New Delhi, Oct 28 Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
NATION
DEL19 CONG-CEC-LD IMPEACHMENT (11.54 AM)
**** INDIA bloc’s ‘public impeachment’ of CEC to be held at Kharge’s residence on October 30
New Delhi: INDIA bloc will now hold its planned ‘public impeachment’ of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar later this week at the official residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge after the party’s attempts to organise the event at the Ashok Hotel and Ramlila Maidan allegedly met with denial of permissions. ****
DEL20 DEF-RAJNATH-LD-HEGSETH (12.16 PM)
**** Rajnath Singh, US War Secretary Hegseth review progress of 10-year defence pact
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday reviewed the progress of a 10-year India-US defence framework pact that seeks to drive strategic convergence in critical technologies, information sharing, and co-production of military hardware. ****
DEL15 CONG-ECONOMY (11.23 PM)
**** Growing economic inequality one of nation’s most pressing concerns, govt must act: Cong
New Delhi: Asserting that “growing economic inequality” is one of the nation’s “most pressing concerns”, the Congress on Wednesday demanded that the government acknowledge the reality of this “economic distress”, expand employment opportunities, and take concrete steps to rein in inflation. ****
DEL9 RAHUL-TATA (11.02 AM)
**** Tata Group being criminally destroyed, will ensure justice for these crimes: Rahul
New Delhi: Tata Group is being criminally destroyed, and no business leader dares say a word, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday, asserting that “we will ensure justice for these crimes”. ****
MDS13 AP-CYCLONE-3RD LD LANDFALL (12.37 PM)
**** Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra coast; damages roads, electric poles
Amaravati: Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra coast early on Wednesday, leaving a trail of destruction with uprooted trees and electric poles and damaged roads, while two persons were electrocuted in separate instances, officials said. ****
MDS15 KA-MLC POLLS-LD RESULTS (12.54 PM)
**** K’taka MLC polls: Cong whitewashed as Oppn sweeps all 4 seats
Bengaluru: In a setback to the Congress in Karnataka, the party lost all four seats in the Legislative Council elections, with the opposition JD(S) wresting one segment from the ruling party and its ally BJP retaining three.
The JD(S) wrested the Bengaluru Teachers’ Constituency from Congress. ****
CAL10 OD-CYCLONE-IMPACT (12.18 PM)
**** Odisha evacuates over 30,000 people as cyclone Arnab triggers alert in southern districts
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has evacuated over 30,000 people to safety, with the entire southern region of the state remaining on high alert on Wednesday after the landfall process of very severe cyclonic storm Arnab was completed along the Andhra Pradesh-Yanam coast, a minister said. ****
LEGAL
LGD7 SC-CASTE CENSUS (12.58 PM)
**** SC refuses to entertain plea seeking drop-down menu for OBC castes in Census 2027
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to introduce a pre-loaded drop-down menu for OBC castes in the digital enumeration tools for Census 2027 instead of requiring individuals to manually enter their caste. ****
LGD3 SC-CYBER CRIME-PLEA (12.30 PM)
**** SC terms cyber crime as digital dacoity, refuses consolidation of cases
New Delhi: Terming cyber crime as “digital dacoity”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consolidate over 30 criminal complaints pending against two persons in 12 states for allegedly allowing the use of their company’s account as a mule for commission of various offences. ****
BUSINESS
DEL18 BIZ-JIO-LD-AMBANI (11.53 AM)
**** Akash Ambani vows to take Jio to greater heights, democratise new tech, space connectivity in 10 yrs
Mumbai: After a blockbuster IPO, Jio Platforms’ Managing Director Akash Ambani on Wednesday vowed to take the company, which is at the core of making digital connectivity affordable for Indians, to greater heights and democratise newer technologies, including space connectivity. ****
DEL1 BIZ-VAISHNAW-ELECTRONICS (8.45 PM)
**** Govt collects Rs 3.25 lakh cr in taxes in lieu of Rs 19,000 cr mobile PLI: Vaishnaw
New Delhi: The government has collected a total of Rs 3.25 lakh crore from the mobile phone industry in lieu of the Rs 19,000 crore mobile production-linked incentive doled out to the segment, according to data shared by Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday. ****
FOREIGN
FGN13 UAE-FLYDUBAI-MACHCHHAR (9.33 AM)
**** Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, flydubai crew honoured by UAE President for bravery during mid-air attack
Dubai: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Indian Captain Smit Machchhar and fellow flydubai crew members in recognition of their courageous efforts to ensure passenger safety during an attempted mid-air attack aboard a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. ****
FGN7 ISRAEL-ELECTIONS (3.03 AM)
**** Israel exit polls show no clear winner, Netanyahu’s Likud largest party
Tel Aviv: Israel’s parliamentary election may not produce any clear winner, with exit polls showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud emerging as the largest party, but the opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot projected to win more seats than the ruling coalition in estimates by three major broadcasters.
(PTI News)
