Follow news in brief: July 7

Bangalore, July 7: Follow top news in brief for the day

10.55 pm: 150 year old building caves in Chennai, no casualties reported.

10.00 pm: Iraqi parliament delays next session until August.

9.03 pm: Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train likely to be announced in Rail Budget tomorrow.

8.45 pm: Goa Governor BV Wanchoo's resignation accepted.

8.08 pm: Ex-President Patibha Patil's brother named as accused in 2005 criminal case.

7.45 pm: Maximum fare for Mumbai metro slashed from Rs. 40 to Rs.20

7.15 pm: It is a well known fact that BJP is controlled by RSS: Rashid Alvi on Ram Madhav to join BJP

6:45 pm: RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav joins BJP, official announcement soon.

6:23 pm: BJP leader Uma Bharti lashes out at Jairam Ramesh, accuses him of politicising the clean Ganga project.

6:11 pm: Seems like a conspiracy by TMC so that he can avoid Lok Sabha, we demand his resignation- Rahul Sinha (BJP) on Tapas Pal hospitalised.

6:00 pm: Gandhinagar: Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva takes additional charge as Gujarat Governor.

Gandhinagar: Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva takes additional charge as Gujarat Governor pic.twitter.com/X0cZynmV9C

— ANI (@ANI_news) July 7, 2014

5:51 pm: Law Commission Chairman Ajit Prakash Shah meets Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Delhi.

5:40 pm: MHA writes to West Bengal govt reminding them that the ministry yet to receive report on the TMC MP Tapas Pal case.

5:30 pm: A magnitude-7.1 earthquake hits southernmost Mexico, it was centered about 35 kilometers west-southwest of Tapachula on the Pacific coast.

5:13 pm: Congress and allies will give in writing to Lok Sabha Speaker for an immediate decision on Leader of Opposition issue: Anand Sharma - PTI.

4:46 pm: We have contained prices; Govt committed to keep them under check: Jaitley says in Rajya Sabha.

4:21 pm: There is sufficient supply of onion and potato; there is no need for panic: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

4:00 pm: Congress, BSP, CPI-M stage walkout in Rajya Sabha expressing dissatisfaction over Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's reply on price rise - PTI.

3:45 pm: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister in the list of PDP candidates

3:00 pm: India's extradition appeal for child rapist Raymond Varley in UK court

2:42 pm: 150 year old building collapses in Chennai, no casualties

2:05 pm: Security guard who killed Pallavi Purkayastha sentenced to life

1:00 pm: Congress protests at Jantar Mantar over price rise

12:43 pm: Congress is the largest party, should get the post of the Leader of Opposition: Sonia Gandhi

12:30 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm, Sonia demands LoP post

12:15 pm: Supreme Court refuses to stay appointment of General Suhag as next Army Chief

11:45 am: Shariat courts have no legal sanctity rules the Supreme Court. Fatwas are also illegal if they violate fundamental rights, rules the apex court

11:05 am: Samantha Stosur and Nenad Zimonjic claim mixed doubles title

10:45 am: Six die in Vietnam helicopter crash

9:33 am: West Baghdad suicide bomb kills four

9:30 am: ISIS renames itself as the Islamic State

9:10 am: Six friends from Mumbai drown off Murud beach

8:33 am: Modi to attend BRICS meet; India to take up UNSC reform

8:15 am: Three Pakistani policemen killed in attack

8:00 am: More than 60 women, girls escape Islamist abductors in Nigeria: sources

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