New Delhi, Oct 26 Following are the top stories at 1.00 AM:
NATION
DEL22 BRICS-PARLIAMENTARY-LD FORUM (12.44 PM)
**** Regional conflicts, terrorism do not stop at borders, affect all: LS Speaker at BRICS Parliamentary Forum
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said parliaments can help build trust and ease tensions between countries as he inaugurated the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum here.****
DEL21 CONG-KHARGE-CEC (12.30 PM)
**** Modi govt using every possible trick to protect Gyanesh Kumar: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Modi government of resorting to every possible trick to protect Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar even after “countless revelations of vote theft”.****
DEL27 UP-RAHUL-CONVOY-SIT (01.01 PM)
**** UP Police constitutes SIT to probe accident involving vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s convoy
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the accident involving vehicles trailing the convoy of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Sultanpur.****
MDS13 KL-ASSEMBLY-ACCIDENT (12.46 PM)
**** Police lapses in fatal mishap involving judge’s minor son; strong action assured: Chennithala
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Monday admitted to lapses on the part of the police in the case related to the death of a street food vendor after a Mercedes-Benz driven by a judge’s minor son hit him in Kochi, and said the government would take strong action, including against the boy’s father if required.****
MDS6 KA-DUSSEHRA-LD ROYAL FAMILY (11.30 AM)
**** Mysuru royal family head expresses disappointment over Dussehra 2026 management
Mysuru: Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family has expressed deep disappointment over the conduct of Dussehra 2026, alleging poor coordination among government departments and repeated interference with the family’s religious rituals, and proposed shifting the Sri Chamundeshwari Ammanavaru’s Ambari procession to the day of the hill’s Rathotsava.****
LEGAL
LGD8 UP-RAHUL 3RD LD DEFAMATION (01.01 PM)
**** Rahul Gandhi acquitted in 2018 defamation case over remarks against Amit Shah
Sultanpur (UP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was acquitted by a special MP-MLA court here on Monday in a defamation case related to his remarks against then BJP president Amit Shah in 2018. ****
LGD4 SC-LAKHIMPUR KHERI-CASE (12.58 PM)
**** Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC allows Ashish Mishra to visit hometown on Diwali
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Ashish Mishra, an accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur violence case and son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, to travel to his hometown to celebrate Diwali with his family members.****
FOREIGN
FGN25 ISRAEL-ELECTION
**** Israel heads to polls amid uncertainty over Netanyahu’s future, coalition numbers
Jerusalem: Israel will hold parliamentary elections on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to retain power amid debate over the government’s handling of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, the subsequent wars and its domestic and foreign policies.
(PTI News)
