News in Brief (Jan 8)

New Delhi, Jan 8: Get the top national and international news here:

10:00 pm: J&K Governor N N Vohra submits report to Centre. One of the recommendations is for imposition of Governor's rule.

9:00 pm: Fire breaks out in a residential building in Nagpara area,Mumbai, one dead & 2 injured

8:17 pm: Haroon Yusuf,Congress: We would prefer sitting in Opposition than extending support to AAP

7:00 pm: We will not support any party which has a communal thinking, said former Delhi CM and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on Delhi Assembly polls.

6:42 pm: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal refused to accept support from Congress ahead of Delhi assembly election which is expected to be held in mid Feb 2015.

6:12 pm: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and journalist Reham Khan tie the knot in Bani Gala.

6:02 pm: We cannot support BJP which is communal, so the natural choice is we support in Delhi, said Sheila Dikshit ahead of assembly elections in the national capital.

5:50 pm: Two persons are being questioned in connection with the Church Street blasts at Bengaluru. Mohammad Asif and Saddam were picked up by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Bhatkal this afternoon and handed over to the Bengaluru police for questioning.

Both officers in the NIA and the Bengaluru police say that they are being viewed as suspects and only after further questioning will be able to ascertain if they had a role to play in the attack or not.

5:21 pm: Diplomats, journalists & members of French community stand in solidarity outside French embassy over deadly terror attack on Charlie Hebdo.

5:04 pm: Actor Sanjay Dutt's counsel now claims that he need not surrender till the state decides on extension of furlough.

4:55 pm: I don't know what is the definition of youth for them. Rahul Gandhi is past 40, said AAP leader Ashutosh while mocking at Congress.

4:34 pm: Charlie Hebdo, which witnessed a deadly attack on Jan 7 in Paris, claimed that it would come with next edition next week despite bloodbath.

4:16 pm: Shakshi Maharaj should get married now as charity begins at home, says JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav while criticising the BJP MP who raked up controversy saying every woman should deliver at least 4 kids to support Hinduism.

3.40 pm: Policewoman who was injured in firing in South France succumbs to injuries.

2:25 pm: In 4 districts Karnataka,want Godse statue installed, on 30th Jan when Gandhi was killed we will remember Godse: Pranavanand Hindu Mahasabha

1.43 pm: 2 police officers injured in firing in southern France

1:15 pm: US: Indian priest held for possessing child pornography

12:30 pm: Schoolgirl allegedly gangraped in Noida, 3 detained

12:10 pm:

If actress Kareena Kapoor has a problem with this, the doors of Court are always open for her: Prakash Sharma, VHP pic.twitter.com/Psyqacu3Da

— ANI (@ANI_news) January 8, 2015

12:00 noon: We decided we will not stop providing support price to our farmers, and this condition has now been approved by WTO: Amit Shah

11:30 am:

It is a gory act of terrorism, we stand by France in this hour of need:Sambit Patra, BJP on Paris terror attack pic.twitter.com/W6PFOHXtyG

— ANI (@ANI_news) January 8, 2015

11:15 am: A meeting of Nitish Kumar ji, Sharad Yadav ji and Lalu Prasad Yadav ji is scheduled today: KC Tyagi, JDU

11:00 am: Any terrorist attack is condemnable,also becomes an attack on institution of democracy as it's attack on media:Nalin Kohli on Paris incident

What Sakshi Maharaj ji has said is not BJP's thinking or Govt's policy, it is his personal comment: Nalin Kohli, BJP pic.twitter.com/boHCQvyQ39

— ANI (@ANI_news) January 8, 2015

10:45 am:

10:30 am: Very pleased with both Home Minister Rajnath Singh's decisiveness & also the doctors of AIIMS: Subramanian Swamy; Very pleased with both Home Minister Rajnath Singh's decisiveness & also the doctors of AIIMS: Subramanian Swamy,BJP

10:00 am: Gandhinagar (Gujarat): PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate ' Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' today, preparations underway

9:30 am: Delhi Police sends notice to Shashi Tharoor, asks him to join probe in Sunanda Pushkar death case

9:00 am: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to begin today, Indian diaspora from across the world flocks to Gujarat

8:45 am: Delhi: Runway visibility drops to 50 metres, 10 international flights, 41 trains delayed [Read]

Msg shud be conveyed without playing with feelings of readers: Shekhar Gurera (editorial cartoonist) on Charlie Hebdo pic.twitter.com/YCM9KbgAid

— ANI (@ANI_news) January 7, 2015

8:20 am: Msg shud be conveyed without playing with feelings of readers: Shekhar Gurera (editorial cartoonist) on Charlie Hebdo

I said it with a good intention: Sakshi Maharaj pic.twitter.com/MumDoBwUYQ

— ANI (@ANI_news) January 7, 2015

8:00 am: I spoke acc to sentiments of saints, if people beget one child who will take care of the parents if he dies?: Sakshi Maharaj

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