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Bengaluru, March 20: IAS officer DK Ravi's family members' protest demanding CBI inquiry into his death.

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11.30 pm: Petrol pumps across the country will observe a "blackout" for 15 minutes on Saturday.

11.00 pm: A gang ambushed a federal police convoy in western Mexico, sparking a shootout that killed five officers, three suspects and two bystanders.

10.00 pm: The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) nations of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia "should create a joint plan to deal with the current (economic) crisis", Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev says.

9.30 pm: This is baseless, humiliating and dirty politics: MP Renuka Chowdhury on case booked against her.

9.00 pm: Police case booked against MP Renuka Chowdhury on allegation of taking 1.75 crore promising Assembly ticket to a woman.

8.00 pm: Union Cabinet clears 33% quota for women in police forces of UTs, including Delhi, from constables to SIs.

7.45 pm: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal & Haryana CM ML Khattar meet Union Minister Uma Bharti.

7.30 pm: AAP protest demanding CBI probe into late IAS officer DK Ravi's death case.

Bangalore: Protest by non-political organizations demanding CBI probe into late IAS officer DK Ravi's death case pic.twitter.com/oiJ2RrD6Gi

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 20, 2015

7.15 pm: Unless Pak acts against Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, JeM, and all jihadi groups, wherever they might be operating, Pak will continue to be suspected by international community of harboring terrorists, says Hussain Haqqani, former Pak envoy to US.

7:00 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi asks Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to handover IAS officer DK Ravi death probe to the CBI

6:44 pm: IAS officers association pass resolution, say no faith in CID probe in DK Ravi's case

6:33 pm: IAS officers association claimed that DK Ravi's parents, wife and in laws lost faith in investigation done so far by state machinery

6:16 pm: BCCI official hits back at Bangladesh Cricket Board and asks their fans to accept the umpire's decision

6:13 pm: DK Ravi was taking actions against powerful persons & was trying to ensure compliance to rule of law, said Sanjay Bhoosreddy, Secretary of IAS Association.

5:55 pm: 100% pay hike for Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, ministers' salary hiked from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000

5:33 pm: At least 45 killed and 100 injured in suicide attacks on two Yemen mosques, said medical officials

5:19 pm: 2 youths were mistaken as terrorists in Budgam, were shot at by Army and passed away, report confirmed they were innocent: J&K CM

5.00 pm: Rajya Sabha passes Coal Bill

5.00 pm: Child Commission directs Mumbai police to register FIR against Shahrukh Khan in Wankhede brawl issue.

4.20 pm: Kathua op ends; three securitymen, two militants, civilian killed

3.45 pm: Police recovers 200 crude bombs in Birbhum district of West Bengal

3.20 pm: Government introduces Black Money Bill in the Lok Sabha

3.10 pm: One killed, eight injured after blast outside mosque of Bohra community in Karachi

2.30 pm: ICC chief slams president Mustafa Kamal over fixing claims

2.20 pm: Pakistan court reserves judgement on Lakhvi's plea

2.15 pm: Death toll in Rae Bareli train mishap mounts to 24, 55 others injured.

1.25 pm: ICC president Mustafa Kamal threatens to quit alleging foul play in India-Bangladesh quarterfinal

1.05 pm: Former Arvind Kejriwal aide Akhil Gogoi floats new party

1.00 pm: IAS Officer DK Ravi's grandmother passes away after suffering heart attack

12.50 pm: All parties, barring Congress and Left, support Govt in passage of Mines Bill, as JD-U walks out.

12.40 pm: Rajya Sabha approves the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015, to replace ordinance

12.25 pm: Rajya Sabha rejects motion to send the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 again to Select Committee

12.06 pm: Governor summons CM Siddaramaiah over the death of IAS officer DK Ravi

11.55 am: ABVP protest against State Govt's order regarding IAS DK Ravi's death probe in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: ABVP protest against State Govt's order regarding IAS DK Ravi's death probe pic.twitter.com/ftyzZjbRwx

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 20, 2015

11.37 am: Four persons were injured in a fire that broke out at a match factory in Tayilpatti near Sivakasi.

11,17 am: UP govt announces compensation of Rs 2 lakh for kin of each person killed in train mishap, Rs 50,000 to each injured.

11.07 am: Italy raises issue of its 2 marines facing trial in India with UN chief Ban Ki-moon

10.57 am: SC asks UP Police to explain circumstances in which youth was arrested for posting objectionable remarks against Azam Khan.

10.27 am: 3 coaches of Janata Express derails in UP's Raebareli, 6 reportedly dead, over 25 injured: Times Now

Engine & 2 bogies of Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derails in Bachhrawan, brakes failed to deploy in time. pic.twitter.com/YQQf3oDFfe

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 20, 2015

10.15 am: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will give a statement in Lok Sabha on attack in Kathua (J&K) today.

10.00 am: Home Secretary LC Goyal briefs Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the Kathua terrorist attack

9.50 am: Janta Express derailed in Rae Bareli, over 12 people injured in mishap.

9.38 am: CID to record the statement of DK Ravi's wife Kusuma and his father-in-law Hanumantharayappa today

9.15 am: 3 security personnel, 1 terrorist killed in attack at police station in Jammu's Kathua district.

8.30 am: 2 to 4 Fidayeen terrorists enter Rajbagh Police Station in Kathua region, J&K, operations launched to neutralise terrorists

8.22 am:

Kathua (J&K): Unidentified men open fire at Rajbagh police station, security forces deployed pic.twitter.com/VyH0iiZEMt

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 20, 2015

8.00 am: Police station attacked in Kathua as two terrorists enter police station.

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