New Delhi, Oct 22 Following are the top stories at 5 pm
NATION
DEL48 MEA-SAUDIARABIA (3.28 pm)
****India condemns attacks on Saudi Arabia that killed 1 Indian, injured 3 others
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) India on Thursday strongly condemned the latest attacks in Saudi Arabia that left one Indian national dead and three others injured, asserting that strikes targeting civilian and critical infrastructure are “completely unacceptable” and must cease immediately.****
DEL56 PM-INDIA-LD POLAND (3.56 pm)
****India will support every meaningful effort to bring peace to Ukraine, West Asia: PM Modi
New Delhi: India and Poland on Thursday agreed to deepen ties in defence, space, and nuclear energy domains, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk pledging to boost bilateral strategic partnership amid growing global instability. ****
DEL49 DL-CJP-POLICE NOTICE (3.34 pm)
**** CJP leaders seek more time to join Crime Branch probe, likely to get fresh summons
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were summoned by Delhi Police Crime Branch for questioning on Thursday in connection with the October 13 protest at Janatar Mantar but they have sought more time, police sources said. ****
DEL61 RUBIO-US-INDIA (4.22 pm)
**** Rubio concludes India visit, says advanced economic and strategic priorities in the region
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said that continuing to build economic partnership and energy security cooperation makes both India and the US stronger as he wrapped up his three-day visit, which took him to the country’s financial capital Mumbai and a key refinery site in Gujarat’s Jamnagar. ****
DEL60 CONG-BJP-PROTESTS (4.19 pm)
****PM’s ecosystem trying to divert, distract, spread lies; will not succeed: Congress
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday hit back at the BJP over its allegation that the opposition party was hatching a “regime change plot”, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ecosystem, in its “desperation and nervousness”, was trying to “divert, distract and spread lies” but would not succeed. ****
DEL65 SPEAKER-BRICS (4.36 pm)
****12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum meet on Oct 26-27; PM Modi to attend
New Delhi: A two-day conference of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum will take place in New Delhi on October 26-27 with the attendance of presiding officers, members of parliament and delegates from member nations, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday. ****
DEL19 SONIA-LD INSTAGRAM (12.11 pm)
****Sonia Gandhi makes Instagram debut, shares first look of her upcoming book
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi made her Instagram debut on Thursday with a post on her upcoming book, which she said is a “story of love, duty, loss and finding a place to belong”. ****
DEL45 BIKANER HOUSE-VADRA-ROW (2.57 pm)
****Raihan Vadra art show row: Bikaner House says photos violating policy were removed
New Delhi: The Bikaner House Society on Thursday said it had sought the removal of certain photographs from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition after finding them inconsistent with its policy, adding that the remaining pictures continued to be displayed. ****
CAL17 WB-CHRISTIAN-THREAT-CASE (4.38 pm)
****Bengal: Three Christian families allege assault, threats to abandon faith; police deployed in area
Kolkata: Three Christian families in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district have complained to police that they were threatened and assaulted by a group of people earlier this week to force them to renounce their faith, prompting the force to deploy its personnel in the area. ****
LEGAL
LGD7 DL-HC-NEHA (4.44 pm)
****Don’t need permission to hoist national flag: Neha Bora to Delhi HC
New Delhi: All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Thursday challenged in the Delhi High Court a police notice asking her to execute a “peace” bond before a special executive magistrate, saying citizens don’t need permission to hoist the national flag. ****
LGD6 DL-HC-PROTEST-DISOBEY (4.23 pm)
****Mere participation in protest not enough to show intention to disobey, obstruct police: HC
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has said that mere participation in a demonstration does not by itself establish a “common intention” to disobey police directions or obstruct police personnel. ****
FOREIGN
FGN36 SAUDI-ATTACK-2NDLD INDIAN (3.05 pm)
****Indian national killed in Saudi airport attack, 2 others injured
Dubai: An Indian national was killed and two others were injured in an attack on Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Thursday, a day after another compatriot was injured in a drone attack targeting the kingdom’s Shaybah oilfield, amid a spate of strikes by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on key infrastructure in the country.
FGN35 PAK-IMRAN-SISTERS (2.59 pm)
****Pak court summons officials over detention of Imran Khan’s three sisters
Lahore: A Pakistani court on Thursday summoned two government officials in connection with the detention of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s three sisters, a court official said.
(PTI News)
