National & International news updates on Feb 13

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11.00 pm: A local court grants bail to an alleged aide of the fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, arrested in an extortion case earlier this week.

10.00 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets visiting Chinese senior leader Wang Jiarui in Delhi.

9.00 pm: President Pranab Mukherjee appoints Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister of Delhi.

8.00 pm: It's not appropriate for me to answer any questions, not done so in Delhi, won't do it in Trivandrum:Shashi Tharoor on S Pushkar death probe.

7.30 pm: AAP govt to pursue cases against Sheila Dikshit and Mukesh Ambani under Prevention of Corruption Act: Manish Sisodia.

7.15 pm: "I assure that North-easterners will not face any harassment or injustice", says Home Minister Rajnath Singh at Moreh (Manipur).

7.00 pm: "PM expressed his concern and talked about churches in Delhi, I told him we shall do the needful", says BS Bassi, Delhi Police Commissioner.

6.30 pm: Tentative cabinet of Arvind Kejriwal: Kejriwal (CM, Finance, Home, Energy), M Sisodia (Education, PWD, Deputy CM), SK Jain (Health, Industries), Jitendra Tomar (Law), Asim Ahmed (Food&Civil Supply), Sandip Kumar (Women&Child Dvlpmnt), Gopal Rai (Transport, Labor), according to Sources.

6.15 pm: "Nitish Kumar is a very cunning man", says Ram Vilas Paswan on Bihar Govt crisis.

6.00 pm: Congress protest against increased LPG price in Jaipur.

5:40 pm: Arvind Kejriwal will have to give in written that he doesn't wish to accept Z Plus security. MHA gives security according to threat perception, level of security being given according to post(Delhi CM), said a source from MHA.

5:11 pm: The news is completely false and malafide, said Mamata Banerjee's close aide Mukul Roy (TMC) on reports of split with Trinamool Congress.

4:33 pm: Preparations at Ram Leela Maidaan for Arvind Kejriwal's oath taking ceremony tomorrow in Delhi.

3.40 pm: Pakistan court cancels bail plea of 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi

2.55 pm: 2 killed, 12 injured in blast outside mosque in Peshawar (Explosion rocks Peshawar)

2.44 pm: India's permanent membership to UN Security Council unacceptable to Pakistan, PM Nawaz Sharif tells US President Barack Obama.

2.33 pm: Effective security arrangement will soon be put in place for protection of churches in Delhi: Delhi Commissioner BS Bassi

1.43 pm: PMO summons Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi over attacks on churches and schools.

1.36 pm: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju reach Moreh in Chandel district of Manipur.

1.25 pm: Manish Sisodia to CNN-IBN: Arvind Kejriwal represents a new form of politics; unlike Congress, BJP

1. 05 pm: BJP trying to get President's rule imposed in Bihar to get benefit in next assembly polls: Mayawati.

12.48 pm: Supreme Court stays arrest of activist Teesta Setalvad, accused of embezzlement of funds, till February 19

12.27 pm: PM Narendra Modi offers condolences to kin of those killed in Hosur mishap & wishes the injured a speedy recovery.

12.09 pm:

Locals protest against the release of film 'MSG' in Subhash Nagar, Delhi pic.twitter.com/Q0WsxJb5KM

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 13, 2015

12.05 pm: INLD leader Digvijay Singh Chautala arrested in Sirsa along with party workers while protesting against film MSG.

11.45 am: It seems to be a case of theft, some insider might be involved: Delhi Police chief BS Bassi on Vasant Vihar school incident.

This is not a matter of desecration, it is a case of theft: BS Bassi, Police Commissioner on Delhi school vandalized pic.twitter.com/Ei1r03MT82

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 13, 2015

11.18 am: Union Cabinet sends recommendation to end President's Rule in Delhi to Rashtrapati Bhavan.

11.10 am: Class 2 student killed, many others injured as school bus hits canal wall in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

11.00 am:

Delhi BJP unit President Satish Upadhyay chairs a meeting of office bearers pic.twitter.com/E4qHlMXixI

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 13, 2015

10.45 am: Delhi CM designate Arvind Kjeriwal condemns attack on Vasant Vihar school, says such acts won't be tolerated.

10.37 am: Fire breaks out at Neemrana hotel in Rajasthan's Alwar district, 3 killed.

10.33 am: 2 killed in a grenade blast at Sepon in Sibsagar district of Assam

10.27 am: Nitish Kumar wanted me to be his puppet: Bihar CM Jeetan Ram Manjhi.

10.20 am: Education Minister Smriti Irani to visit convent school allegedly vandalised last night in South Delhi's Vasant Vihar

10.00 am: 10 dead, over 60 injured as nine coaches of Bangalore-Eknakulam express train derails in Karnataka

9.45 am: Christian school Holy Child Auxilium allegedly vandalised in New Delhi, school shut after attack (Christian school attacked in Delhi)

9.36 am: AAP-led Delhi government to appoint AIIMS whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi as head of anti-graft cell,

9.30 am: It is not right to make political statements out of desperation: Bihar Governor KN Tripathi on Nitish Kumar

9.15 am:

Visuals show a mangled bogie of Bangalore-Ernakulam express after it derailed in Anekal, Bengaluru this morning. pic.twitter.com/7YQgzAx28I

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) February 13, 2015

8.56 am:

Srirangam (TN) By-election: Polling begins, people waiting outside a polling booth to cast their votes pic.twitter.com/AiOQcmphci

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 13, 2015

8.55 am: Madison Police issues apology, arrests police officer responsible for brutality against an elderly Indian man resulting in partial paralysis (Officer who assaulted Indian in US arrested)

8.43 am: Delhi BJP unit President Satish Upadhyay to chair a meeting of office bearers, today

8.40 am: Bangalore Ernakuylam Express derails near Hosur in Karnataka, no casualties reported so far

8.30 am: One of the US police officers who assaulted Indian has been arrested, FBI to probe

8.00 am: Over 400 die of swine flu this year, government denies any shortage in the medicine.

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