Follow news in brief: July 30

Updated: Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 23:24 [IST]

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Bangalore, July 30: Here is the top news for the day:

11.24 pm: Indian wrestlers Kadian, Lalitha, Sakshi Malik and Satyawart clinch silver at Commonwealth Games.

11.05 pm: Haryana Power Minister and Congress leader Ajay Yadav withdraws resignation after having stepped down after questioning CM Hooda's leadership.

10.45 pm: White House: US condemns Israel's shelling of UN school in Gaza Strip.

10.20 pm: Cabinet clears amendments in Factories Act. Amendments to include overtime benefits for workers.

10.05 pm: South Africa beat India 3-2 in women's hockey to enter the semi-finals. India out of medal contention.

9.45 pm: CWG 2014: India's Sakshi Malik gets silver in women's wrestling 58kg category.

9.25 pm: India's Lalitha loses to Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye in Women's 53kg freestyle wrestling to settle for silver at Commonwealth games.

9.00 pm: Prakash Nanjappa,silver medalist in 10m Air Pistol shooting at the CWG welcomed at Bangalore airport.

8.40 pm: Special Investigation Team to appeal in Supreme Court against bail granted to former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, convicted for 2002 riots.

8.22 pm: UPSC aspirants protest in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar

8.10 pm: Death toll in the Pune land slide raises to 17. Rescue operations still on.

6.05 pm: Delhi High Court panel confirms the Centre's decision to extend ban on Students Islamic Movement of India by 5 years: PTI

5.50 pm: Modi's Nepal visit to boost hydropower, infrastructure cooperation: Observers

4:15 pm: DMK writes to Vice-President; seeks Katju's removal as PCI Chairman

3:44 pm: 300 NDRF personnel rushed to Pune by Centre for rescue of landslide-trapped people

3.43 pm: Maharahstra CM to visit landslide site near Pune. Eight persons have died so far

3.42 pm: No FIR against MP Tapas Pal for now: Calcutta HC

3:25 pm: 16 former ministers served eviction notices for unauthorised stay in Govt bunglows, Govt tells former ministers to relocate within 15 days

3:10 pm: Parliament canteen food not good, complain MPs

2:58 pm: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to visit areas affected by landslide near Pune

2:50 pm: Libya crisis: 50 Kerala nurses stranded in Tripoli likely to be shifted out to Tunisia tomorrow by bus, says Chief Minister Oommen Chandy

2:30 pm: Seven teams if NDRF rushed to Pune. Two in the vicinity, five en route: Sandeep Rathode, IG, NDRF

1:36 pm: 2004 Kumbakonam school fire case: School principal slapped with a fine of Rs 47 Lakhs, sentenced t life imprisonment

12:58 pm: Pune blast: CCTV footage obtained from parking lot where explosives were kept

12.29 pm: Landslide near Pune, 150 feared to be dead

11:55 am: 7-year-old raped in Bangalore

11:42 am: No bugging at Gadkari home, says Rajnath

11.30 am: Herald case: Congress to move HC

11.20 am: Three held guilty for the 2004 Kumbakonam school fire tragedy. Ninety-four children lost their lives in the tragedy.

11:05 am: Birender Singh meets Amit Shah amid speculation of joining BJP

10:45 am: Another batch of devotees leave for Amarnath

10:14 am: Hamas rejects Palestinian agreement for 24 hour cease fire violation

9:55 am: Carlos Tevez's father kidnapped, released after ransom paid