No mercy for Nithari murderer; more news updates of June 18

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10.19 pm: Narendra Modi's Japan visit called off due to budget session.

8:46 pm: Cricket: Former Bangladesh captain Ashraful given eight-year ban for match-fixing

6:06 pm: Homi Bhabha's Mumbai Bungalow Sold for Rs. 372 Crore

5:54 pm: Surender Koli, who was sentenced to death for killing young children in the Nithari area near Delhi nearly a decade ago, does not deserve mercy, the Home Ministry decided today.

5:25 pm: Non-bailable warrant against MNS chief

5:20 pm: Defence Ministry asked to get active on Twitter, Facebook

5:10 pm: RJD-JDU joi hands

5:05 pm: NDA says it has no intention of removing all the governors, but a few for various reasons. Karnataka Governor denies getting any call.

4.25 pm: Forty Indian workers kidnapped in Iraq: MEA confirms

3.18 pm: Maharashtra Governor Sankaranarayan confirm that the Home Secretary had called him.

3.12 pm: Delhi Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung holds meeting to review Onion and Potato prices.

3.00 pm: Delhi's St.Stephen's College sets cut-off at 98 percent.

2.30 pm: Sunni militants control '75 per cent' of Iraq's biggest Baiji refinery, says an official: Reuters

2.10 pm: Sushma Swaraj assures help to kin of Punjab boys stranded in Iraq

1.53 pm: 22 commodities being monitored by the govt: Arun Jaitley.

1:30 pm: Militants attack Iraq's main oil refinery: sources -

12.22 pm: Suraj Pancholi's father Aditya Pancholi says he too wants an SIT probe into Jiah Khan suicide case.

12.05 pm: Nusli Wadia complains extortion threat by gangster Ravi Pujari; case not related to Preity Zinta matter.

11.39 am: Reliance Industries will invest Rs 1.8 lakh crore in next three years, says chairman Mukesh Ambani.

11.130 am: Russia's Deputy PM meets External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

11.04 am: Wadia Group files police complaint, alleges threat calls by an underworld Don based abroad.

11.00 am: BJP defends Union Minister Nihalchand, cites previous clean chit by Ashok Gehlot government.

10.34 am: Family members of Indians stranded in Mosul(Iraq) praying for their safe return-

10.22 am: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha granted bail. He was in a jail in Jharkhand since June 3 for protesting against power cuts.

9.52 am: Former envoy to Iraq Suresh Reddy being sent to Bhagdad to strengthen the Indian Mission there: MEA.

9.12 am: Woman who alleged rape by MoS Nihal Chand appeals to PM Modi to meet her.

8.51 am: Indian envoy will travel to Baghdad today to gain the real ground report: MEA

8.36 am: All India Mahila Congress set to stage a protest outside BJP's headquarters demanding Nihal Chand's resignation.

8.30 am: No confirmation of kidnapping of Indian nationals in Iraq, but possibility cannot be ruled out: MEA sources.

8.15 am: Largest oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq shut down as tension escalates.

8.00 am: Boat sinks off in Western Malaysia, many feared drowned (read more)

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