New Delhi, Oct 25 Following are the top stories at 9 PM
NATION
CAL44 OD-LD PM (7.44 PM)
**** Wars being fought by attacking economies; need to protect banking sector from ‘cyber terrorists’: PM
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said wars were no longer being fought only through conventional means but also by targeting economies, and underscored the need to protect India’s banking system from “cyber terrorists”. ****
DEL46 PM-LD MANN KI BAAT (1.17 PM)
**** Give prominence to products made by local artisans: PM to citizens ahead of Diwali
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to buy products made by local artisans while doing festival shopping, saying such a move will boost the ‘Vocal for Local’ campaign and ensure realisation of the vision of a self-reliant India. ****
CAL47 BH-KHARGE-2NDLD MODI (8.26 PM)
**** Bihar: Kharge’s ‘Modi ka baap bhi jayega’ remark in response to audience member courts controversy
Patna: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday sparked a controversy with his remarks “Modi ka baap bhi jayega”, in response to an audience member’s comment that “the PM would not go anywhere”, during an event here to mark the birth anniversary of Bihar’s first chief minister, Shrikrishna Singh. ****
DEL51 CONG-EC (2.21 PM)
**** EC hiding information on ECINET software as it will reveal manipulation: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday accused the Election Commission of hiding information about the controversial ECINET software and claimed that the poll body is repeatedly refusing to provide this because it will reveal the reality of the “massive, centralised manipulation” that has taken place in the “disastrous” SIR. ****
DEL57 JAISHANKAR-LD CONFLICTS (4.10 PM)
**** Using terrorism as instrument of statecraft simply unacceptable: Jaishankar
New Delhi: The use of terrorism as an “instrument of statecraft” is simply unacceptable, and it can never be justified or rationalised, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday and flagged that it continues because “not all states really display zero tolerance” for the menace. ****
DEL62 DEF-IAFCHIEF-LD-INDOPACIFIC (5.06 PM)
**** IAF keeping close watch on Indo-Pacific, boosting long-range capabilities to safeguard national interest: Air Chief Marshal AP Singh
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is closely monitoring the situation across the Indo-Pacific and focusing on boosting a specific set of capabilities including ability to operate effectively over extended distances to safeguard India’s national interests, Chief of Air Staff AP Singh said on Sunday amid growing global concerns over China’s increasing military muscle-flexing in the region. ****
DEL43 RAHUL-INDIA BLOC-RALLY (1.04 PM)
**** Heartfelt thanks to BJP for ‘promoting’ INDIA bloc rally with great enthusiasm: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday gave a sarcastic “heartfelt thank you” to the BJP and its allies for “promoting” the INDIA bloc rally against ‘vote chori’ on November 1 “so enthusiastically” and ensuring its call reaches as many people as possible. ****
DEL60 DEF-IAFCHIEF-LD-SINDOOR (4.52 PM)
**** No room to ‘stand still’: IAF Chief AP Singh on building future air power after success of Operation Sindoor
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s calibrated strikes across the Western front during Operation Sindoor — spanning 1,200 km in breadth and 200 km in depth — demonstrated that no target is beyond its reach, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said on Sunday, in an apparent warning to Pakistan. ****
DEL58 SHAH-LD ANTI DRUG-RAIDS (4.37 PM)
**** ‘India will hammer drug cartels’: Shah hails Operation Trident that unearthed Rs 100-cr hawala trail
New Delhi: Simultaneous raids across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur led to the arrest of 18 people and the freezing of 1,424 bank accounts, exposing Rs 100 crore of hawala transactions, breaking the financial and operational backbone of a cartel led by a Myanmar-based drug lord arrested earlier this year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. ****
BOM15 GJ-POEM-CONTROVERSY-VHP (8.05 PM)
**** Gujarat govt replaces ‘objectionable’ poem in annual Diwali magazine after letter from VHP
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has removed a poem from the online version of its annual Diwali publication after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) alleged it contained “objectionable” references to Lord Ram and revered Bhakti saint Meera Bai. ****
MDS20 KL-GUV-LDALL PSC (8.07 PM)
**** Keralam sees political storm over Lok Bhavan move to remove PSC chairman
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s decision to recommend the removal of state PSC Chairman M R Baiju over alleged irregularities in the recruitment body, shortly before demitting office, triggered a political storm here on Sunday. ****
LEGAL
LGD9 DL-COURT-LD M3M DISPUTE (7.56 PM)
**** Delhi court upholds cheating case against M3M, its promoters in Rs 450-crore land dispute
New Delhi: A Delhi court has upheld cheating and criminal conspiracy proceedings against M3M India Pvt Ltd, its promoters Basant Bansal, Roop Kumar Bansal and Pankaj Bansal, and others in an alleged Rs 450-crore land fraud case. ****
BUSINESS
DEL73 BIZ-RBI-PM-DATA CENTRE (8.54 PM)
**** PM Modi inaugurates RBI’s Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a secure banking system needs secure digital infrastructure supported by robust data centres and powerful computing systems, as he inaugurated RBI’s Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute here. ****
DEL64 BIZ-LD AIRLINES-MUMBAI AIRPORT (5.23 PM)
**** IndiGo, Air India to shift flights to Navi Mumbai as Mumbai Airport prepares terminal 1 redevelopment
New Delhi: IndiGo and Air India Group will progressively shift flights from Mumbai’s existing airport to the newly built Navi Mumbai International Airport from December, clearing capacity for the redevelopment of Terminal 1 and paving the way for a dual-airport system in the country’s financial capital. ****
FOREIGN
FGN22 SAUDI-INDIA-DIRECTIVES (1.40 PM)
**** India advises its nationals in Saudi Arabia against filming missile interceptions
Dubai: India on Sunday advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia to abide by local rules and regulations and refrain from filming or publishing information related to missile and drone interceptions. ****
FGN11 UN-INDIA-PAK (10.23 AM)
**** India slams Pakistan at UN, says military remains country’s ‘real rulers’
United Nations: India strongly hit back at Pakistan’s attempts at the UN to paint a “propagandist” picture of New Delhi, saying Islamabad’s “Form 47 government” can “dare not” override instructions from the country’s real rulers, the Pakistani military.
(PTI News)
