New Delhi, Oct 31 Following are the top stories at 9.35 pm:
NATION
DES81 LDALL IMPEACHMENT (9.35 PM)
**** INDIA bloc holds symbolic ‘public impeachment’ of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, calls for trying him in court for treason
New Delhi: INDIA bloc on Saturday carried out a symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of deleting votes to steal elections and demanding that he be tried in court for treason and jailed. ****
DEL85 RAHUL-CEC (7.51 PM)
**** ‘Public impeachment’ of CEC political weapon against those who colluded to destroy votes: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the “public impeachment” of Gyanesh Kumar is a “political weapon” targeted at those who “colluded” to destroy the votes of the Indian people, asserting that the chief election commissioner should be tried in court for treason. ****
DEL64 PB-AAP-2NDLD LIST (6.36 PM)
**** Punjab polls: AAP renominates sitting 40 MLAs; Mann to fight from Dhuri, jailed minister Arora from Ludhiana West
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) set off the blocks early by announcing its first list of candidates for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections on Saturday, renominating 40 sitting MLAs with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann again contesting from Dhuri. ****
BOM33 GJ-MODI (8.31 PM)
**** PM Modi slams Opposition, says it has turned into ‘Avrodh Paksh’
Ekta Nagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the Opposition, saying it had turned into “Avrodh Paksh” (obstructive force) rather than “Virodh Paksh” (opposing group), underscoring that the country needs to stay united. ****
DEL84 UP-BULLET TRAIN-LD NORTH CORRIDOR (7.48 PM)
**** Delhi to Agra in 59 minutes: PM Modi approves north bullet train corridor
Varanasi (UP): Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the north corridor of the bullet train project, which is expected to transform the lives of many people. ****
DEL51 DEF-LD IAFCHIEF (4.56 PM)
**** Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit becomes 29th Chief of Air Staff, IAF lauds AP Singh’s role in Op Sindoor
New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit — an accomplished fighter pilot with over 3,500 flying hours across 20 aircraft types — assumed charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff on Saturday, taking command as India actively works to boost its military capabilities amid complex regional security environment. ****
DEL99 UKD-LDALL CHOPPER (9.35 PM)
**** Chopper crash: Rescue teams trek across difficult terrain to look for bodies
Dehradun: Rescuers on Saturday faced a challenging task in their efforts to recover the bodies of the six people killed in the helicopter crash in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath as they had to trek through difficult terrain, officials said. ****
DEL98 ED-2NDLD AZAM KHAN (9.30 PM)
**** ED arrests Azam Khan from Rampur jail in money laundering case
Lucknow/Rampur: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former minister Azam Khan from the Rampur jail in Uttar Pradesh in a money laundering case, just as he, along with his son Abdullah Azam Khan, came out on bail in an alleged PAN fraud case, officials said. ****
DEL78 INDIA BLOC-SIR RALLY (7.20 PM)
**** Stage set for INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan; leaders, supporters begin arriving in Delhi
New Delhi: The stage is set for the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, with opposition leaders and supporters from different states beginning to reach the national capital for a show of strength against alleged electoral irregularities and to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. ****
DEL83 IMD-NOV-LD FORECAST (7.45 PM)
**** Above-normal maximum temperatures likely over most parts of India in Nov: IMD
New Delhi: Above-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of India in November, except for some regions along the foothills of the Himalayas where normal to below-normal maximum temperatures are expected, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday in its monthly forecast. ****
MDS20 KA-FOREIGNERS-2NDLD DEATH (3.59 PM)
**** Two foreign nationals, including airline crew member, die in Bengaluru hotel pool
Bengaluru: Two foreign nationals, including a crew member of a German airline, staying at a five-star hotel here have died allegedly due to suspected electrocution while swimming in the hotel’s pool, police said on Saturday. ****
MDS26 KA-CM-LD MEKEDATU (8.16 PM)
**** Mekedatu project: 2,500 acres identified for land swap, says CM Shivakumar
Mandya (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said 2,500 acres of land had been identified as alternative land, including forest land, to facilitate the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project across the Cauvery river in Kanakapura taluk of Bengaluru South district. ****
DEL50 OMAR-MARRIAGE (4.37 PM)
**** Omar Abdullah marries journalist Nidhi Razdan
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has married television journalist Nidhi Razdan here. ****
DEL43 MN-CAMPS-CHILDREN (4.12 PM)
**** Children of Manipur’s relief camps: Born into displacement, growing up without a home of their own
Imphal: Nine-month-old Th Yaisna is growing up in what used to be a chemistry laboratory at a girls’ college in Imphal. The room now has clothes hanging overhead, bedding and cooking utensils, with space just enough for her parents to manage their daily lives. By Sourav Roy Barman ****
LEGAL
LGD1 SC-RAM TEMPLE-PLEA (12.55 PM)
**** Plea in SC seeks to determine whether Ram temple stands on land adjudicated in Ayodhya dispute
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of a committee or a commission to determine whether the Ram temple at Ayodhya stands on the exact premises and land which was adjudicated by the apex court in its 2019 verdict. ****
BUSINESS
DEL95 BIZ-FINMIN-TAX DEVOLUTION (8.40 PM)
**** Centre releases addition instalment of tax devolution of Rs 1.09 lakh cr to states
New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday released additional instalment of tax devolution to state governments totalling over Rs 1.09 lakh crore. ****
DEL36 BIZ-TAX-WINDFALL (3.39 PM)
**** Govt hikes windfall tax on diesel, ATF shipments; cuts levy on petrol exports
New Delhi: The government on Saturday hiked windfall gains tax on export of diesel and ATF and slashed the levy to zero on petrol for the fortnight beginning October 31. ****
FOREIGN
FGN31 US-G20-JAISHANKAR-LD MEETINGS (8.13 PM)
**** Jaishankar holds bilateral meetings with foreign ministers from G20 nations
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas and discussed the Ukraine conflict and the situation in West Asia. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN35 US-LD QUAD (8.40 PM)
**** Quad delivering results for people in Indo-Pacific: Rubio
Washington: Foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan and the US met in Atlanta on Saturday and reviewed progress in turning shared priorities into real benefits for the Indo-Pacific region amid plans to host a Quad leaders’ summit in the Philippines next month.
(PTI News)
