News Flash: Congress President Sonia Gandhi hosts Iftar party in Delhi

New Delhi, July 13: On the last leg of his eight-day six-nation tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a strong pitch for taking India's ties with Tajikistan to newer heights in diverse areas.

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11.25 pm: UP government suspends top IPS officer Amitabh Thakur for taking fight against Mulayam to the Centre.

10.36 pm: PM Modi leaves for Delhi after his 8 day visit to 6 countries, which included the BRICS summit & other engagements

10.15 pm: Windows 10 to usher in new era of personal computing, says Nadella at Microsoft Conference

9.45 pm: BJP delegation met family members of Barabanki incident's victim.

8.24 pm: No Left leader present at Iftar party hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi

8.12 pm: Government to set up a University of Medicines which will also carry out documentation of diseases and its treatment

8.00 pm: Kashmiri Pandits observe 'black day' in Delhi, term July 13, 1931 as a day of "loot & massacre" in the Valley

7.35 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi hosts Iftar party in Delhi

7.20 pm: Political leaders arrive for Iftar party hosted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi.

7.15 pm: BSE issues notices to 530 companies for not complying with Sebi norms to appoint at least one woman director on their respective boards.

7.00 pm: Government to provide more funds to social security schemes: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

6.45 pm: Maharashtra government positive on law for protection of scribes: CM Devendra Fadnavis.

6.30 pm: Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named in world's top 100 "effective & talented" people by Scientific American magazine.

6.15 pm: "All not well" in PDP-BJP coalition: Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah.

6.00 pm: Flipkart offers Rs 50,000 allowance to employees looking to adopt children

5.45 pm: Olympic Canyon located debris of missing dornier aircraft on 10July including flight data recorder&some othr parts: SP Sharma,IG Coast Guard.

5.30 pm: Pakistan has no intention of a dialogue,they just want to show the world that they are talking.Govt should have been alert-Salman Khurshid.

5.15 pm: We all know which are those outstanding issues. Kashmir of course tops the list of outstanding issues: Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan NSA

5.00 pm: PM Narendra Modi arrived in Qurghonteppa, Tajikistan.

4.45 pm: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar accuses BJP of trying to create "communal tension" to "polarize" people on "communal lines".

4.40 pm: PM Narendra Modi "enemy of backward castes", says RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.

4.30 pm: IPS office Amitabh Thakur meets MHA officicals,alleges threat to life & demands security.

4.20 pm: Interlinking of Ken and Betwa rivers in Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh to commence by the year end, to be a "model" project in the NDA.

4.15 pm: Punjab: 4 persons wearing police uniforms allegedly loot Rs 1.68 crore from private bank's vehicle on Ludhiana-Ferozepur national highway.

4.00 pm: Skill India campaign to be launched on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

3.55 pm: Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy addresses media persons on Skill India.

3.30 pm: PM Narendra Modi delivered a speech at Agriculture Workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

3.15 pm: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sought more information on Samjhauta train blast during his meeting with Narendra Modi in Russia: Sartaj Aziz.

3.00 pm: PM Narendra Modi at the unveiling of Rabindranath Tagore's statue in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

2.45 pm: Hyderabad: Cardiothoracic surgical team of doctors successfully remove pencil from a boy's heart, boy out of danger.

2.30 pm: AAP MLA Commando Surendra fake degree allegation case in HC - HC gives last opportunity to Surendra to file evidence in support of his case. Court fixed 6th Aug as the next date of hearing.

2.15 pm: Accused Vismay Shah sentenced to 5 years in prison.

2.00 pm: Ten persons taken hostage at store near Paris, France. French special forces evacuate 18 people from mall after gunmen attack.

1.50 pm: Supreme Court extends accused Italian Marine Massimiliano Latorre's stay in Italy on medical grounds by 6 months.

1.40 pm: CBI team from Delhi arrives at CBI office in Bhopal.

1.15 pm: There should be a probe into how these Separatists in Kashmir are living life so lavishly: RK Singh, BJP.

1.10 pm: Ahmedabad BMW hit and run case: Accused Vismay Shah found guilty.

1.05 pm: PM Modi lays wreath at the Ismaili Somoni Monument in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

1.00 pm: I am delighted to visit Tajikistan, we share deep cultural links: PM Narendra Modi.

12.55 pm: ATM cash van looted at gun point in Ludhiana (Punjab), 1 crore 60 lakh rupees looted.

12.45 pm: India-Tajikistan sign key agreements.

12.35 pm: Separatists take out protest rally in Srinagar, detained by J&K Police.

12.30 pm: BCCI is the 'Board of Cosy Club of India': Kirti Azad on Mumbai cricketer Hiken Shah's suspension.

12.20 pm: A democratically elected state Govt in Delhi voted on ppl's aspirations is not being allowed to work: Nitish Kumar,Bihar CM on AAP Govt.

12.10 pm: What is the issue here? Its nothing political, Iftaar is a holy event: Nitish Kumar on attending Sonia Gandhi's iftaar.

11.45 am: Delhi Court orders to continue stay over release of Sunny Deol's movie Mohalla Assi till August 25.

11.40 am: Sagar Ratna encounter case probe transferred to CBI: Centre tells Delhi High Court.

11.35 am: Mumbai cricketer Hiken Shah has been suspended with immediate effect, guilty of breaching BCCI's Anti-Corruption Code.

11.30 am: Bombay High Court adjourns Salman Khan hit and run case till July 20.

11.25 am: India test-fires its indigenously developed Nag anti-tank guided missile, which can hit a target upto 7 km, from a helicopter in Jaisalmer.

11.20 am: SC issues notice to Surender Koli, Nithari killings case convict,on UP Govt's plea against Allahabad HC verdict to commute his death penalty.

11.16 am: Minor girl raped in a moving car in Jodhpur by two youths last night, youths arrested and will be produced in court today.

11.10 am: UP Govt has challenged Allahabad HC order commuting Surinder Koli's death sentence, in Nithari killings case, to life on grounds of delay, saying there was no delay.

11.00 am: At around 3 am in the morning the infiltrator was gunned down by Army at LoC in Balnoi area in Mendhar sector of Poonch (J&K).

10: 48 am: Senior IPS Officer Amitabh Thakur to meet the Home Minister in Delhi: Report

10: 35 am: Infiltration bid foiled in Poonch district (J&K). ANI reports say one militant has been killed by the Army.

10: 30 am: Congress president Sonia Gandhi to host Iftar party in Delhi. Reportedly, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will attend the party while RJD chief Lalu Prasad to give it a miss.

10: 18 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives ceremonial welcome in Tajikistan.

10: 09 am: Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government may replace Sheila Dikshit's Mission Convergence: Report

9:44 am: 2 killed in Pahalgam Cloudburst

9:00 am: J&K national highway closed due to a land slide, second day of Amarnath Yatra stalled.

8:45 am: If the probe is monitored by the SC something will come up. We trust SC: Anand Rai (Whistleblower, Vyapam)

8:30 am:

8:15 am: Expect today: BJP president Amit Shah will hold review meeting of 'Maha Sampark Abhiyan' of MP & Chhattisgarh.

8:00 am: Rahul Gandhi meets street vendors outside a temple in Raghubir Nagar (Delhi)

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