National & International news updates on Dec 14

Bengaluru, Dec 14: Fourth phase of assembly elections on Sunday, Dec 14 recorded voter turnout of 61.65% in Jharkhand and 49% in Jammu and Kashmir.

Follow all the latest news updates of the day:

10:00 pm: Heavy snowfall in Kullu (Himachal Pradesh)

9:45 pm: President Pranab Mukherjee recovering well after angioplasty, to be in hospital till tomorrow

9:15 pm: Rains, Cold winds keep most Delhiites indoors

8:00 pm: The present Govt is taking U-turn on many issues, some people have even starting calling them U-turn Govt: Arvind Kejriwal

7.00 pm: PM Narendra Modi congratulates Jammu and Kashmir cricket team for their historic win over 40-times Ranji champions Mumbai in a league match.

6.45 pm: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said this election offers a historic opportunity for them to undo the "injustice" of over the years by successive governments in the state.

6.30 pm: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won comfortable re-election today in a snap poll he had billed as a referendum on his economic policies after early success faded into a recession.

6.15 pm: At least ten miners killed in an underground gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

6.00 pm: One Maoist commander arrested by Jharkhand Police from Latehar District.

5.00 pm: Hero Hockey Champions Trophy Semi-final Match: 2 Pak Hockey players Muhammad Tousiq & Ali Amjad suspended for 1 match by FIH

4.50 pm: Nearly 49 Per Cent Turn Out, Polling Peaceful in Jharkhand.

4.25 pm: India To Launch 4 Navigation And 5 Foreign Satellites in 2015, Says ISRO Chief.

4.10 pm: Delhi: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal at a National Energy Conservation Day function.

3.45 pm: Abe's Liberal Democratic Party Set for Landslide Victory in Japan Election.

2.20 pm: BJP poster girl in Kashmir Hina Bhat allegedly slaps polling officer in Jammu and Kashmir.

1.55 pm: Good decisions of Khap Panchayat are good, but the unlawful decisions will not be tolerated: ML Khattar (Haryana CM)

1.12 pm: Ten persons burnt alive, 12 injured as gas tanker explodes near Jaipur village

12.38 pm: Jharkhand elections: Over 30 per cent votes cast till 11am

12.27 pm: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's constituency Sonawar in Srinagar records 9.24% till 10 am

12.18 pm: Two policemen killed after speeding car hit a barricade in New Delhi, driver held

12.07 pm: BJP candidate from Shopian thrashes a voter in Mochwaad area of South Kashmir

11.10 am: Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi at Rajghat (Delhi)

11.00 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi' Man Ki Baat begins, Modi speaks about drug abuse

10.47 am: Fresh snowfall in Shimla

10.45 am: "Voters are smart, it matters how they feel about my work," says Omar Abdullah after casting his vote

10.25 am: After Uber rape case, taxi drivers in Delhi to go through gender sensitisation programme to get fitness certificate for their vehicles

10.04 am: Hockey India rejects International Hockey Federation's decision to not press charges against Pak after their behaviour

9.53 am: Purba Express derails near Howrah, no casualties reported.

9.34 am: Bengaluru Police receives threat on Twitter after the arrest of Mehdi, sayign 'wait for our revenge.'

9.22 am: Rail Budget to be presented early 2015 could contain proposal for raising fares to pass on burden of rising power cost to passengers - PTI

9.04 am: Third edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio address today

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7.35 am: Bengaluru Crime Branch gets 5 day custody of Mehdi Masroor Biswas

7.15 am: Voting for 15 Assembly seats begins in Jharkhand in the fourth phase of elections.

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