New Delhi, Oct 29 Following are the top stories at 1.15 pm:
NATION
DEL12 RAHUL-OPPN-MARCH (11.38 am)
****Singular protest for nation, participate to save democracy: Rahul asks people to join ‘Chalo Dilli’ march
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asserted that the opposition INDIA bloc’s November 1 march is to save democracy, put an end to “vote theft”, and protect the Constitution, as he urged student groups, regardless of their political affiliation, to join it. ****
DES7 UP-MLC POLLS-RESULT (1.05 pm)
****UP MLC polls: BJP wins 6, SP poised to win 5
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections could throw up a six-five result. While the BJP has already won six of the 11 seats, the Samajwadi Party is poised to bag five with three results announced and two yet to be. ****
DEL11 CYCLONE-SHAH (11.29 am)
****Cyclone Arnab: Home Minister Shah speaks with CMs of affected states, assures all support
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday spoke with the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Odisha and Chhattisgarh in the wake of Cyclone Arnab, and assured all assistance to mitigate the hardships of the people.****
DEL10 DEF-RAJNATH-ASEAN (11.12 am)
****India ready to share ‘battle-tested’ anti-terror expertise with ASEAN, its dialogue partners: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: India is ready to share its “battle-tested” counter-terror expertise with ASEAN and its dialogue partners, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday as he described Operation Sindoor as a declaration of New Delhi’s clear approach against state-sponsored terrorist activities. ****
DEL8 RIJIJU-NASEERUDDIN SHAH (11.43 am)
**** Extremely harmful to Indian democracy: Rijiju slams Naseeruddin Shah’s ‘dimagi naxal’ video
New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju has said Naseeruddin Shah is a “dangerous urban dimagi naxal” whose views are “extremely harmful” to Indian democracy, after the actor posted a video accusing the Centre of trying to destroy the education system. ****
DEL13 CONG-MLC POLLS-LD PM (11.39 am)
****Stop trolling; focus on price rise, investment deficit: Congress slams PM
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his taunt at the opposition party’s showing in the MLC elections, saying he must stop trolling and sermonising others and focus on dealing with “back-breaking” inflation, and private investment deficit. ****
DES5 NCR-GRENADE ATTACK-ARREST
****Man wanted for Punjab grenade attack held in Faridabad
Faridabad: A man suspected to have links to Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and wanted for a hand grenade attack in Punjab was arrested from a village here, police said on Thursday. ****
CAL9 OD-CYCLONE-RESCUE (12.58 pm)
****Odisha plans air evacuations in Ganjam district as Cyclone Arnab maroons 300 villages
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people from Ganjam district, where around 300 villages have been marooned by heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab, a top official of the state said on Thursday. ****
****MDS6 TN-ECONOMIST-DETENTION (12.04 pm)
Economist Kalaiyarasan detained, Stalin terms govt action as ‘peak of fascism’
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police detained an Assistant Professor at MIDS, allegedly over an abusive Instagram comment targeting TVK MLA J Kamatchi, but later released him after confirming that his photograph had been misused to create a fake account. ****
LEGAL
LGM2 KL-HC-CAR CRASH-LD JUDGE
****Benz car accident: HC directs police not to arrest judge, deceased’s family disappointed
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the police not to arrest an Additional District and Sessions Judge in connection with a fatal car accident involving his 17-year-old son, killing a scooterist in Cheranalloor here.****
LGD7 SC-ACTOR-RAJESH KHANNA
****SC rejects actor’s plea seeking recognition of relationship with Rajesh Khanna as marriage
New Delhi: Terming it “luxury litigation”, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former actor Anita Advani’s plea challenging an order dismissing her petition seeking recognition of her alleged relationship with the late Rajesh Khanna as a marriage. ****
FOREIGN
FGN14 UN-INDIA-LD CUBA
India votes in favour of UNGA resolution calling for end to US embargo on Cuba
United Nations: India voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US against Cuba, reiterating that the restrictions should be lifted to help the Caribbean nation pursue its development aspirations. By Yoshita Singh
FGN15 US-OBAMA-TRUMP
****Change is in air; last best chance to rein in non-serious Trump: Obama
Washington: Barack Obama reprised his nearly two-decade-old message of hope and change to urge voters in the US to seize their last best chance to rein in “non-serious” President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
(PTI News)
