Following are the news highlights at 1900 hours today:

Following are the news highlights at 1900 hours today:
GENERAL
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad hit a 60-year-old Air India duty manager with his slippers at least 20 times and tore his shirt at IGI airport here, prompting the airline to file a police complaint.(DEL27)
New Delhi: Air India is mulling preparing a no-fly list for unruly passengers following an incident at the IGI airport here in which a Shiv Sena MP allegedly assaulted a 60-year-old airline staffer with slippers.(DEL36)
New Delhi: The only issue of dispute between India and Pakistan as far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned is the illegal occupation of PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan, the government said.(DEL26)

New Delhi: Pakistan asserted that the Jammu and Kashmir issue must be resolved as per the "aspirations of Kashmiris", saying it can be suppressed but not quelled.(DEL11)

New Delhi: India strongly reacted to Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit's remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, saying they are not in keeping with "diplomatic niceties and are tantamount to interference" in the country's internal affairs.(DEL33)
New Delhi: The armed forces should be prepared for conventional warfare along the country's borders and advanced technology for military must be made available on a fast track mode, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said.(DEL15)
Ayodhya (UP): Dismissing the role of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy as negotiator for the Ram temple issue, the main parties to the case demanded setting up a panel of SC judges to initiate the talks in the vexed matter.(DEL32)

Jamshedpur: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy urged the Muslim community to support construction of the Ram Temple at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya.(CAL2)
New Delhi: Rival AIADMK factions submitted new names and poll symbols - a hat and an electric pole - to the Election Commission, a day after it barred them from using the undivided party's "two leaves" symbol for a bypoll.(DEL10)
Chennai: AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran and O Panneerselvam-led rebel group's senior leader E Madhusudhanan filed their nominations for the R K Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll on April 12.(MDS6)
Chennai: A DMK-sponsored motion seeking the removal of Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal was defeated.(MDS5)

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet gave the go ahead for setting up a National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes with constitutional status, bowing to the demand from OBCs for an entity for them which is on par with the panels for SCs and STs.(DEL30)
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court stepped in to end the four-day stir by resident doctors directing them to resume work immediately even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mooted a panel to resolve security issues in state-run hospitals.(DEL37)
New Delhi: With resident doctors across Maharashtra continuing their strike for the fourth day demanding enhanced security, the Centre directed states to take proactive measures to ensure their safety.(DEL13)

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis proposed the formation of an Apex council with government nominees and doctors in it to look into issues of security of medical fraternity in hospitals.(BOM17)
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructed BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh to refrain from seeking favours from Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi in transfers and postings of officials, saying his administration should be allowed to focus solely on delivering good governance.(DEL29)
LEGAL
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked all state governments and Union territories to upload information including the total number of students getting benefit of the midday meal scheme, within three months on their website. (LGD11)

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will go "paperless" within six to seven months, Chief Justice J S Khehar said.(LGD9)
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court dismissed the pleas seeking quashing of the notification laying down criteria for allocation of wards for reserved categories and women in the upcoming MCD polls.(LGD6)
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court stayed the FIR lodged against comedian Kapil Sharma over unauthorised structures allegedly constructed by him at his flat in suburban Goregaon here and directed the BMC to resolve the dispute within five weeks.(LGB8)
FOREIGN
London: Eight people were arrested in raids across London and Birmingham after a terror attack on the UK Parliament in the heart of Westminster killed four people, including the ISIS attacker who was inspired by "Islamist ideology" and known to British secret services. (FGN27)

London: The lone attacker behind the terror attack on the UK Parliament was inspired by "Islamist terrorism" and known to Britain's security services, Prime Minister Theresa May said.(FGN18)
London: The British Parliament reopened with a minute's silence, a day after a terror attack on the complex claimed four lives.(FGN17)
Colombo: Sixteen Indian fishermen have been arrested separately by Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters.(FGN21)
Beijing: The Dalai Lama's successor should be from his native town in Tibet, a senior official from a Chinese state-run think tank on Tibet said.(FGN23)
Beijing: Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh is "a part" of China and India's "unfriendly" move to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the town will negatively impact bilateral ties as it involves "sensitive issues" related to the border dispute, a prominent Tibetan scholar said.(FGN20)

Abu Dhabi: An Indian in the UAE was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by deportation for spying for a foreign nation, a media report said.(FGN19)
Washington: Over 100 US lawmakers have asked India to give a "temporary reprieve" to an American donor NGO until a more permanent solution can be found under the Indian laws for the Christian organisation to function.(FGN13)
United Nations: Extreme weather and climate conditions, including Arctic "heatwaves", have continued into 2017, after global temperatures set record last year and the world witnessed exceptionally low sea ice and unabated ocean heat, the UN weather agency said.(FGN9)

Washington: Donald Trump and his transition team may have been subjected to inadvertent surveillance by US spy agencies after the presidential polls, the head of a key Congressional intelligence panel has said, in a rare disclosure that could boost Trump's claims he was wiretapped. (FGN11)
Weston (US): A police officer and three other people were shot and killed when a domestic dispute at a bank escalated into shootings at three locations in northern Wisconsin, investigators said. A suspect was in custody. (FGN12)
Cairo: Ten Egyptian army personnel, including three officers, were killed when two bombs exploded during raids on Islamic State terrorists in the country's restive north Sinai governorate, the military said. (FGN28)

Beijing: China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved the membership of 13 more countries, including US' close-ally Canada, seen as a coup for the Communist giant after Washington discouraged major Western powers from signing up.