New Delhi, Oct 18 Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
NATION
DEL2 PM-MP-ACCIDENT (10.18 am)
**** PM Modi condoles deaths in Gwalior accident, announces Rs 2L ex gratia relief for each
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in an accident in Gwalior and announced ex gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for each injured. ****
CAL22 WB-SHAH-HOSPITAL (10.36 am)
**** Shah visits hospital to meet those injured in Kolkata Durga Puja pandal stampede
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday morning visited a hospital where 14 of those injured in the Kolkata Durga Puja pandal stampede were undergoing treatment, a senior official said. ****
DEL4 CONG-EC (11.57 am)
**** Nothing can save CEC; SIR must be suspended forthwith: Congress
New Delhi: With the Election Commission deciding to provide “readable” electoral rolls to parties, the Congress on Sunday said it was the result of the whole nation being on the streets against the “vote chors” and pushed for its demands that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must go as well as the SIR be suspended forthwith. ****
DEL6 PREZ-MP-ACCIDENT (12.22 pm)
**** President Murmu grieves loss of lives in Gwalior accident
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday termed the loss of lives in an accident in Gwalior district saddening and expressed her deepest condolences to the bereaved families. ****
CAL48 WB-PUJA-2ND LDALL STAMPEDE (2.09 am)
**** 19 dead, 25 injured in Kolkata puja pandal stampede; WB govt to provide Rs 25 lakh to deceased’s kin
Kolkata: At least 19 people died, and 25 others were injured in a stampede at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening, the day of Maha Saptami. ****
BOM4 MP-DEVOTEES-LD ACCIDENT (10.14 am)
**** 14 killed, 28 injured as truck ploughs into devotees outside temple in Gwalior
Gwalior: Fourteen persons were killed, and at least 28 others suffered injuries when a speeding truck ploughed into several devotees before crashing into a temple’s entry gate in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district in the wee hours of Sunday, police said. ****
DEL5 PB-SHAH-BITTU (12.18 pm)
**** Amit Shah to visit Punjab on Oct 20, says BJP leader Ravneet Bittu
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Punjab on October 20, BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu said on Sunday, without sharing further details of the visit. ****
BOM9 MP-DEVOTEES-ACCIDENT-PROBE (12.52 pm)
**** Gwalior temple tragedy: CM Yadav orders probe; says truck entered prohibited area
Indore: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday ordered a probe into the Gwalior accident in which 14 persons were killed after a truck ploughed into devotees outside a temple, and announced Rs 4 lakh compensation for the families of the deceased. ****
DEL3 NCR-FAMILY-DEAD-ARREST (11.41 am)
**** 3 kin arrested for abetment to suicide after 5 family members found dead in Greater Noida
Noida: Three people have been arrested for the alleged suicide of a couple and their three children, whose bodies were found at their home in a village in Greater Noida, police said on Sunday. ****
CAL27 OD-GOVERNOR (11.38 am)
**** BJP leader Braj Mohan Ram takes oath as Odisha governor
Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Braj Mohan Ram was on Sunday sworn in as the 28th Governor of Odisha during a function here at the Lok Bhavan. ****
LEGAL
LGM2 KL-HC-BITCHAT-CENTRE (12.00 pm)
**** Kerala HC seeks Centre stand on plea challenging blocking of BitChat messaging app
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has sought a response from the Centre on a plea challenging the blocking of the open-source messaging application BitChat. ****
LGD5 SC-MENSTRUAL HEALTH (12.53 pm)
**** Menstrual hygiene: SC expresses displeasure over states, UTs not responding to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over states and Union territories not responding to the Centre on how its judgment declaring menstrual hygiene as a part of the fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution is being implemented. ****
FOREIGN
FGN15 PAK-INDIA-AIRSPACE-BAN (12.56 pm)
*** Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian aircraft till November 24
Islamabad: Pakistan has extended its airspace ban on Indian-registered aircraft and planes owned, operated or leased by Indian airlines for another month, until November 24, according to the country’s airports authority. ****
FGN11 US-RUBIO-TRUMP-LD TARIFFS (10.19 am)
**** 60-day pause on Russia sanctions to analyse global impact: Rubio
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the waiver from sanctions on Russia and tariffs on other countries, including India, was a 60-day pause to analyse the global impact of the measure. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN13 SAUDI-INDIANS-DIRECTIVES (11.52 am)
**** India asks its nationals in Saudi Arabia to follow safety directives amid security concerns
Dubai: The Indian Embassy in Riyadh on Sunday asked its nationals to take note of and follow updated directives issued by Saudi authorities for people receiving emergency warnings through the National Early Warning Platform for Emergencies amid heightened security concerns following strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
(PTI News)
