Gopinath Munde passes away; more news updates of June 3

Bangalore, June 3: Here are the top news in briefs of the day:

10:00 pm: Congress leadership meets to discuss Assam political crisis

9:00 pm: Two Manipuri terrorists arrested in Patna

8:05 pm: SpiceJet launches another low-fare plan; targets Tier 2 cities

7:42 pm: Lok Sabha to be adjourned on opening day after tributes to Munde

6:44 pm: CWG:Court accepts closure report in case against MTNL officers

6:12 pm: Kolkata Knight Riders get grand felicitation at Eden Gardens

5:16 pm: Driver of the car that hit Union Minister Gopinath Munde's vehicle released on bail

4:10 pm: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa asked to appear on June 9 in income tax case

3.33 pm: Kolkata Police resort to lathicharge after fans gbreak barricades at Eden Gardens during KKR victory parade.

3.30 pm: Delhi Police sources say Gopinath Munde's driver was at fault as he had jumped the signal and not the arrested driver.

3.19 pm: Delhi HC grants three weeks' interim bail to former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala in teachers' recruitment case - PTI

3.11 pm: Gopinath Munde suffered liver rupture, lost 1-2 litres of blood: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.

2.55 pm: Chaos at Eden Gardens. Rapid Action Force is 'batting' in full swing as fans are injured due to stampede.

2.24 pm: Gopinath Munde's mortal remains being taken to the airport, will be flown to Latur in Maharashtra from there

2.10 pm: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi pays homage to Gopinath Munde at the BJP headquarters

1.50 pm: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha sent to judicial custody by a Hazaribagh court in a case of alleged assault of a government official.

1.40 pm: PM Narendra Modi, LK Advani and Rajnath Singh with Gopinath Munde's family at the BJP headquarters

1.30 pm: 2 persons killed, 5 injured as training jet of Pakistan Air Force crashes in Baldia Town area of Karachi.

12.58 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi writes to PM on execution of Polavaram project and special category status for Seemandhra.

12.52 pm: This is not the right time to discuss the future of Maharashtra politics without Munde: Raj Thackeray.

12.45 pm: Gopinath Munde's body leaves AIIMS, to be taken to BJP HQs in New Delhi.

12.26 pm: Gopinath Munde's MLA daughter Pankaja reaches AIIMS to receive his body.

12.15 pm: Arvind Kejriwal offers his condolences to Gopinath Munde's sudden demise.

11.56 am: Gopinath Munde was an effective organiser. He had played great role in taking BJP to power in 1995, said Prithviraj Chavan.

11.49 am: Gopinath Munde died due to cardiac arrest, no major external wounds on his body: AIIMS sources

11.23 am: Rahul Gandhi expressed shock over the untimely demise of senior BJP leader and Union Minister for rural development Shri Gopinath Munde.

11.22 am: SC dismisses petition of Mumbai's Campa Cola society residents, calls it 'misconceived and not maintainable'.

11.04 am: SC extends interim bail of founding editor of Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal till June 27 in a sexual assault case- PTI.

11.00 am: Shaken at the news of Gopinath Munde passing away. I have lost a friend, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

10.49 am: RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to unveil credit policy today

10.45 am: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, RJD's Lalu Prasad and SP supremo Mulayam Singh offer condolences on Gopinath Munde's demise.

10.35 am: Union Cabinet to meet at 4 pm today to condole the demise of Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde.

10.15 am: National flag will be flown at half mast in Delhi, state capitals and UTs today as a mark of respect to Munde.

9.56 am: According to Delhi Police, the driver of the car that hit Gopinath Munde's car is in custody.

9.44 am: Political leaders express shock over Gopinath Munde's death-

9.41 am: Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted and expressed shocked over the sudden demise of Gopinath Munde-

9.03 am: Gopinath Munde funeral will be held tomorrow, the postmortem will be conducted now says BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.

9.00 am: We have already spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Gopinath Munde's funeral says BJP leader Harsh Vardhan.

8.50 am: Gopinath Munde no more, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan who is at AIIMS (read more)

8.36 am: Brazilian judge sentences Pele's son to 33 years in prison for money-laundering conviction.

8.15 am: Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde injured in an accident near Delhi airport, rushed to AIIMS hospital.

8.00 am: Minor raped in Dimple Yadav's constituency Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh.

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