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Live Breaking News March 12:

08:28 am: 15 people rescued from the forest-fire in Tamil Nadu's Kurangani; search operation underway (ANI)

07:49 am: Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Amitesh Kumar confirms no road closure or diversions due to Farmers' Morcha in Maharashtra (ANI)

07:46 am: 20-year-old man arrested for killing two children after rape and attempting to rape another in UP's Kannauj (ANI)

07:44 am: I have written to President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court demanding either entire medical treatment or permission for mercy killing. I will continue this hunger strike until I receive a proper response from the authorities: Anamika Mishra (ANI)

07:43 am: Restrictions imposed in old Srinagar city, high speed internet down; Jammu and Kashmir authorities order closure of all schools and colleges for today, fearing protests in Srinagar over the killing of one the terrorists belonging to Srinagar's Soura (ANI)

07:40 am: Arms and ammunition which include AK 47 rifles, pistols, hand grenades etc recovered from Anantnag encounter site. Among the 3 killed terrorists, one was involved in recent attack on a police guard post at Soura in which one police constable was martyred (ANI)

07:29 am: All India Kisan Sabha's farmers to gherao Maharashtra Assembly today. Over 30,000 farmers from across the state marched from Nashik to Mumbai to demand a complete loan waiver for the farmers of the state (ANI)

07:25 am: PM Narendra Modi and President of France Emmanuel Macron to visit Varanasi and Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh today. They will inaugurate a Solar Power Plant in Mirzapur (ANI)

07:18 am: Youth shot dead in a Tilak ceremony in Lucknow's Madiyaon, UP. Police suspects celebratory firing behind the death, accused arrested (ANI)

07:17 am: 2 dead, 3 in critical condition after helicopter crashes into New York City's East River (The Associated Press)

07:13 am: Two humorous comic poets KD Sharma and Pramod Tiwari killed in collision between a speeding truck and a car in UP's Unnao, bodies sent for postmortem (ANI)

07:07 am: 3 long range country-made guns, 22 patangs (Asian sword) among other arms and ammunition recovered by police in Darjeeling, West Bengal (ANI)

06:37 am: Knife attacker shot dead outside Iranian ambassador residence in Vienna (AFP)

06:35 am: 11 confirmed dead in Turkish private plane crash in SW Iran (Russian Media)

06:32 am: Final results show Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates re-elected to only 2 of previously held 4 seats in by-election (The Associated Press)

06:30 am: At least 2 dead, 1 rescued after helicopter crashes in New York City's East River (The Associated Press)

06:29 am: All India Kisan Sabha's protest march arrives at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, Maharashtra; will proceed to state assembly later in the day. Over 30,000 farmers in the march are demanding a complete loan waiver among other demands (ANI) Click Here To Read More

06:28 am:

Theni: Rescue operations underway following forest-fire in #TamilNadu's Kurangani #TheniFire pic.twitter.com/RkqYK3pepV
— India TV (@indiatvnews) March 12, 2018