New Delhi, Sep 24 Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
NATION
DEL39 NCR-BUS-4THLD FIRE (3.29 PM)
**** Burning smell, ignored warnings: 9 killed as bus catches on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida
Noida: Nine passengers were burnt to death when a bus on its way from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, officials said on Thursday. ****
BOM31 MH-IIT-SUICIDE-LD PROTEST (3.28 PM)
**** Student suicide: Cong MP Varsha Gaikwad, NSUI activists detained outside IIT Bombay
Mumbai: Police on Thursday detained Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad, dozens of other party workers and NSUI activists gathered outside IIT Bombay to express solidarity with the family of student Sahil Wakode, who allegedly died by suicide, an official said. ****
CAL19 BH-HARASSMENT-ARREST (1.24 PM)
**** Girl harassed in public in Bihar, 4 arrested
Samastipur (Bihar): A girl was allegedly harassed in public by a group of people who behaved indecently with her in Bihar’s Samastipur district, following which four accused were arrested, police said on Thursday. ****
DEL40 EC-CJP (3.27 PM)
**** CJP threatens ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for “undermining” voter rights, and warned of a nationwide agitation, including “Jantar Mantar 2.0”, if he does not step down within 48 hours. ****
DEL49 ED-MAHADEV BETTING APP (4.20 PM)
**** Mahadev app still active, generated over Rs 94,000 cr from illegal betting: ED
New Delhi/Raipur: The Mahadev online betting app and its sister websites have allegedly generated proceeds of crime worth Rs 94,400 crore over the last 10 years with the main platform still operational and running a “huge” number of panels, the ED told a Raipur court. By Neelabh Srivastava ****
DEL26 CONG-LD EC (1.52 PM)
**** ‘Mortified PM hellbent on ensuring Gen Z voters do not have their names on electoral roll’: Cong
New Delhi: Amid reports of differences within the EC over SIR, the Congress on Thursday alleged that Gen Z is being targeted for exclusion and pressed for its demand that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately. ****
DEL37 CONG-LADAKH (3.12 PM)
**** Extend 6th Schedule of Constitution to Ladakh, establish full democratic institutions: Cong to govt
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday demanded that the government should make public findings of the judicial inquiry into violence that erupted in Leh on September 24 last year, extend the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to Ladakh and establish full democratic institutions in the Union Territory. ****
DEL51 UP-SEAFARER-HORMUZ-DEATH (4.29 PM)
**** Indian seafarer from Deoria killed in missile attack on cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz
Deoria (UP): A 23-year-old seafarer from UP’s Deoria district was killed in a missile attack on a commercial ship near the Strait of Hormuz off Oman’s eastern coast, leaving his family and village in mourning on Thursday. ****
DEL54 CIC-UPSC-CSE-MARKS (4.36 PM)
**** CIC recommends publishing paper-wise UPSC marks, flags no order for 2018 halt
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has recommended reinstating the practice of publishing the detailed break-up of marks obtained by selected candidates in the Civil Services (Main) Examination after finding that the DoPT had no record of any formal decision behind discontinuing the practice from 2018. ****
LEGAL
LGD23 SC-NSA-NOIDA DM (4.45 PM)
**** SC modifies its order, stays strictures passed by Allahabad HC against Noida DM
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday modified its interim order and stayed the strictures passed in the Allahabad High Court order against Noida DM Medha Roopam, including a direction to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh from her salary for the detention of student Akriti Chaudhary under the NSA in connection with the Noida workers’ protest in April. ****
LGD17 SC-CAUVERY (2.44 PM)
**** Cauvery water: SC asks Karnataka to respond to Tamil Nadu’s plea alleging shortfall
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Karnataka government to respond to the Tamil Nadu government’s plea seeking release of its share of the Cauvery River water, alleging a shortfall in supply. ****
BUSINESS
DEL47 BIZ-UPI MDR-NPCI (4.15 PM)
**** Only 10 pc of UPI transaction value risks MDR charges; corporates to absorb most proposed fees: NPCI
Mumbai: Only about 10 per cent of the overall value of UPI transactions could face the risk of charges being passed on to consumers under the merchant discount rate (MDR), with large corporates, which already accept credit cards, absorbing most of the proposed costs, NPCI chief Dilip Asbe said on Thursday. ****
FOREIGN
FGN15 UN-JAISHANKAR-CARICOM (9.01 AM)
**** India, CARICOM must further deepen economic, digital ties: EAM Jaishankar
New York: India and the Caribbean nations must further deepen ties in economic, digital and mobility domains, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN33 CHINA-US-TRADE (4.39 PM)
**** China, US reach consensus on multiple economic and trade issues: Chinese Commerce Ministry
Beijing: China and the US have reached consensus on multiple economic and trade issues during their latest round of consultations in New York, where the two sides also held their first dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.
(PTI News)
