New Delhi, Oct 30 Following are the top stories at 5 PM:
NATION
BOM19 GJ-LD MODI (02.41 PM)
**** I will serve people of India till my last breath, asserts PM Modi in backdrop of Cong’s ‘baap barb’
Bhildi (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday vowed to serve the people of India till his last breath, an assertion coming days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” remark that triggered a political storm. ****
DEL53 RAHUL-LD IDBI (04.54 PM)
**** Rahul attacks govt on IDBI bank sale row; Sitharaman hits back
New Delhi: Amid the IDBI bank disinvestment row, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed solidarity with the employees and questioned the government’s decision to sell off the profitable public bank to a Canadian firm.****
DEL44 INDIA BLOC-CEC 2NDLD IMPEACHMENT (03.38 PM)
**** INDIA bloc’s ‘public impeachment’ of CEC postponed to Saturday; Rahul says oppn standing together
New Delhi: INDIA bloc’s “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has been postponed to October 31 due to the rains here, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday as the opposition asserted that the countdown to the exit of the poll body chief is accelerating.****
DEL51 CONG-MOCK PARLIAMENT (04.32 PM)
**** ‘PM-HM have consistently mocked Parliament’: Cong’s dig at BJP over ‘mock parliament’
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said it is not at all surprising that the BJP ecosystem organised a mock parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have consistently “mocked” Parliament since 2014.****
DEL54 BJP-RAHUL-INDIA BLOC (05.02 PM)
**** BJP rejects Rahul’s claim about HM stopping people from coming to INDIA bloc’s Nov 1 rally
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday rejected as “lie” Rahul Gandhi’s claim that Home Minister Amit Shah is trying to stop people from coming to Delhi for the INDIA bloc’s November 1 rally here and asked the Congress leader to stop misleading people by spreading falsehood.****
MDS15 TN-CM-LD JOBS(04.38 PM)
**** TN CM Vijay orders five-year age relaxation for govt jobs
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday ordered a five-year age relaxation for government jobs, and it will be effective for five years.****
DEL34 UP-LD AMIT SHAH (02.33 PM)
**** BJP will bring UCC in Uttar Pradesh if voted to power again: Amit Shah
Lucknow: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttar Pradesh, expressing confidence that the party would return to power in the state after assembly elections next year.****
DEL48 UKD-2NDLD CHOPPER (04.10 PM)
**** Chopper on way from Badrinath to Dehradun with 6 on board crashes
Chamoli (Uttarakhand): A helicopter with six people on board crashed into a hillside in Joshimath on a rained out, overcast Friday afternoon about an hour after it took off from Badrinath on its way to Dehradun, officials said.****
CAL21 WB-GLOF-LD SITUATION (04.43 PM)
**** 12,000 people shifted from vulnerable areas in north Bengal as GLOF hits adjoining Bhutan
Kolkata: Around 12,000 people living along the Sankosh in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district downstream of Bhutan were shifted to safer locations on Friday after a rise in water level in the river due to a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the adjoining Himalayan kingdom, a senior official said. ****
CAL18 OD-CYCLONE-LD IMPACT (04.18 PM)
**** Odisha steps up rescue and relief ops, 4 helicopters airdrop food packets in flood-hit Ganjam
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday intensified relief and rescue operations, deploying four defence helicopters to airdrop food packets in flood-hit Ganjam district, where thousands of people remain marooned for over 24 hours following heavy rainfall triggered by cyclone Arnab, officials said.****
MDS2 ISRO-SATELLITE-COUNTDOWN (09.39 AM)
**** Countdown progressing for ISRO’s crucial GSLV-F18 launch carrying navigation satellite NVS-03
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): The 24-hour countdown for the launch of India’s next-generation navigation satellite, NVS-03, has commenced and is progressing, ISRO said on Friday.
LEGAL
LGD21 HC-CJI-CONSTITUTION (04.45 PM)
**** Constitution must guide judiciary where law is silent: CJI Surya Kant
New Delhi: Where the law is silent, the Constitution must guide the judiciary as its promise of dignity, liberty and equality does not change with technology, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Friday.****
LGD14 SC-LD ANANT SINGH (02.46 PM)
**** SC directs expelled JD(U) MLA Anant Singh to surrender by Dec 1 in murder case
New Delhi: In a setback to expelled JD(U) MLA Anant Singh, the Supreme Court on Friday directed him to surrender by December 1 in connection with the Dular Chand Yadav murder case.****
LGD4 UP-HC-KGBV-TEACHERS (11.05 PM)
**** KGBV teachers on contracts for years is forced labour; create posts for them in 4 months: HC
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has held that keeping teachers employed in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) on contractual terms for years without adequate wages or job security amounts to forced labour, prohibited under Article 23 of the Constitution.*****
FOREIGN
FGN18 ISRAEL-3RDLD ELECTIONS (01.02 PM)
**** Israel election leaves government formation uncertain as Netanyahu bloc falls short of majority
Tel Aviv: Israel’s parliamentary election has left government formation uncertain, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc falling short of a majority and allegations of electoral fraud and foreign interference drawing pushback from election officials and the Shin Bet security agency. By Farhan Khan ****
FGN5 UN-INDIA-MARITIME-AI (08.51 AM)
**** India says AI, maritime security key priorities for its UNSC candidature for 2028–29
United Nations, Oct 30 (PTI) Maritime security and Artificial Intelligence will be key priorities for India during its candidature for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2028-29 term, India’s envoy to the UN has said. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN33 US-NVIDIA-CHINA (04.45 PM)
**** US intelligence agencies identify businesswoman close to Nvidia chief as Beijing asset: Report
New York: US intelligence agencies have concluded that a Chinese businesswoman who developed a close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset and funnelled information to Beijing, according to a New York Times report – China has dismissed the allegations as a “smear”.
(PTI News)
