New Delhi, Oct 22 Following are the top stories at 9 pm:
NATION
DEL93 PM-ISRAEL (7.02 pm)
****PM Modi receives call from Israel PM Netanyahu; discusses West Asia
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a telephone call from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, during which the two leaders exchanged views on recent developments in West Asia and underscored the urgent need to restore peace and stability in the region. ****
DEL66 BJP-CONG-2NDLD PROTESTS (4.42 pm)
****BJP cites media report to allege ‘regime change plot’ by Cong, calls Rahul Gandhi ‘gaddar’
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday cited a media report on alleged links between riots in France and the recent protests in India, claiming it exposes the “anarchy and regime change plot” of the Congress, and called Rahul Gandhi a “gaddar” (traitor). ****
DEL60 CONG-BJP-PROTESTS (4.19 pm)
****PM’s ecosystem trying to divert, distract, spread lies; will not succeed: Congress
New Delhi: 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. ****
DEL72 DL-SHAH-LD OPPOSITION (5.19 pm)
****Protests won’t achieve anything; go to people if you want to win polls: Shah to Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, saying protests would not achieve anything, and asserted that the BJP would remain in power for 30 years as the party existed among people and addressed their concerns. ****
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. ****
BOM40 CG-BUS ACCIDENT-2ND LD DEATHS
****Six dead, 40 injured as bus hits tree in Chhattisgarh; CM expresses grief, announces compensation
Raipur: Six persons, including four women, were killed and 40 others injured after a bus collided with a roadside tree in Chhattisgarh’s Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (MCB) district on Thursday, police said. ****
DEL103 PAR-SESSION
****If House not prorogued, extended sitting can be convened on two days notice: Top official
New Delhi: Amid suggestions that the government could convene an extended sitting of Parliament for the passage of the delimitation-linked women’s reservation bill, a top official on Thursday said such a sitting can be convened on a short notice of two days. ****
DEL94 SONIA-2NDLD INSTAGRAM (7.11 pm)
****Sonia makes Instagram debut with first look of her book; garners over 110K followers within hours
New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi made her Instagram debut on Thursday with posts on her upcoming book, which she said is a “story of love, duty, loss and finding a place to belong”. ****
LEGAL
LGD14 LDALL-HC NEHA BORA
****Don’t need permission to hoist national flag: Neha Bora; HC reserves order
New Delhi: All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Thursday contended before the Delhi High Court that citizens don’t need permission to hoist the national flag, while challenging a police notice asking her to execute a “peace” bond before a special executive magistrate. ****
FOREIGN
FGN67 ISRAEL-NETANYAHU-LD MODI
****Netanyahu invites Modi to light torch on Israel’s I-Day
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he spoke with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and invited him to light a torch alongside brave Indian pilot Smit Machchhar on Israel’s Independence Day.****
FGN46 SAUDI-ATTACK-3RDLD INDIANS
****One Indian killed, 3 injured in attacks on airport and oil field in Saudi Arabia
Dubai: An Indian national was killed and three others injured in two separate attacks targeting a major airport and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Thursday, amid a spate of missile and drone strikes by Yemen’s Houthis on key infrastructure in the Gulf country.
(PTI News)
