Amit Shah announces his team; more news updates of Aug 16

Bangalore, Aug 16: A day after giving his historic speech on Independence Day, PM

inducted the INS Kolkata today. Follow latest news updates here:

10.30 pm: No need to panic about Ebola: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

9.45 pm: CBI probe in Saradha scam is politics: Trinamool Congress

9.04 pm: Nagaland Chief Minister writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

8.30 pm: Inflation needs to be reined-in, economic growth revived: Arun Jaitley

6.15 pm: States will soon be allowed to form own export promotion panels, says Narendra Modi

5.38 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi envisages 24x7 power for all villages

5.09 pm: Nigeria pulls out of Youth Olympics due to Ebola scare.

4.38 pm: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates power grid in Maharashtra.

4.02 pm: Report: U.S. airstrikes carried out as part of Iraqi effort to retake Mosul Dam.

3.55 pm: Residents near Iraq's Mosul dam, held by Islamic State group, say area being hit by airstrikes.

3.45 pm: Assam CM Tarun Gogoi today urges PM Narendra Modi to intervene in restoring peace in violence affected Uriamghat near Assam-Nagaland border.

3.20 pm: Militants attack BSF vehicle in Pulwama district of Kashmir, six personnel injured: police.

3.03 pm: Former Cong leader Birender Singh joins BJP at Amit Shah rally

2.35 pm: "Tourism is declining in Goa, we need to stay open to idea of a Bikini beach," says Goa MLA Lavoo (read more)

2.05 pm: BJP President Amit Shah arrives for his rally in Jind (Haryana)

BJP President Amit Shah arrives for his rally in Jind (Haryana) pic.twitter.com/wtPZDvhdBg

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 16, 2014

1.50 pm: CBI searches at 56 places in Odhisa in connection with chit fund scam. BJD MLA Pravata Tripathy's house also raided-PTI.

1:30 pm: Customs seizes gold from passenger in Kerala

1.00 pm: Srinagar : Fire breaks in a residential area in Kokar Bazar, fire tenders at the spot-

Srinagar : Fire breaks in a residential area in Kokar Bazar, fire tenders at the spot pic.twitter.com/3zg4cFxONK

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 16, 2014

12.15 pm: Amit Shah's new BJP team has 11 vice presidents, 8 general secretaries, drops Varun Gandhi (read more)

12.00 pm: Congress MLA returns 5 month salary while other MLAs demand full pay for no work.

11.20 am: Singapore : EAM Sushma Swaraj meets Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam

10.40 am: Amit Shah to announce BJP's new Parliamentary Board.

10.19 am: PM Narendra Modi addresses gathering from Mumbai Naval base (read more)

Yesterday we celebrated Independence Day but it is our Armed Forces that are protecting the free India: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 16, 2014

10.10 am: Today is a historic day for the country and the Navy, says Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.

Def Min Arun Jaitley addresses the gathering aboard INS Kolkata which is to be commissioned into Navy #BigNavalBoost pic.twitter.com/NsvKIhmVwR

— TIMES NOW (@timesnow) August 16, 2014

10.00 am: PM reaches Naval Base, Mumbai to dedicate INS Kolkata to the nation.

9.45 am: PM Modi onboard INS Kolkata along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan before its commissioning

PM Modi onboard #INSKolkata along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan before its commissioning pic.twitter.com/ZKXjslVAQ3

— NDTV (@ndtv) August 16, 2014

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