News in Brief (Nov 8)

New Delhi, Nov 8: Get all national and international news updates here.

10:15 pm: Shiv Sena's Anant Geete, who was to meet PM Modi to discuss Maharashtra government logjam, recalled by Uddhav Thackeray to Mumbai

9:30 pm: After security lapse at PM Modi's event in Varanasi, home ministry seeks probe, say sources

8:34 pm: Control room monitors failed at PM Modi's event at Assi Ghat in Varanasi: sources

7:44 pm: BJP has made social media anti-social, says Nitish Kumar in Facebook post

6:40 pm: Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and main suspect behind Bengal's Burdwan blast, arrested by West Bengal police

6:22 pm: Shiv Sena leader Anant Geete to meet PM Modi to sort out Maharashtra government formation logjam, sources say

5:30 pm: 'I have been a BJP worker for 25 years, I am a worthy candidate': Laxmikant Parsekar after being sworn-in as new Goa chief minister

4.25 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar sworn-in as Goa Chief Minister. Nine other Ministers also take oath.

3.45 pm: Chinese Prez Xi Jinping terms China,Pak "iron friends", tells Pak PM the countries'll continue to support each other, strengthen cooperation.

3.30 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar elected as new Goa CM. He will take oath at 4 pm today (read more)

2.55 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar chosen Goa's next Chief Minister: BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

2.17 pm: PM Narendra Modi meets senior BJP leader LK Advani in Delhi

1.55 pm: Under mounting pressure for him to resign on moral grounds,Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi remains defiant, says he wont resign

1.45 pm: AI purchase scam: NCP shields former aviation minister Praful Patel, puts the onus on former prime minister Manmohan Singh

1.44 pm: Pakistan, China ink 19 agreements: IANS

1.42 pm: New ISI chief takes charge in Pakistan: IANS

1.40 pm: Vishwanthan Anand to play with white in chess World C'ship opener [Read...]

1.09 pm: Nine persons were injured in clash between supporters of Trinamool Congress and BJP at Saptabari in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal: PTI

12.50 pm: Laxmikant Parsekar likely to be Goa chief minister: CNN-IBN

12.25 pm: Manohar Parrikar quits as Goa CM, BJP to decide on new leadership at 4pm.

12.10 pm: Goa Deputy CM Francis D'Souza to discuss the issue of electing next state CM with Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BS Yeddyurappa

11.55 am: Congress leader Pramod Tiwari rejects PM Narendra Modi invite to participate in the Clean India campaign

11.50 am: Chennai : AAP protest demanding release of Indian fishermen in SL

11.40 am: Burdwan blast accused Zia-ul-Haque used to facilitate training module by collecting Jihadi videos

11.25 am: Crucial BJP Parliamentary Board meet ends in the capital

10.57 am: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves from BJP headquarters after party's Parliamentary Board meet ends

10.52 am: India agrees to UN chief Ban Ki-moon's offer to remain a member of advisory board of a UN centre on counter-terrorism for additional 3 years

10.27 am: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Dr.Manmohan Singh on being conferred with 'Grand Cordon of the Order of Paulownia Flowers'

10.20 am: BJP Parliamentary Board meet begins in New Delhi

10.05 am: Cricketer Suresh Raina accepts Narendra Modi's challenge to 'Clean India' campaign

9.25 am: Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to quit today, new CM to be named by noon (read more)

9.10 am: PM Modi nominates 9 persons including UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and cricketer Mohammad Kaif for the Clean Ganga initiative (read more)

8.58 am: PM Modi engages himself in cleanliness drive in Varanasi with local people.

8.50 am: US President Barack Obama confidante Blinken named Deputy Secretary of State. [Read...]

8.45 am: PM Narendra Modi performs Ganga Aarti at Assi Ghat in Varanasi.

8:25 am: Lab technician at a Delhi school arrested for allegedly molesting a class 3 student.

8:00 am: Manohar Parrikar to tender his resignation today.

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