World Cup fiesta begins: Follow news in brief (June 12)

Bangalore, June 12: Follow news in brief for the day here:

11.40 pm: Fifa World Cup 2014 to begin today. Brazil to take on Croatia in the inaugural match.

10.56 pm: PM Modi calls meet on inflation, to review onion prices. Seven ministers to attend the meeting.

10.40 pm: PM Narendra Modi sends greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russian National Day

10.15 pm: Home Ministry team to visit Bangalore on June 14 to study problems faced by people from Northeast

9.50 pm: Huge blast in Bhilai Steel Plant: Five dead, 40 injured [Read more...]

9.00 pm: Ten per cent of seats not must, Congress must get Leader of Opposition's post, says party chief Sonia Gandhi

8.30 pm: PM Modi releases 2014 Fifa World Cup commemorative postage stamp [Read more...]

8.00 pm: Teenage girl raped and thrashed in Kushinagar, UP

7.55 pm: Nihal Chand must quit, says Congress.

6.59 pm: Blast in Tarkundi area of Poonch, 1 jawan killed

6.52 pm: Mentally retarded woman gangraped in Varanasi

6.50 pm: Sharad Yadav elected to the Rajya Sabha

5.41 pm: Narmada Bachaon Andolan slams Narendra Modi government over decision to raise height of Narmada dam

5.30 pm: Pune techie murder case: 21 accused taken to judicial custody

5.19 pm: Rape case notice to Union minister Nihal Chand

4.55 pm: BJP trying to buy AAP MLAs, alleges Arvind Kejriwal

4.12 pm: Mukul Rohatgi appointed attorney general of India

4.10 pm: Soldier killed, three injured in Poonch LoC explosion

3:30 pm: Heavy rain, hailstorms bring relief to Delhi

2:40 pm: Narmada Dam height to be raised by 17 metres, 2.5 lakh people to be affected

1:40 pm: Pakistan court allows Musharraf to go abroad

1:30 pm: Third BJP leader shot at in five days in UP, in a critical condition, says IBN Live

1:00 pm: CBI takes over probe into the Badaun ganrape and murder case

12:30 pm: Third BJP leader shot at in five days in UP, in a critical condition

11:30 am: Supreme Court refuses to hear Cricket Association of Bihar's plea seeking restrain on Srinivasan contesting for ICC President's post

11:00 am: Girl found hanging from a tree in UP after allegedly being gangraped

10:30 am: Sri Lanka releases 51 Indian fishermem

9:46 am: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav likely to meet PM Modi today

9:20 am: 16 militants killed in two US drone strikes in Pakistan

8:50 am: Feared Uzbek jihadists behind deadly Pakistan airport attack

8:40 am: Infosys to appoint Vishal Sikka as CEO and Managing Director

8:15 am: India must protect its women; don't politicise rape, says Modi

8:00 am: Brazil averts subway strike on eve of football World Cup

7:45 am: FIFA World Cup begins today in Brazil

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