Eid ul-Fitr, Gaza attacks -- News in brief: July 29

| Updated: Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 14:46 [IST]

New Delhi, July 29: Eid ul-Fitr celebrations across the world, Gaza strip continues to be attacked and more. Track news in brief about what happens in the world on July 29.

11.00 pm: Ram Madhav denies RSS influence on government decision on genetically modified crops.

10.40 pm: CWG 2014: India's Lajja Gauswami wins bronze in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions.

10.32 pm: CWG 2014: Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar thrashes Pakistan's Abbas 6-2 to clinch gold medal in men's 74kg final.

10.15 pm: Police shoot dead dozens of attackers in attack in China's Xinjiang.

9.20 pm: CWG 2014: Indian wrestler Amit Kumar wins Gold in men's 57kg event.

9.03 pm: CWG 2014: S Rajput wins silver, Gagan Narang gets bronze in men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions.

8.40 pm: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa seeks PM Narendra Modi's intervention for release of Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody.

8.30 pm: The RSS grip on the govt is largely going to influence a lot of economic decision making: Sanjay Jha.

8.02 pm: RSS and the Jagran Manch had been campaigning against the field test of Genetically Modified crops.

7.08 pm: CWG 2014: Indian shooter Manavjit Sandhu wins bronze medal in men's trap.

6.55 pm: Jailed Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist dials handlers from jail, Intel agencies intercept the call.

6.31 pm: ICC tells Moeen to keep political statements off the cricket field; ECB backs him, calls message humanitarian not political.

6.12 pm: Swiss national, a Maoist sympathiser, arrested in Thrissur district of Kerala.

6.05 pm: Indian shooter Harpreet Singh wins silver medal in 25m rapid fire pistol event in the Commonwealth Games.

5.45 pm: Decisions were taken by officers under me.On occasions, this was done without my knowledge.This hurt my self respect: Haryana Power Minister.

3.10 pm: Bangalore school rape case: Two new arrests, cops uncertain of skating instructor's role.

2.35 pm: Messages from Haryana Chief Secy threatened me to worry about the time I have left in office: Pradeep Kasni, Haryana Admin Reforms Dept Secretary

2.13 pm: Uttarakhand youth jailed for inflammatory FB pictures

1.45 pm: Hamid Karzai's cousin and Ashraf Ghani ally killed in Afghan suicide attack.

1.15 pm: 61 Indians from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh arrive from Iraq.

12.30 pm: 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits off Andaman coast at 12:37 PM; no tsunami threat, says IMD.

11.55 am: Gaza power plant hit by Israeli tank shells.

10.30 am: Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on the CSAT issue requesting prompt decision on the issue.

9.50 am: Muslims oppose the Gaza violence on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr at Jama Masjid.

9.05 am: It's the first Eid after Modi ji came to power, it is a day to start things anew: Shahnawaz Hussain

It's the first Eid after Modi ji came to power, it is a day to start things anew: Shahnawaz Hussain pic.twitter.com/LSumwX0RwZ
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