News in Brief (Jan 7)

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Get the latest national and international updates here:

10:00 pm: Nationwide coal workers' strike called off

8:45 pm: Danish paper ups security after Charlie Hebdo attack

8:30 pm: Mumbai airport on alert after threat message

7:00 pm: It is an attack on media, no place for violence in any democracy, said BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi on terror attack in Paris.

6:35 pm: One of the attackers also had a rocket launcher, said a police official while speaking about terror attack outside a media house in Paris.

6:12 pm: Media reports said that gunmen outside the media house in Paris shouted they "have avenged the prophet." The media house was set on fire following a satirical cartoon on Mohammed two years back.

5:45 pm: This is an ugly attack on humanity. It's a wake up call for international community to unite against terrorism, said Arun Jaitley on terror attack outside a media house in Paris, France.

5:00 pm: Deadly gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo. At least 12 people were killed. [Read in Details]

3.40 pm: Coal Minister Piyush Goyal meets leaders of trade unions as their strike halts production for second day.

3.22 pm: CISF probes terror threat by Islamic State scribbled on a wall at Terminal 2 of Mumbai airport

3.02 pm: Shashi Tharoor had alleged intimidation by police in Nov2014 to force his servant to confess Sunanda's murder: Sources

2.40 pm: Furniture factory in Delhi's Mayapuri area catches fire; 10 fire tenders battling to control flames.

2.35 pm: 35 MLAs in touch with BJP and likely to switch sides before Bihar Assembly polls, says rebel JDU MLA Ravindra Kumar.

2.20 pm: Lahore-Delhi 'Dosti' bus service restricted to Wagah due to terror threats

1.20 pm: Kargil the coldest place as cold wave hits Kashmir, Ladakh region. Minimum temperature drops below freezing point- PTI

1.15 pm: 26/11 plotter Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to remain in jail

1.02 pm: Additional Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar visits the protest site in Bengaluru.

12.45 pm: Actor Sanjay Dutt applies for extension of furlough by another 14 days. He was released from Pune's Yerwada Jail on December 24.

12.35 pm: Protests erupt in Bengaluru after parents allege that their child was sexually harassed by a teacher (protests in Bengaluru)

12.22 pm: With given circumstances anyone would have come to conclusion that they were suspected terrorists: Rajnath Singh on Pak boat

12.10 pm: Centre will stand behind every person who invests in Bengal, assures Arun Jaitley at Global Investors' Summit

11.55 am: Kolkata: Union finance minister Arun Jaitley speaking at West Bengal investors summit

11.40 am: As far as questioning is concerned, whatever is necessary will be done: BS Bassi, Police Comm on Sunanda Pushkar case

11.32 am: I invite Nepal, Burma, Bhutan, Bangladesh: Mamata Banerjee while addressing investor summit in Kolkata

11.20 am: Swachh Bharat campaign for cleanliness has become a mass movement: EAM Sushma Swaraj

11.03 am: Steve Smith equals Sir Donald Bradman, Jacques Kallis' record of scoring 4 consecutive tons in a Test series

10.48 am: Indonesian official confirms tail of missing AirAsia plane found in Java Sea.

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10.20 am: Punjab and Haryana HC allows jail inmates to have sex with their partners till they are married: CNN-IBN

10.10 am: Andhra Pradesh: Four students among 10 killed in bus accident in Anantapur, rescue operation underway

9.45 am: 110 cases of Swine flu reported in both in Telangana and Andhra so far

9.15 am: All 77 workers in dispute with Indian company in Sri Lanka have returned, says government

8.45 am: 19 flights delayed, nine cancelled at Delhi airport due to fog

8.25 am: AAP says large number of 'fake voters' in Delhi, complains to EC

8:15 am: Delhi: PM Narendra Modi releases a commemorative coin to mark the 175th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Tata

8:00 am: Needle of suspicion goes to Shashi Tharoor, its clearly a case of murder: Madhu Kishwar

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