Latest news updates of May 31

Bangalore, May 31: Here are the top news updates of the day-

9:00 pm: Delhi University says reports on suspension of five employees for leaking Smriti Irani's documents incorrect

8:00 pm: India takes 2-1 lead against Belgium in Hockey world cup

7:30 pm: MNS chief Raj Thackeray announces his candidature for Maharashtra Assembly polls

7:00 pm: Delhi dust storm toll goes up to 14

6:10 pm: Badaun gangrape case: Hang accused on the same tree, says victim's father

5:55 pm: Kamal Nath appointed protem speaker of Lok Sabha

5:30 pm: AAP's Yogendra Yadav, Naveen Jaihind resign from party posts: sources

5:10 pm: Four killed, 10 injured in fire in a hotel in Jammu

5.00 pm: Narendra Modi govt scraps the system of Group of Ministers and EGoM.

4.40 pm: UP Chief Secretary Javed Usmani transferred. He is replaced with Alok Ranjan.

3.38 pm: On World No Tobacco Day, Narendra Modi pledges to work on reducing tobacco consumption in India. [Read more...]

3.20 pm: Uphaar tragedy: Charges framed against the Ansal brothers for tampering with evidence.

3.15 pm: There should be fast track courts to try rapists in UP, appeal to Mulayam ji. Also feel the convicts should be publicly hanged-Uma Bharti.

2.14 pm: Ready for CBI probe into the Badaun gangrape case: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav.

1.45 pm: Rahul Gandhi demands CBI probe in Badaun gangrape case

CBI inquiry should be ordered and more than that justice should be delivered: Rahul Gandhi on Badaun gang rape case pic.twitter.com/6etcngiGXJ

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 31, 2014

1.04 pm: Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh in Kabul to meet President Hamid Karzai and candidates Abdullah Adullah and Ashraf Ghani.

1.02 pm: Rahul Gandhi in Badaun (UP), to meet family members of the gang rape victims

Rahul Gandhi in Badaun (UP), to meet family members of the gang rape victims pic.twitter.com/lk5NLivhhY

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 31, 2014

12.46 pm: Badaun gangrape more gruesome than December 16 rape case: Victim's family (PTI)

12.45 pm: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday directed the country's security forces to launch a full-scale military operation to put an end to the impunity of terrorists in the country: IANS

12.30 pm: Rahul Gandhi reaches Badaun, UP to meet family of gangrape victims.

12.15 pm: Rahul enjoys authority because he is from Gandhi family: BL Sharma, Congress MLA from Rajasthan

11.51 am: 'Don't need compensation, only want justice', says family of teen sisters who were gang-raped in Badaun, UP

11.29 am: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler appears in court in connection with a defamation case.

11.26 am: PM Narendra Modi's meeting with BJP General Secretaries at 7 RCR ends, asks them to focus on upcoming state assembly elections.

11.18 am: Congress leader Rashid Alvi supports Smriti Irani says 'I appreciate Smriti's stand to appeal for reinstating suspended DU staffs.'

11.03 am: DU teachers association back Smriti Irani, demands reinstatement of staff.

10.31 am: Prime Minister Modi meets all general secretaries of BJP: reports.

10.08 am: Vishambhar Prasad Nishad will be Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha candidate for upcoming bypolls.

9.46 am: Badaun gangrape: Rahul Gandhi to meet family of victims today.

9.27 am: Meeting of BJP General Secretaries to begin shortly at 7 RCR, Varun Gandhi arrives.

9.18 am: Smriti Irani appeals to DU to reinstate officials that were suspended-

Since DU is an autonomous institution I have put forth my personal appeal to the VC to reinstate the officials.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 31, 2014

9.17 am: Fifth accused Urvesh Yadav arrested in Badaun Gangrape and murder case.

8.55 am: UN terms rape and murder of minor Dalit girls in UP 'horrendous'.

8.15 am: Priyanka Gandhi seeks withdrawal of family's special privileges at airports, writes to SPG (read more)

8.00 am: Delhi University Suspends Five Officials for Leaking Smriti Irani's documents.

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