News in brief: May 9

Bangalore, May 9: Here are the top

brief for the day:

9:35 pm: NDA itself is enough to form govt, we don't need Mamata: BJP to CNN-IBN

9:22 pm: Read my lips, No alliance with BJP post-polls: Derek O'Brien, TMC leader to CNN-IBN

9:20 pm: We will be the third largest party after May 16: TMC to CNN-IBN

9:18 pm: Modi made the personal attack first, says Derek O'Brien on Modi-Mamata spat

8:45 pm: IAS officer from Tamil Nadu will monitor poll management in Varanasi: Election Commission

8:30 pm: Election Commission directs further probe into allegations of Rahul Gandhi entering EVM area of polling booths in Amethi

8:10 pm: Exit Polls can be released on Monday, says Election Commission

8:00 pm: Vladimir Putin's Crimea Visit Only Exacerbates Tension: United States

7:00 pm: SC seeks Centre's reply on PIL against 4G licences to Reliance

6:00 pm: Chinese Survey Ship Takes Over MH370 Sub-Sea Search

5:30 pm: Varanasi: AAP leader Raghu Ram allegedly beaten up

5:00 pm: Arvind Kejriwal courts Varanasi with roadshows, says 'Narendra Modi will lose'

4:30 pm:Delhi University professor G Saibaba arrested for alleged links with Naxals

3.53 pm: HC stays action on the FIR against Veerappa Moily, Ambani, others in KG basin gas pricing case.

3.30 pm: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi addresses rally in Ghazipur, UP.

3.07 pm: BJP leader Amit Shah says, NDA will get more than 300 seats this election and will come to power with clear majority.

2.55 pm: Congress complains to EC over Narendra Modi's roadshow in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

2.49 pm: BSP chief Mayawati addresses rally in CHandauli, Uttar Pradesh.

2.25 pm: Minor fire on frigate INS Ganga in Mumbai naval dock; 3 injured

2.20 pm: The West Bengal government has returned money of 4.5 lakh people, says Mamata Banerjee in a rally. Her finance minister Amit Mitra says the SC is satisfied with the SIT probe and the state government welcomes the CBI probe.

2.00 pm: Modi's caste (Modh Ghanchi caste) was added in OBC in 1994.

1.30 pm: Government informs Supreme Court that they don't intend to set up panel to probe Snoopgate.

12.54 pm: CBI files FIR against Mumbai and Nagpur based Topworth Urja and Metals Ltd in coal scam case.

12.45 pm: J&K CM Omar Abdullah takes a strong stand, warns action against those terrorising voters

12.30 pm: Narendra Modi is campaigning in Bihar's Motihari.

11.32 am: BJP hits back at Congress over Narendra Modi's caste status, says that Modi belongs to OBC community is a cause of worry for Congress.

11.22 am: Arvind Kejriwal begins roadshow in Varanasi which votes on Monday.

11.03 am: SC transfers all cases of Saradha chit fund scam to CBI, expresses view that investors' confidence needs to be restored.

10.58 pm: Rajasthan ATS arrests Indian Mujahideen operative Zaheer from Jodhpur.

10.27 am: Congress takes Modi's 'caste' comment to a new level say 'One more lie of Modi is exposed that he is an OBC by birth. It is evident that with fabricated lies he is trying to fool one & all.

10.15 am: After 'donkey', Mamata Banerjee calls Narendra Modi 'danga babu' (Mr Riots).

9.43 am: Congress today hit out at Narendra Modi. "Whoever prepares Modi's notes are equally ill-informed. Modi has no knowledge of FDI and economy," said Anand Sharma.

9.12 am: Reports suggest a strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico's Pacific coast.

8.15 am: Rahul Gandhi to address three rallies in eastern UP today.

7.59 am: Sania Mirza and Cara Black duo crashes out of Madrid Open.

7.58 am: Former Andhra CM Janardhan Reddy passes away.

7.57 am: EC orders probe against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly violating model code of conduct during polling in Amethi.

7.56 am: SC rejects plea against Kudankulam Nuclear Plant.

7.55 am: Supreme Court to announce verdict on Saradha chit fund scam today.

7.50 am: Home ministry alerts states on spying by Pakistani spies.

7.50 am: Modi a fake OBC, says Gujarat Congress leader.

7.49 am: TMC candidate in Varanasi assaulted by BJP supporters.

7.45 am: Bhagwant Mann, Gul Panag to join Arvind Kejriwal's roadshow in Varanasi.

7.42 am: Israel seeks security for its citizens in India.

7.41 am: Narendra Modi speaks to Times Now's Arnab Goswami in an exclusive interview [Read more...]

7.40 am: Quake of 6.8 magnitude rocks Mexico.

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