New Delhi, Sep 23 Following are the top stories at 5.05 pm:
NATION
DEL74 EC-LDALL SIR (4.32 PM)
**** SIR row: Oppn demands CEC’s removal on ‘Gyaneshgate’, EC defends differing views
New Delhi: Expansive red flags raised by two Election Commissioners within the poll panel over the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list triggered a political storm on Wednesday with the Opposition demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s removal and the poll panel asserting that differing views are a normal part of deliberation. ****
DEL65 EC-LD STATEMENT (3.40 PM)
**** EC says differing views normal part of deliberations; all orders carry legal sanctions
New Delhi: Under fire over red flags raised by two of its Commissioners over the SIR process, the Election Commission on Wednesday asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution and all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures. ****
DEL71 CONG-CEC-GYANESHGATE (4.20 PM)
**** ‘Gyaneshgate’: Congress attacks CEC, says all his actions enjoy Modi, Shah’s support
New Delhi: Amid reports of internal differences in the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision exercise, the Congress on Wednesday dubbed Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar “Gyaneshgate” and alleged that all his actions had the full support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. ****
DEL85 BJP-LD APPOINTMENTS (4.48 PM)
**** BJP appoints state in-charges; Smriti Irani gets Haryana, Chhattisgarh; Ram Madhav TN, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday appointed in-charges and co-in-charges for all 28 states and eight Union territories, assigning Haryana and Chhattisgarh to national general secretary Smriti Irani and Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand to party vice-president Ram Madhav, officials said. ****
BOM31 MH-IIT-LD SUICIDE (4.48 PM)
**** IIT Bombay sets up panel to probe student’s suicide, Doolla sent on leave
Mumbai/New Delhi: IIT Bombay on Wednesday set up a 10-member high-level committee to probe the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of B Tech student Sahil Wakode, an official said. ****
BOM26 CG-CGPSC SCAM-LD ED CHARGESHEET (4.15 PM)
**** CGPSC scam: ED alleges Rs 45 lakh ‘CSR’ payment to ex-CGPSC chief for favouring businessman’s kin
Raipur: The ED has claimed that arrested former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) chairman Taman Singh Sonwani received Rs 45 lakh through an institution controlled by him in return for favouring a businessman’s son and daughter-in-law in the 2021 state service examination. ****
CAL33 WB-EC-MAMATA (4.46 PM)
**** Mamata demands CEC’s arrest, fresh Bengal assembly polls with pre-SIR voter list
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and fresh assembly elections in the state with the pre-SIR voter list, alleging that the BJP and the poll panel had “looted” the polls held earlier this year. ****
CAL18 BH-RJD-PROTEST (2.30 PM)
**** Jamui case: RJD’s women wing takes out protest march in Patna, demands CM’s resignation
Patna: The RJD’s women wing on Wednesday took out a march in Patna against the alleged molestation incident in Jamui, claiming that crimes against women were on the rise in Bihar. ****
MDS16 TL-PROJECT-LD GOVT (3.39 PM)
**** K’taka CM responds positively to T’gana’s request to release Krishna water : Minister
Hyderabad: Telangana Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Wednesday said Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar responded positively to the request to release water from the Almatty and Narayanpur reservoirs to save crops in downstream Telangana. ****
LEGAL
LGD27 SC-EC-LD LAW (5.05 PM)
**** SC gives split opinions on referring to larger bench pleas against 2023 law appointing CEC, ECs
New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave split opinions on whether a batch of pleas challenging the validity of a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India from the panel for selecting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a larger Constitution bench. ****
LGD8 SC-ILLEGAL MINING-FOREST RANGER (12.40 PM)
**** Illegal mining: SC takes note of killing of forest ranger in Rajasthan
New Delhi: Taking note of a recent incident in which a forest ranger was killed after being allegedly hit by a dumper while he was trying to stop illegal mining in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said there should be mandatory preventive detention in these cases. ****
BUSINESS
DEL75 BIZ-BRICS-LD TAX (4.32 PM )
**** BRICS should work together on transfer pricing as disputes burden developing nations: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday urged BRICS nations to share their experiences on treaty interpretation and multilateral negotiations in international taxation, saying global transfer pricing disputes “disproportionately” burden developing countries. ****
DEL72 BIZ-2NDLD GROWTH-S&P-FITCH (4.24 PM)
**** S&P, Fitch, others raise FY’27 India GDP growth projections; see RBI rate hike on inflation fears
New Delhi: Global agencies S&P, Fitch, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and OECD on Wednesday raised India’s FY27 GDP growth projection to around 7 per cent, boosted by robust June quarter economic activity and resilient domestic demand despite conflict in West Asia. ****
FOREIGN
FGN23 UN-TRUMP-IMEEC (10.12 AM)
**** President Trump voices strong support for India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor
United Nations: US President Donald Trump has said that his administration strongly supports the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), saying there is a need to shift energy infrastructure away from Iranian checkpoints amid multiple strikes on West Asian countries. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN21 UN-JAISHANKAR-GLOBAL SOUTH (9.51 AM)
**** Global South may be in front row of global crisis, but is in ‘back row’ of decision-making: EAM Jaishankar
United Nations: The Global South may be in the front row of the global crises but is in the “back row” of decision-making, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, as he called for greater solidarity among developing countries of the region.
(PTI News)
