News in Brief (Nov 8)

New Delhi, Nov 8: Get all national and international news updates here.

10:15 pm: Shiv Sena's Anant Geete, who was to meet PM Modi to discuss Maharashtra government logjam, recalled by Uddhav Thackeray to Mumbai

9:30 pm: After security lapse at PM Modi's event in Varanasi, home ministry seeks probe, say sources

8:34 pm: Control room monitors failed at PM Modi's event at Assi Ghat in Varanasi: sources

7:44 pm: BJP has made social media anti-social, says Nitish Kumar in Facebook post

6:40 pm: Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and main suspect behind Bengal's Burdwan blast, arrested by West Bengal police

6:22 pm: Shiv Sena leader Anant Geete to meet PM Modi to sort out Maharashtra government formation logjam, sources say

5:30 pm: 'I have been a BJP worker for 25 years, I am a worthy candidate': Laxmikant Parsekar after being sworn-in as new Goa chief minister

4.25 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar sworn-in as Goa Chief Minister. Nine other Ministers also take oath.

3.45 pm: Chinese Prez Xi Jinping terms China,Pak "iron friends", tells Pak PM the countries'll continue to support each other, strengthen cooperation.

3.30 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar elected as new Goa CM. He will take oath at 4 pm today (read more)

2.55 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar chosen Goa's next Chief Minister: BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

2.17 pm: PM Narendra Modi meets senior BJP leader LK Advani in Delhi

PM Narendra Modi meets senior BJP leader LK Advani in Delhi pic.twitter.com/nBsRRb0qyj

— ANI (@ANI_news) November 8, 2014

1.55 pm: Under mounting pressure for him to resign on moral grounds,Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi remains defiant, says he wont resign

1.45 pm: AI purchase scam: NCP shields former aviation minister Praful Patel, puts the onus on former prime minister Manmohan Singh

1.44 pm: Pakistan, China ink 19 agreements: IANS

1.42 pm: New ISI chief takes charge in Pakistan: IANS

1.40 pm: Vishwanthan Anand to play with white in chess World C'ship opener [Read...]

1.09 pm: Nine persons were injured in clash between supporters of Trinamool Congress and BJP at Saptabari in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal: PTI

12.50 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar likely to be Goa chief minister: CNN-IBN

12.25 pm: Manohar Parrikar quits as Goa CM, BJP to decide on new leadership at 4pm.

12.10 pm: Goa Deputy CM Francis D'Souza to discuss the issue of electing next state CM with Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BS Yeddyurappa

11.55 am: Congress leader Pramod Tiwari rejects PM Narendra Modi invite to participate in the Clean India campaign

11.50 am: Chennai : AAP protest demanding release of Indian fishermen in SL

Chennai : AAP protest demanding release of Indian fishermen in SL pic.twitter.com/qKLFJ9Ccdu

— ANI (@ANI_news) November 8, 2014

11.40 am: Burdwan blast accused Zia-ul-Haque used to facilitate training module by collecting Jihadi videos

11.25 am: Crucial BJP Parliamentary Board meet ends in the capital

10.57 am: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves from BJP headquarters after party's Parliamentary Board meet ends

10.52 am: India agrees to UN chief Ban Ki-moon's offer to remain a member of advisory board of a UN centre on counter-terrorism for additional 3 years

10.27 am: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Dr.Manmohan Singh on being conferred with 'Grand Cordon of the Order of Paulownia Flowers'

Sonia Gandhi congratulates Dr.Manmohan Singh on being conferred with 'Grand Cordon of the Order of Paulownia Flowers' pic.twitter.com/i1qqFHuCXp

— ANI (@ANI_news) November 8, 2014

10.20 am: BJP Parliamentary Board meet begins in New Delhi

10.05 am: Cricketer Suresh Raina accepts Narendra Modi's challenge to 'Clean India' campaign

Honoured to be nominated by @PMOIndia for #SwachhtaAbhiyaan Will take up the endeavour as soon as I'm in UP after ODI series

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) November 8, 2014

9.25 am: Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to quit today, new CM to be named by noon (read more)

9.10 am: PM Modi nominates 9 persons including UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and cricketer Mohammad Kaif for the Clean Ganga initiative (read more)

8.58 am: PM Modi engages himself in cleanliness drive in Varanasi with local people.

8.50 am: US President Barack Obama confidante Blinken named Deputy Secretary of State. [Read...]

8.45 am: PM Narendra Modi performs Ganga Aarti at Assi Ghat in Varanasi.

8:25 am: Lab technician at a Delhi school arrested for allegedly molesting a class 3 student.

I will tender my resignation tomorrow around 11:30 AM: Manohar Parrikar, Goa CM pic.twitter.com/WIzHbAcsSD

— ANI (@ANI_news) November 7, 2014

8:00 am: Manohar Parrikar to tender his resignation today.

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