Railway Budget, Others: Top News updates in Brief (July 8)

New Delhi, July 8: Here's

from across the world and India. From politics to entertainment, get the latest updates here:

10.49 pm: Ashish Upadhyay is the new Delhi BJP president.

10.20 pm: Somali presidential palace under attack by al Shabaab militants: official, al Shabaab spokesman.

9.30 pm: This budget is part of Modi's vision, it is part of the architecture for a new economy : MJ Akbar, Natl Spokesperson, BJP.

9.03 pm: Reliance Industries probing how its FIFA World Cup match tickets ended up in black market (read more)

8.25 pm: Congress threatens to move SC over BJP decision to reject party's bid for leader of opposition post.

8.05 pm: FIR against Congress leader Mukesh Sharma for drama outside Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda's residence.

7.30 pm: Preity Zinta case: Police will start recording statements of Ness Wadia's witnesses by on Wednesday.

4.30 pm: NDA government's Rail Budget a cosmetic exercise: CPI-M

3:30 pm: Congress workers protest against railway budget outside Sadanand Gowda's residence

3:00 pm: British Finance Minister George Osborne to NDTV: 'Achhe din are here for UK-India relations'

2:05 pm: Sadananda Gowda just hurriedly read what was written out for him: Lalu Prasad

1:50 pm: 1st time there is holistic railway budget of modern India. Railway cannot be run on an adhoc basis: Narendra Modi

1:10 pm: Bangalore to get suburban rails

12:46 pm: Ticket bookings through post offices and mobile phones will be popularized, also coin operated ticket machines, says Sadananda Gowda, railway minister

12:30 pm: Need to have private-public partnership to improve condition of railways-Sadananda Gowda

12:15 pm: Railway minister Sadananda Gowda presents Union Railway Budget 2014 in parliament

12:00 pm: Statue of Mahatma Gandhi to be installed at Parliament Square in London

11:40 am: Supreme Court grants 3 more months to CBI to furnish details about all registered NGOs and whether they file IT return: Press Trust of India

11:20 am: After BJP,Congress is the largest party so should get LoP, there should be no controversy in it: Manish Tewari

10:57 am: BJP Parliamentary board to meet tomorrow at 12 pm, Amit Shah might be named next party president

10:00 am: 14 killed, dozens hurt in Chicago shootings

9:45 am: Six taken ill after consuming cold drink

9:40 am: Indian-American doctors organise free medical check-up

9:15 am: Railway minister Sadanand Gowda leaves to attend BJP parliamentary party meet

8:15 am: NATO chief to discuss Wales summit with Obama

8:00 am: US ship begins neutralising Syrian chemical materials

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