New Delhi, Nov 9 Following are the top stories at 1 PM:
NATION
DEL10 DL-LD POLLUTION (10.25 AM)
**** Day after Diwali, grey haze darkens Delhi skies
New Delhi, Nov 9 (PTI) A thick grey haze swallowed the skyline, reduced visibility on roads and brought back irritation in the eyes and throat as Delhi woke up to alarmingly high pollution levels on Monday, after firecrackers were burst across the city well past the permitted hours on Diwali. ****
DEL11 BJP-KHARGE-EID (10.47 AM)
**** BJP slams Kharge for calling Diwali ‘Eid of joy’, dares Congress to call Eid ‘Diwali of joy’
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday came down heavily on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for calling Diwali a ‘khushiyon ka Eid’, and dared him and senior opposition party leader Rahul Gandhi to call Eid a ‘Diwali of joy’. ****
DEL14 CONG-POLLUTION (12 PM)
**** Cong slams Modi govt for being in ‘denial’ on impact of air pollution on mortality
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday lashed out at the Modi government for being in “denial” on the impact of air pollution on mortality in the country and called for tightening existing PM2.5 and ozone standards as well as revamping the National Clean Air Programme. ****
CAL3 WB-RAPE-2NDLD ENCOUNTER (10.59 AM)
**** Rape-murder accused killed in police firing, fourth case in Bengal since BJP came to power
Kolkata: A man accused of raping and murdering his 12-year-old niece in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district was killed in an exchange of fire with police early on Monday, officials said. ****
MDS4 KL-ETHANOL-TESTING (11.38 AM)
**** Random ethanol testing commences at select fuel outlets in Keralam
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Minister Anoop Jacob on Monday said that random inspections were being carried out at petrol outlets in four districts following allegations in Karnataka that fuel was being sold with ethanol content above the prescribed limit. ****
FOREIGN
FGN10 US-TRUMP-LD IMMIGRATION (8.46 AM)
**** Trump says his immigration policy ‘too tough’ after midterm drubbing
Washington: US President Donald Trump acknowledged that his immigration policy was “too tough” after a severe drubbing in the midterm elections and said he was ready to work with the Democratic Party in the years ahead. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN13 PAK-ANCHOR-MURDER
**** Pakistani TV anchorperson shot dead at home in Rawalpindi; husband held
Islamabad: A Pakistani anchorperson was shot dead at her home in Rawalpindi, with police taking her husband into custody and seizing the suspected weapon.
(PTI News)
