News updates of October 24

Bangalore, Oct 24: After celebrating Diwali in Siachen, PM

commended Omar Abdullah for joining the Swachh Bharat campaign. Here are the latest news updates of the day:

Vindoo Dara Singh,accused in IPL case: We haven't done anything, a mess has been created of this entire thing pic.twitter.com/uOo6UPBBBi

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 24, 2014

7.30 pm: Senior RSS functionary T V Deshmukh passed away in Hyderabad, following a protracted illness. He was 68.

7.00 pm: All Shiv Sena MPs will attend the high tea being hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Sunday for NDA MPs except the party chief Uddhav Thackeray.

6.55 pm: Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit and his wife sends 'Diwali sweets' to President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Mod and to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

6.20 pm: Fire breaks out on the top floor of a residential building on Raj Ballav Saha Lane in Howrah town,

5.55 pm: US tech firm fined for severely underpaying Indian workers.

5.30 pm: The officials who went to Incheon went as representatives of India not for a party, no one stood by Sarita Devi: Rahul Mehra (Sports Lawyer)

5.10 pm: New Govt speaks of "clean India", clean India also includes clean sports, the law has to catch on: Rahul Mehra on Gurunath Meiyappan.

4.45 pm: BSF seize huge quantities of explosives, IED & other materials hidden by Ultras in a forest in Mathili area of Odisha's Malkangiri district.

4.15 pm: Preliminary chargesheet filed by National Investigation Agency in Chennai court in a case of alleged attempt to spy for Pakistan's ISI.

3.40 pm: NDA allies not invited to PM's Diwali dinner: sources

3.10 pm: Centre not to commemorate any anniversaries except that of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel

2.55 pm: BJP leaders are keen to have Shiv Sena as an ally: RPI Chief Athawale

2.30 pm: Terror hideout busted in North Kashmir, arms and ammunition recovered

2.10 pm: BJP, Shiv Sena clear last-minute hurdles over government formation in Maharashtra

1.50 pm: Indo-Pak issues need to be sorted out not through war but talks, thats what we tell Modi Govt: Sitaram Yechury

1:40 pm: IOA vice president voices support for Sarita Devi

1.10 pm: We want peace with honour, says Rajnath on India-China border row.

12.45 pm: Bangalore Police take 8 more people in for questioning in connection with sexual assault of a toddler in an International school

12.20 pm: Pakistan should stop ceasefire violations,we have never provoked or started the firing,always retaliated-Rajnath Singh

12.08 pm: Security hiked up for Air India flights on Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kochi airports due to reported terror threat

11.45 am: Indian Boxer Mary Kom participates in Swachh Bharat cleanliness drive

Imphal: Indian Boxer Mary Kom participates in cleanliness drive #MycleanIndia pic.twitter.com/gHztzC9d6u

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 24, 2014

11.40 am: Fire at Shastri Park, New Delhi. 13 fire brigades on site to bring the situation under control

11.20 am: NIA DG Sharad Kumar reaches blast site in Burdwan

11.10 am: Arwani, Kulgam (J&K): Policeman killed in a militant attack

Arwani, Kulgam (J&K): Policeman killed in a militant attack pic.twitter.com/7upF4uGldI

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 24, 2014

10.55 am: Bomb alert on Ahmedabad-Kochi Air India flight after caller claims passenger armed with bomb

10.20 am: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is likely to attend the Diwali dinner hosted by PM Narendra Modi on Oct 26.

9.55 am: India hits back at Pakistan, says it will give a befitting reply as Pakistan goes on a ranting spree

9.30 am: Kashmir is an integral part of India, will not compromise on this: Ali Anwar,JDU on Pakistan Parliament passing Anti-India resolution .

9.00 am: Vizag: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu participates in Cleanliness Drive

Vizag: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu participates in Cleanliness Drive pic.twitter.com/S57EbRxOQq

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 24, 2014

8.50 am: First case of Ebola confirmed in Mali: health ministry

8.30 am: Bangalore nursery school rape case: Bangalore Police arrests suspect, CM Siddaramaiah assures stern action.

8.11 am: Firing on two people in Mumbai's DN Nagar. One succumbed to wounds, the other injured and is under treatment in Cooper hospital.

8.00 am: PM Narendra Modi commends Omar Abdullah for joining Swachh Bharat campaign (read more here)

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