By YKA Staff:
What’s the latest around the world today? Curated for you from the interwebz, here’s a quick morning fix to keep you updated. In 140 characters at that! Presenting, #NewsInTweets:
1. RSS’s Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said homosexuality is “not a crime as long as it doesn’t affect the lives of others”.
RSS does not believe homosexuality is a crime: Dattatreya Hosabale https://t.co/Nf3iBbQ0Wp pic.twitter.com/rMIXQw4lcO
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) March 17, 2016
2. The body of a Haryana teen who was reportedly kidnapped for ransom was found in a TV package box. Police have arrested 3 suspects in this matter.
Kidnapped Hyderabad teen's body found in box, 3 arrested https://t.co/5efcewGyV0 pic.twitter.com/aNxzKXy3MT
— NDTV (@ndtv) March 18, 2016
3. IIT panel approves a three-fold increase in yearly fees.
From Rs 90,000 to Rs 3 lakh: IIT panel approves three-fold hike in annual fees https://t.co/vmzZtlPEKj pic.twitter.com/Td8baKP2oR
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 18, 2016
4. According to this HT report, “Rajasthan minister Vasudev Devnani has said major changes are being made in school curriculum and biographies of freedom fighters will be included so as to ensure ‘no one like Kanhaiya Kumar is born’ in the state.”
Textbooks will be changed to ensure no Kanhaiyas are born, says Minister https://t.co/UWaphooNh2 pic.twitter.com/pE1mTQGvyI
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 18, 2016
5. Transgender activist Sudha seeks AIADMK ticket to contest upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai: Transgender activist Sudha seeks AIADMK ticket to contest upcoming Assembly election pic.twitter.com/zK0yUqnt1E
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2016
6. BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi who was accused of beating Shaktiman the horse at a UP rally, has been arrested.
JUST IN: IG, Garwhal confirms the arrest of BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi
For More: https://t.co/lh3mmupIyt— News18 (@CNNnews18) March 18, 2016
7. Two terrorists killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara district in a joint operation launched by the army and the police.
J&K: 2 militants killed in Handwara encounter | https://t.co/wYrggfidwa pic.twitter.com/Lp9dPiGk1d
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) March 18, 2016