New Delhi, Oct 21 Following are the top stories at 9.25 pm:
NATION
DEL76 RUBIO-INDIA-LD PROTESTS (7.08 PM)
**** Rubio terms protests in India as ‘internal political matter’, dismisses UN experts
Mumbai: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday refused to comment on the recent protests against the Election Commission, terming it an “internal political matter.” ****
DEL105 LD CJP (9.23 PM)
**** CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka released after assuring they won’t breach peace
New Delhi: A special executive magistrate court on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after they gave written undertakings that they won’t breach peace or call for protests at Jantar Mantar as long as the site remains denotified. ****
CAL30 MN-CLASH (6.44 PM)
**** Manipur: Protesters clash with police over killing of 3 Meitei men
Imphal: A large number of protesters demonstrating against the recent killing of three Meitei men in Manipur on Wednesday clashed with the police outside a sports complex in Imphal when Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh was attending an event inside, an officer said. ****
DEL97 MIB-TV CODE-VIOLATION (8.26 PM)
**** Govt flags Programme Code violations by TV channels, urges caution on AI use
New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday flagged instances of non-compliance with the Programme Code by private satellite television channels and advised them to strictly adhere to its provisions, warning that violations may invite action. ****
DEL95 PRIYANKA-RAIHAN-PICS (8.24 PM)
**** Today it’s him, tomorrow another artist: Priyanka on son’s pics of protest taken down by Bikaner House
New Delhi: “They are muzzling the voice of the youth across the nation,” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Wednesday after the Bikaner House administration pulled down some pictures by her son Raihan Vadra of the recent Delhi protests ahead of his solo exhibition. ****
DEL89 LD ALL DALER MEHNDI (8.04 PM)
**** Daler Mehndi row snowballs: Cong asks U’khand minister for apology, artistes rally behind singer
New Delhi/Dehradun: The controversy over veteran singer Daler Mehndi being publicly upbraided by a minister during a show in Uttarakhand for a sub-par performance escalated on Wednesday with the state Congress adding its voice to the chorus of disapproval and demanding a public apology from the BJP leader. ****
DEL86 CONGRESS-LD EPSTEIN (7.56 PM)
**** ‘Which anti-national traitor is US blackmailing’: Cong on Puri-Epstein photo
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the government over a purported photograph of Union minister Hardeep Puri with convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with party leader Rahul Gandhi asking which “anti-national traitor” the US is “blackmailing”. ****
DEL73 AIKS-INDOUS-TRADE DEAL (7 PM)
**** All India Kisan Sabha threatens ‘militant resistance’ if govt proceeds with US trade deal
New Delhi: The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Wednesday warned of “militant resistance” from farmers if the Narendra Modi government proceeds with the proposed India-US trade deal, alleging that concessions to Washington would threaten agriculture in the country and lead to greater corporate consolidation in the sector. ****
DEL100 ENV-EL NINO-WMO (9 PM)
**** Current El Nino event could be unprecedented in strength: WMO
New Delhi: The prevailing El Nino conditions over the tropical Pacific could be unprecedented in strength, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday in its new seasonal climate outlook. ****
MDS24 KL-VIJAYAN-SC-2NDLD CPIM (7.55 PM)
**** SC decision staying probe against Vijayan, others upholds rule of law: CPI(M) state secy
Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision staying the probe against former Keralam chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members for a week in the alleged CMRL bribery case, saying that it upholds the rule of law. ****
DEL19 CBI-ACTIVIST-3RDLD KILLING
**** CBI registers FIR into anti-drug activist’s murder in Punjab; Autopsy to be done at PGIMER
New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the investigation into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa, with a team of experts reaching the state to examine all angles of the killing, officials said on Wednesday. ****
LEGAL
LGD24 SC-AP-2NDLD CIVIC POLLS (8.06 PM)
**** Instilling confidence in poll process vital for maintenance of constitutional democracy: SC directs Andhra SEC to consider YSRCP’s complaints
New Delhi: “Instilling confidence in the election process is vital for the maintenance of constitutional democracy,” the Supreme Court said on Wednesday as it asked the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (APSEC) to defer publishing the final list of candidates for civic polls until October 25. ****
LGD16 DL-HC-NEHA BORA (3.30 PM)
**** Delhi HC to hear on Oct 22 Neha Bora’s plea against ‘peace’ bond
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it will hear on October 22 All India Students’ Association (AISA) President Neha Bora’s plea against a Delhi Police notice asking her to execute a “peace” bond before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM). ****
BUSINESS
DEL87 BIZ-LDALL RUBIO-JAMNAGAR (7.58 PM)
**** Rubio visits Ambani’s Jamnagar refinery as US pushes energy ties, Venezuelan crude
Jamnagar, Gujarat: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday visited Reliance Industries’ sprawling Jamnagar complex, bringing Washington’s push to deepen energy ties with India into focus at a time when the Trump administration is seeking greater access to the country’s refining capacity, more purchases of American energy and expanded investment by Indian companies in the United States. ****
DEL84 BIZ-RBI-LD MPC MINUTES (7.36 PM)
**** Higher inflation, price pressure spillover led to RBI hiking rate: MPC minutes
Mumbai: Rising inflation and signs of price pressures spilling over into a range of goods weighed on the RBI’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which unanimously voted to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points this month, according to the minutes of the panel’s meeting released on Wednesday. ****
DEL94 BIZ-LDALL JIO-IPO (8.22 PM)
**** Jio IPO fully subscribed in 100 minutes, draws Rs 69,800 crore in bids
New Delhi: Jio Platforms Ltd’s Rs 30,213-crore initial public offering was fully subscribed within 100 minutes of opening on Wednesday, making it the fastest-subscribed mega IPO in India, with investors placing bids worth about Rs 69,800 crore for 62.36 crore shares by 5 pm, according to exchange data.****
FOREIGN
FGN9 US-TRUMP-INDIA-TRADE DEAL (7.52 AM)
**** India, US trade deal to be much different: Trump
Washington: The US and India are “pretty close” to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN18 UN-INDIA-LD HUMANRIGHTS (10.44 AM)
**** India opposes attempts to portray world’s largest democracy negatively using unverified allegations at UN
United Nations: India has asserted that human rights should not be used as an instrument of political pressure or selective targeting of countries, as it opposed attempts to turn allegations and incomplete statistics into a “negative characterisation” of the world’s largest democracy.
(PTI News)
