Al Qaeda launches an Indian branch; other news updates: Sept 4

Bangalore, Sept 4: Follow news in brief here:

10.45 pm: Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat booked for disrespecting national flag

9.40 pm: Amit Shah calls for completing Narendra Modi's agenda of 'Cong-free India'.

8.38 pm: Four-member ministerial panel set up to decide on how to go ahead on SC order on setting up of an Environmental regulator: PTI

8.15 pm: SC approves Urdu as second official language of Uttar Pradesh.

7.46 pm: Union Cabinet approves hike in DA for government employees: Ravi Shankar Prasad (PTI).

7.24 pm: Amit Shah retorts to Rahul Gandhi's jibe, says, 'If Rahul had spoken more, Congress wouldn't have even gotten 44 seats.'

6.50 pm: Top NCP leaders Suryakanta Patil, Babanrao Pachpute & Madhavrao Kinhalkar, Cong's Bhaskarrao Patil join BJP in Amit Shah's presence.

6.15 pm: I will recuse myself from coal scam probe if court orders so: CBI director Ranjit Sinha.

5.40 pm: Infrastructure is the hardware of development but we also need the software which are rights and opportunities, says Shashi Tharoor.

5.10 pm: Congress should be happy about what PM did in Japan, he spoke of development & not Congress's failures: MA Naqvi

4.37 pm: Congress secretaries Shakeel Ahmed, Prakash Joshi meet senior party leader Janardhan Dwivedi.

4.25 pm: 10,000 contract workers at Neyveli lignite go on indefinite strike; company says won't affect power generation.

4.07 pm: SC asks Maharashtra to pay Rs 20 lakh each to 22 students denied MBBS seats despite high CET scores.

4.05 pm: Badaun case: 3 accused get bail after CBI refuses to file chargesheet

3.40 pm: DGP Bengal on gives TMC Birbhum President Anubrata Mandal a clean chit in the Parui murder case.

3.15 pm: Modi has recharged India with a new hope, says Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.

2:55 pm: Rahul Gandhi questioned over power crisis in his constituency Amethi

2:15 pm: 70 feared dead as bus falls into a stream in Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir

1:35 pm: ISI nudged Al Qaeda to post the threat video: Sources

12:30 pm: BJP Chief Amit Shah to meet Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai

12:25 pm: Home Ministry seeks report from Intelligence Bureau on Al Qaeda video announcing an Indian wing

12:15 pm: Vijayawada to be Andhra Pradesh's capital

11:45 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses teachers in Delhi a day before Teachers' Day celebrations

10:55 am: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, on a two-day visit to India, visits Mumbai University

10:15 am: Four suicide bombers die in Afghan attack

10:05 am: IB issues alert to police stations across the country after Al Qaeda issues threat

9:55 am: Australian PM Tony Abott reaches Mumbai for a two-day visit

9:27 am: Libyan fighter jet crashes, kills five

9:00 am: Naga groups impose blockade in Manipur over death of protesters

8:45 am: Pakistan player Ahmad Shehzad probed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for making insensitive comment

8:15 am: In Al Qaeda's latest video, Ayman al-Zawahari announces the formation of an Indian branch of the militant group

8:00 am: Justice Sathasivan denies controversy, says, "No controversy in my appointment as Kerala Governor

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