News in brief (Feb 21): Beijing lodges complaint over Modi's Arunachal visit

Bengaluru, Feb 21: Here are the top news of the day in brief:

9.00 pm: Beijing summons Indian envoy over PM Narendra Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh last Friday

8.45 pm: Fire breaks out at luxury skyscrapper in Dubai

8.35 pm: Senior BJP leaders meet to consider bringing changes in land ordinance, they are worried over farmers protest, say sources

8.30 pm: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley urges public sector employees not to take part in bank strikes, says such strikes are not in the interest of the nation

6.50 pm: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti attends high-level meet. PDP-BJP government likely next week.

5.05 pm: Spygate: Five executives produced in court.

3.37 pm: Union Minister P Chidambaram directly challenges the TNCC chief by seeking the intervention of AICC over expulsion of six of his supporters

3.22 pm:

Patna : BJP protest against Nitish Kumar; burn his effigy. pic.twitter.com/0WNgp65t1U

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2015

3.10 pm: 15 persons missing after a mechanised boat capsized in Betli river in Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

2.50 pm: Home Minister Rajnath Singh attends Mulayam Singh Yadav's grandson Tej Pratap Yadav's tilak ceremony

2.48 pm: Former journalist Santanu Saikia who was arrested in oil min leak case claims it was a 10000 cr scam. And that he was trying to cover up

2.23 pm: Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah takes a swipe at PDP, says deal was done ages ago, it was grandstanding from Mufti

2.10 pm: President Obama welcomes PM Modi's remarks on religious tolerance

1.50 pm: A hardcore Maoist ultra arrested in Banka district of Bihar in a joint operation of state police and CRPF - PTI

12.55 pm:

I extend my greetings to Nitish ji for swearing in ceremony, I will attend if I will be invited: Jitan Ram Manjhi pic.twitter.com/ST6tPwP5ER

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2015

12.40 pm: Petroleum Ministry's documents leaked case: Accused persons taken to Delhi Police crime branch office

12.25 pm:

We have arrested 5 accused prsns,interrogation going on,they will be produced before Court:BS Bassi on docs leak case pic.twitter.com/AMUuucldDs

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2015

12.02 pm: PDP & BJP are sincerely working to find consensus on political issues, until that happens a final decision cant be made: Ram Madhav, BJP

11.40 am: Police is investigating matter, we don't want to rule out any possibility: HM Rajnath Singh on Oil Min documents leak

10.50 am:

Saifai (UP): PM Narendra Modi arrives at Mulayam Singh Yadav’s grand nephew Tej Pratap’s tilak ceremony pic.twitter.com/X0PFOSHVan

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2015

10.35 am:

Mumbai: Mortal remains of late CPI leader Govind Pansare brought to Airport, will be taken to his hometown Kolhapur pic.twitter.com/hv9JJbqYYQ

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2015

10.30 am: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia becomes the new chairman of Delhi jal board

10.10 am: Security forces cordon off ThagundVillage in Sopore, North Kashmir; 2 Pak militants believed to be hiding, no exchange of fire yet

9.38 am: Jammu and Kashmir government formation: BJP and PDP reach consensus on common minimum programme, may announce alliance today

9.25 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's grand nephew's tilak ceremony today

8.43 am: Mortal remains of late CPI leader Govind Pansare to be taken from Mumbai to his hometown Kolhapur (Maharashtra), today

8.34 am: 4 men gangrape Nigerian women in moving car in south Delhi, arrested

8.00 am: CPI leader Govind Pansare succumbs to bullet wounds in Mumbai hospital.

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