Morning Digest: Bangladesh cricket team escapes shooting at NZ mosque\, Mumbai FOB collapse raises questions on audit\, and more

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Morning Digest: Bangladesh cricket team escapes shooting at NZ mosque, Mumbai FOB collapse raises questions on audit, and more

Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.

Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.   | Photo Credit: AP

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Live: Shooting at New Zealand mosque, casualties feared

Armed police in New Zealand swarmed central Christchurch on Friday amid a shooting at a mosque in the South Island city. There were reports that members of the Bangladesh cricket team were also present at the site.

New Zealand shooting: Bangladesh cricket team escapes unhurt

Bangladesh's cricket team escaped unscathed after a deadly shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, an official told AFP on Friday.

Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Yunus said most of the team were in the bus and were about to go inside when the incident happened.

The Fragile Steel Frame: Mumbai has more questions than answers on the foot overbridge collapse

Not a slab collapse by any stretch, says NDRF; Mumbai has more questions than answers as a structural audit had already flagged concerns

A Trinamool-CPI(M) tango, with Congress cheering?

Political watchers say the ruling party is quietly boosting the Left, to push down the vote share of the BJP

Parley: Will a court-mandated mediation on Ayodhya solve the issue?

he Supreme Court has opted for a time-bound mediation process in a bid to resolve the Ayodhya dispute. Sukumar Muralidharan and Sanjay Hegde debate whether mediation is necessary at this stage, and if the process is viable, in a discussion moderated by K. Venkataramanan.

British MPs overwhelmingly back Brexit delay

British MPs on Thursday rejected three amendments that sought to curtail the government’s Brexit agenda.

RTI trumps Official Secrets Act, says SC

An all-out effort by the government to claim privilege and push the Rafale jets’ pricing details back into the dark zone was met with a stoic counter from Justice K.M. Joseph in the Supreme Court on Thursday.

23 Opposition parties move court on EVMs and VVPAT

In a major show of pre-poll strength, 23 Opposition parties moved the Supreme Court on Thursday, demanding the random verification of at least 50% Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in every Assembly segment or constituency.

Cyber forensic experts to join Pollachi sexual abuse case probe

The Crime Branch CID of the Tamil Nadu police will rope in cyber forensic experts as part of the investigation into the Pollachi sexual abuse case. With new videos/photographs emerging from various sources, the agency will look beyond the facts and sections of the FIR in the case.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman goes on four-week leave

Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has completed his debriefing and medical examination and has gone on a short leave. He is likely to go back to the same unit, according to a defence source.

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