News updates of October 21

Bangalore, Oct 21: Manohar Lal Khattar named as Haryana CM. Follow latest news updates of the day:

9.40 pm: BJP president Amit Shah appoints party leader OP Mathur as the party incharge of Uttar Pradesh and JP Nadda of Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

9.00 pm: Hong Kong government holds first formal talks with student leaders speaking for sit-in protesters to find a peaceful way to end the Occupy Central movement which started on Sep 28.

8.40 pm: PM Narendra Modi chairs meeting on urban development issues.

8.15 pm: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Samajwadi Party says, "We have good relations with every senior leader, should be no doubt about that in anyone's mind".

8.00 pm:

7:55 pm: Massive fire breaks out at cracker market in Faridabad, Haryana. Over 200 shops have been gutted.

7:30 pm: MLAs from Vidarbha region meet Nitin Gadkari, urge him to accept the Chief Ministership of Maharashtra.

7:13 pm: BJP releases list of new state incharge, JP Nadda given charge of Maharashtra.

7:00 pm: Maharashtra BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar pitches for Nitin Gadkari as Maharashtra CM.

6:45 pm: President signs ordinance on e-auction of coal blocks: Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson.

6:35 pm: He is one of the finest coaches, don't want to lose person of his eminence, says Jiji Thomson, DG SAI on Terry Walsh.

6.25 pm: BJP President Amit Shah makes general secretary Sidhharth Nath Singh party in-charge of West Bengal.

6.05 pm: It was a very difficult decision to make : Terry Walsh on resigning as Hockey India coach.

5.24 pm: He had mentioned to facing problems to the decision making style of the sporting bureaucracy : Jiji Thomson, DG SAI on Terry Walsh

5.09 pm: This is first time we have got such a huge victory in Maharashtra, workers are very excited: Nitin Gadkari.

4.41 pm: BJP's victory in polls not a verdict for Union government: Mayawati.

4.35 pm: It is possible to get all information in 100 days: Subramanian Swamy, BJP on Black money issue.

4.16 pm: Pakistan suspends licence of anti-govt TV channel.

3.59 pm: Chopper scam case: Delhi court extends Gautam Khaitan's judicial custody.

3.40 pm: India's Gold medal winning hockey coach Terry Walsh quits over payment dispute

2.55 pm: Oath taking ceremony of Manohar Lal Khattar as Haryana CM will be held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium (Panchkula) on 26th Oct.

2:14 pm: Oscar Pistorious sentenced to five years jail

2:05 pm: Oscar Pistorious sentencing underway; judge rules out house arrest

1.45 pm: Chandigarh : BJP MLAs meeting ends, Manohar Lal Khattar will be the new Haryana CM

1.38 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will visit Kashmir on Diwali to spend time with those affected by floods- PTI

1.15 pm: Manohar Lal Khattar chosen as the Haryana CM (read more)

1.10 pm: These are false allegations, land was purchased 14-15 yrs ago: BS Yeddyurappa on Bangalore HC order

12.55 pm: Decision on CM will be taken keeping Haryana's betterment in mind: Capt Abhimanyu Singh

12.25 pm: Karnataka High Court asks sessions court to admit petition of DA case against BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa

12.04 pm: On our territorial integration and sovereignty, won't make any compromise on that : Ajit Doval,NSA

11.40 am: Manohar Lal Khattar in race for the CM post in Haryana.

11.17 am: BJP MLAs to meet in Chandigarh to decide on Haryana CM

10.30 am: Congress is ready to sit in opposition and play a vigilant, meaningful and constructive role: Ajay Maken, Congress on government formation in Maharashtra.

10.22 am: CBI files revised closure report in a coal block allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others in a Delhi court (read more)

10.10 am: Kerala: 45-year-old woman dies after being set ablaze in a train compartment

9.50 am: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje recommends CBI probe in Rajasthan ambulance scam (read more)

9.25 am: PM promised special status for Bihar, It's been 5 months, this is injustice to Bihar, It is public's demand: Ali Anwar, JDU

9.00 am: We pay our respects to all police officers who hv sacrificed their lives for protection of nation:Rajnath Singh on Police Commemoration Day.

8.50 am: PM Narendra Modi greets the nation on the ocsassion of Dhanteras

8.43 am: Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer, dies at 82.

8.35 am: Six more people dead in Monday's fire at cracker factory in Andhra Pradesh; death toll now at 17

8.15 am: Shiv Sena hits out at NCP in its editorial in Saamna (follow live updates here..)

8.00 am: Former Australia prime minister Gough Whitlam dies.

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