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Follow more news updates from India and other countries here on Tuesday, March 24:

10.30 pm: Black box found at Germanwings Airbus crash site, says French interior minister.

10.15 pm: Wreckage of Airbus A320 in small pieces with human remains strewn hundreds of meters away - official

9.40 pm: I am fully committed to my party and my government and specially to the Prime Minister: VK Singh (VK Singh denies reports of resignation)

8.24 pm: Minister of state for external affairs Gen VK Singh has offered his resignation.

8.00 pm: German Wings officials make a statement, say 'Our prayers and thoughts are exclusively with the victims.'

7.40 pm: Kashmiris are important stakeholders as they are the ones required to exercise their right to self-determination: Pak MoFA

7.13 pm: Centre sanctions Rs. 2,000 crore to drought-hit areas in Maharashtra - PTI.

7.00 pm: Hurriyat has always been present at meetings with Pak HC, says MoS MEA Gen VK Singh.

6.45 pm: The 4 attackers in the Navi Mumbai church attack case have been arrested by police, says Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis (Four held for Navi Mumbai church attack)

6.30 pm: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari says that he received a letter in his Delhi residence threatening to kill him.

6.00 pm: Court rejects bail of six accused in Petroleum Ministry documents leak case, 4 corporate employees and 2 others.

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5.30 pm: Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj pays tribute to the first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew

5.00 pm: Everyone has the right to put their thoughts fwd in the nation, says BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Section 66A.

4: 25 pm: No survivors are expected in French Alps plane crash, says French President Francois Hollande.

4: 15 pm: 142 passengers, and 6 crew workers were on the Airbus A320 that crashed in Southern France.

4: 10 pm: Airbus A320 crashes in the southern French Alps.

[Germanwings Airbus A320 crashes in France; all 148 onboard feared dead]

4:00 pm: New Zealand created history, reached ICC World Cup final for the first time in its history.

3:44 pm: Best Hindi Film award under 62nd National Film Awards (2014) goes to "Queen", directed by Vikas Bahl. 3:33 pm: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut won National Award for actress for her movie Queen.

3:27 pm: 62nd National Film Awards, 2014: Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh (Song: Bismil from Haider).

3:15 pm: 62nd National Film Awards, 2014: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom, directed by Omung Kumar.

2:50 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral of Singapore's First Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 29th March 2015, said MEA's tweet.

2:33 pm: Pakistan releases 57 Indian fishermen boats, earlier today at Porbandar, Gujarat.

2:14 pm: Was fighting a lonely battle till now. What happened to me was unfortunate; feel the real aam-aadmi is now having a voice: Ravi Srinivasan on Section 66 A.

2:02 pm: Protest agnst no pension to widows & physically challenged by Youth Cong turns violent, teargas shells released.

1:51 pm: Contractual teachers protest against State Govt, police baton-charge protesters in Srinagar.

1:44 pm: Indian-American novelist Akhil Sharma beat authors from around the world to win prestigious British literary prize.

1:39 pm: Four arrested in Panvel church attack case; Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis is likely to make a statement in the Assembly.

1:26 pm: Congress leaders/workers protesting Land Acquisition Bill in Chandigarh, police use water cannons against them.

1:14 pm: Cyber crime is on its peak, but we respect law & SC's judgement: Fasahat Ali, the Media Advisor to Azam Khan, on complainant in FB comment case.

12:54 pm: There wasn't a question of use but misuse by people in power, this is a great judgement. Hope Mamata ji gets the message, said CPIM leader Brinda Karat on scrapping Sec 66 A of IT Act.

12:22 pm: Kashmiri Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq holds meeting with Pakistan Envoy Abdul Basit. Other Kashmiri Separatist leaders Abdul Ghani Bhat and Agha Sayed Hasan were also present in the meeting.

12:08 pm: I am very happy and grateful to SC, said Youth who was arrested for making anti Azam Khan comment on social media.

11:40 pm: Supreme Court made appropriate decision, Section 66A was antithesis of freedom of speech & expression, said Congress leader Manish Tewari.

11:33 am: The Supreme Court on India seeks response from two defence lawyers form making derogatory remarks against women in BBC's documentary on Delhi Gangrape (Nirbhaya) case.

11:15 am: Under section 66A of the IT Act you cannot be jailed anymore because it stands invalid, said petitioner Shreya Singhal.

11:04 am: Section 66A is outside Article 19(2) and has to be struck down in it's entirety. Severability can't be allowed to provision, said Supreme Court.

10:55 am: Supreme Court strikes down Section 66A of IT Act. 10:39 am: Can't go by the govt's assurances that Section 66A of the IT Act will not be misused, said Supreme Court.

10:35 am: If someone feels LGBT community requires psychological treatment, he needs psychiatric counselling, said Congress leader Manish Tewari while reacting on Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena leader Deepak Sawant's comment.

10:11 am: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly adjourned after unrelenting Opposition YSR Congress stalls proceedings over proposed hike in power tariff. 1:03 am: 'Clean Yamuna' activists protest outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence demanding clean yamuna.

9:52 am: BJP-RSS meet was a routine meeting,such meetings happen periodically,no political nature, said GVL Narasimha Rao, BJP.

9:25 am: Dense fog conditions in Ludhiana in Punjab.

9:13 am: Subramanian Swamy defended VK Singh, asked, "Why do media & Congress want Gen Singh to quit? Just because he's not a rubber stamp Ji Huzoor like Congress?"

9:04 am: India-Sri Lanka fishermen Associations to meet today in Chennai.

8:55 am: Prime Minister of India -- Narendra Modi will meet delegation of special Chinese representatives later today.

8:41 am: VK Singh landed in a new controversy as he attended Pakistan event.

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