New Delhi, Oct 24 Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
NATION
DEL16 DL-NEHA-PEACE BOND (2.52 PM)
**** Neha Bora refuses to sign peace bond, questions curbs on dissent
New Delhi: All India Students’ Association president Neha Bora on Saturday said she will not sign a peace bond before a special executive magistrate, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea challenging a police notice directing her to provide a personal bond of Rs 10,000 with one surety. ****
DEL22 MEA-JORDAN-ATTACK (4 PM)
**** India unequivocally condemns attack on church in Jordan
New Delhi: India on Saturday unequivocally condemned an attack on a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate that left at least seven people dead and 34 wounded. ****
DEL12 SC-PANEL-EVIDENCE (01.05 PM)
**** Jantar Mantar violence: SC panel to hear evidence on pellet gun use, harassment of female protesters
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC), probing the alleged violence during the July Jantar Mantar protests, will hold a two-day sitting here on October 29 and 30 to hear affected persons and record evidence on the alleged use of pellet guns and harassment of female protesters, officials said on Saturday.****
DEL17 CONG-US-VANDYKE (3.05 PM)
**** ‘Why such liberty extended to terrorism accused’: Cong after release of US national VanDyke
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday questioned the release of US national Matthew VanDyke, an accused in the Myanmar arms training case, and asked why such liberty was being extended to a foreign national accused of terrorism. ****
DEL24 SIBAL-BHAGWAT-REGIME CHANGE (4.39 PM)
**** India wants change of govt via democratic means: Sibal slams Bhagwat’s regime change remarks
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent “regime change” remarks, saying India wanted a change of government through democratic means and accusing the Sangh leader of refusing to acknowledge this. ****
DEL21 SONIA-X-LD BOOK (3.59 PM)
**** Rajiv was very good-looking: Sonia Gandhi shares early memories with him on X debut
New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday described Rajiv Gandhi as a very good-looking and gentle person and shared her memories of their life together as she made her debut on social media platform X. ****
DEL20 CONG-EC-SIT (3.58 PM)
**** Cong seeks impartial probe into voter lists after errors appear in UP MLC polls; halt to SIR
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday demanded an impartial investigation into the country’s voter lists and a halt to the SIR process after errors appeared in the voter list for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election. ****
BOM9 MH-JARANGE-CM-SHINDE (4.19 PM)
**** Go to the root of audio clip case, spare no one: Jarange to CM, Shinde
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy Eknath Shinde must go to the root of the audio clip controversy and not spare anyone involved in the matter, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange said on Saturday. ****
CAL8 AR-PROTEST (1.18 PM)
**** NHPC office, PS set ablaze, Arunachal BJP chief’s house vandalised amid stir over power project
Itanagar: Amid protests against the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh, a mob torched an NHPC office and a police station, and vandalised the residences of two political leaders, including that of the state BJP chief, in East Siang district, a senior officer said on Saturday. ****
MDS6 AP-FIRE-LD SITE (1.18 PM)
**** Five killed in fire at road construction site in Andhra
Pinakota (Andhra Pradesh): Five people were killed in a fire at a road construction site in Alluri Sitaramaraju district on Saturday while a pickup truck was being refuelled, a police official said. ****
LEGAL
LGD4 SC-WATERBODIES (2.51 PM)
**** Courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected, while directing all states and authorities to undertake physical ground-truthing and demarcation of wetlands. ****
LGD2 DL-COURT-YASIN MALIK (11.16 PM)
**** Delhi court orders trial of Yasin Malik, Engineer Rashid, 5 others in money laundering case
New Delhi: A court here has ordered trial of jailed separatist leader Yasin Malik, Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, and five others in a money laundering case linked to alleged funding from Pakistan through hawala channels for secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. ****
FOREIGN
FGN33 AZERBAIJAN-JAISHANKAR-UZBEKISTAN (2.50 PM)
**** India, Uzbekistan discuss bilateral ties during Jaishankar’s Azerbaijan visit
Baku: India and Uzbekistan discussed key issues on their bilateral agenda and stressed the need for timely implementation of agreements reached at the highest level during a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Azerbaijan’s Baku. ****
FGN38 BIZ-INDIA-NETHERLANDS-FICCI (4.23 PM)
**** FICCI seeks Dutch investment in mfg, tech; calls for project-level follow-up
Amsterdam: Industry body FICCI has called for greater Dutch investment in India’s manufacturing and technology sectors, while pitching for joint ventures, technology partnerships and supplier-development programmes to deepen bilateral economic ties.
(PTI News)
