI officials said.

"An invigorating mix of bilateral & multilateral diplomacy in the offing as PM @narendramodi departs on 3 nation tour," MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for a three nation visit, starting with Belgium; will visit USA and Saudi Arabia thereafter.

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