Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, July 8, 2018: India Beat England by 7 Wickets, Win Series 2-1

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08 Jul, 22:06 (IST)

India beat England by 7 wickets and clinched the three-match series 2-1.

08 Jul, 19:25 (IST)

The prime accused in Dhule lynching case has been arrested by local crime branch squad today. Five people were lynched to death on suspicion of child theft in Rainpada village of Dhule district on July 1.

08 Jul, 18:59 (IST)

Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar won gold in vault event in Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Turkey today.

08 Jul, 18:52 (IST)

India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first against England in the third and final T20I series here on Sunday.

08 Jul, 17:39 (IST)

Two members of a Thai football team have been rescued from cave, reports Reuters. 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach trapped deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

08 Jul, 16:43 (IST)

Earthquake of Magnitude:4.7, Occurred on:08-07-2018, 15:24:35 IST, Lat:7.4 N & Long: 94.3 E, Depth: 70 Km, Region: Nicobar Islands Region.

08 Jul, 16:24 (IST)

Mumbai: Portion of a three-storey building collapses in Kurla area, fire brigade and police are present at the spot. No injuries have been reported.

08 Jul, 14:21 (IST)

JDU Ready to Contest 17 Seats in Bihar as Nitish Kumar Says Alliance With BJP to Continue.

08 Jul, 13:27 (IST)

Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall likely to occur in Mumbai, Raigad, Thane and Palghar today: India Meteorological Department.

08 Jul, 12:23 (IST)

Rajasthan: 6 people killed, 21 injured in a collision between a state roadways bus and a dumper truck in Ajmer; Injured admitted to the hospital, treatment underway.

08 Jul, 11:08 (IST)

14 year-old was allegedly gang-raped by 3 men in Chhatarpur district's Khajuraho, on Saturday. The case has been registered and victim's medical examination has been conducted reported news agency ANI:

08 Jul, 11:00 (IST)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Rajasthan's Jaipur at 9:43AM today:

08 Jul, 09:47 (IST)

According to reports coming in media, a theft has taken place at one of the houses of former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram. This is a developing story and more details are awaited.

08 Jul, 09:14 (IST)

Party to pass a resolution authorising Nitish Kumar to take decision that is in best interest of the Party vis a vis NDA alliance said JDU sources to news agency ANI ahead of the JD(U) National Executive Meeting in Delhi on Sunday:


Union Minister Jayant Sinha kicked up a storm after he was caught on camera welcoming and garlanding the convicts in the Ramgarh lynching case. The union minister was seen felicitating and offering sweets to the convicts when they came out of the jail after obtaining bail. According to media reports, all the convicts who were seen getting a warm welcome by the minister, were convicted in the case of killing a meat trader in Ramgarh, Jharkhand in 2017. He justified his act on Twitter saying that "In the Ramgarh case, the Hon'ble Ranchi High Court, which is the first court of appeal, has suspended the sentence of the accused and released them on bail...". He also drew flak from his father and former finance Minister Yashwant Sinha for his act.

Following a bomb threat call on Saturday, the Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express train was halted and vacated at Ghaziabad station. Reports inform that the Express train departed from New Delhi Railway Station earlier on Saturday morning. It proved to be a hoax bomb call.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday moved the application before Patiala House Court to restrain the Delhi police from providing a copy of chargesheet of Sunanda Pushkar death case to any third person. Following this, the Court has issued a notice to Delhi police in connection with his application seeking a fair trial. Earlier on Saturday, Tharoor was granted regular bail by a Delhi court in connection with the case relating to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death. Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014.

In the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, England made a place in semi finals of the World Cup after 28 years as they beat Sweden. Croatia beat host Russia in penalty 2-2 (4-3 pens) Russia. Croatia are through to the semis as well.

Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:

The Nitish Kumar led JD(U) will have an important  meeting in Delhi today. The party meeting is important considering the 2019 General Elections as the JD(U) is BJP's ally in Bihar.

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