New Delhi, Oct 14 Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
NATION
DEL85 RAHUL-LD NSUI (4.27 PM)
**** Don’t come in way of protesting students, they are India’s voice: Rahul to PM
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to come in the way of protesting students as they are the voice of the country. ****
DEL75 CJP-TRESPASSING-2NDLD JAIL (3.58 PM)
**** CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka sent to five-day judicial custody
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were remanded to five days’ judicial custody on Wednesday for allegedly trespassing into a private property to reach Jantar Mantar, a denotified protest site, and violating bonds requiring them to maintain peace, police said. ****
DEL72 PB-ACTIVIST-2ND LD DEMOLITION (3.57 PM)
**** Anti-drug crusader’s murder: Mob sets ablaze accused’s medical store in Mansa amid bulldozer action
Chandigarh: Anger against the medical store owner accused of killing anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh alias Jhota spilled onto the streets of Punjab’s Mansa town on Wednesday, with authorities razing a portion of his house and mobs setting ablaze his shop nearby to slogans and loud cheers. ****
DEL71 AVI-AIR INDIA-3RDLD FLIGHT (3.04 PM)
**** Air India Frankfurt-Delhi flight diverted to Jaipur after hijack alert, resumes journey after checks
Jaipur: An Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur on Wednesday following a hijack alert that later turned out to be false, and resumed its journey after security checks, according to officials and sources. ****
DEL38 JAISHANKAR-US-TRADE-DEAL (12.28 PM)
**** India, US ironing out differences on trade deal; nearing ‘landing point’: Jaishankar
New Delhi: India and the US are continuing to engage to iron out differences on the proposed trade deal, and negotiations are heading towards a “landing point,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, while noting that the core fundamentals of the bilateral strategic partnership remain unchanged. ****
DEL49 JAISHANKAR-CHINA (1.39 PM)
**** LAC must be stable for normalisation of ties with China: Jaishankar
New Delhi: The Line of Actual Control (LAC) has to be stable for normalising relations between India and China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, asserting that any disturbance along the border will have consequences. ****
DEL88 CAB-IDBI BANK-STAKE SALE (4.43 PM)
**** Cabinet approves Fairfax’s Rs 52,878-cr bid for IDBI Bank; largest FDI ever in India’s financial sector
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the sale of a 60.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank to Fairfax Financial Holdings for Rs 52,878 crore, in the country’s biggest strategic disinvestment since the sale of Air India and potentially opening a new chapter in the privatisation of state-controlled banks. ****
DEL81 SACHIN PILOT-INTERVIEW (4.18 PM)
**** Modi ‘soon-to-be ex-PM’; if VP can resign in India, why can’t CEC: Sachin Pilot
New Delhi: Describing Narendra Modi as a “soon-to-be ex-prime minister”, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said no amount of police force or lathi charge will quell the voice of young people, whose recent “vote chori” protests have given new energy to opposition parties. ****
BOM19 MH-DROUGHT-LD FADNAVIS (2.53 PM)
**** 85 pc of Maharashtra declared drought-hit; farmers to get Rs 5,000 aid before Diwali
Mumbai: Over 85 per cent of Maharashtra’s talukas have been declared drought-hit after the state government added 40 more regions to the list, taking the total affected sub-divisions to 305 out of 358, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday. ****
LEGAL
LGD23 SC-PROTESTS-DMRC (4.41 PM)
**** Delhi protests: No curtailment or cancellation of metro train services, DMRC tells SC
New Delhi: There was no curtailment or cancellation of metro train services during the recent protests in the national capital and the entry and exit were restricted in 45 out of the 303 stations, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. ****
LGD10 DL-HC-NIA-YASIN MAILK (1.35 PM)
**** HC calls for report from jail on non-appearance of Yasin Malik in terror case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday called for a report from the jail authorities on non-appearance of separatist leader Yasin Malik from prison in a terror funding case. ****
BUSINESS
DEL59 BIZ-GOYAL-LD CHINA (2.47 PM)
**** We are working to develop relations with China once again: Goyal
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said India is working to rebuild its relations with China, but the last word has not yet been scripted on this journey. ****
FOREIGN
FGN51 CHINA-INDIA-TRADE (4.18 PM)
**** India’s trade deficit with China crosses USD 100 bn in first 9-months
Beijing: India’s trade deficit with China crossed USD 100 billion in the first nine months of this year, even as Indian exports grew by 40.7 per cent, sustaining their upward momentum amid a continued surge in Chinese exports. ****
FGN14 UN-INDIA- REPLY (8.12 AM)
**** India urges UN human rights mechanisms to avoid politicisation, selectivity
United Nations: India has urged UN human rights mechanisms to avoid “politicisation” and respect cultural and historical contexts, asserting that New Delhi is committed to advancing human rights for all without selectivity and double standards.
(PTI News)
