New Delhi, Nov 6 Following are the top stories at 1 PM:
NATION
DEL12 CONG-POLLUTION (12.31 pm)
**** National Clean Air Programme needs urgent revamp: Cong on rising pollution levels
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday flagged the issue of rising pollution levels and said the National Clean Air Programme, launched almost eight years back, needs an urgent revamp and move beyond road dust mitigation. ****
DEL11 BJP-CONG-VOTE CHORI (12.48 pm)
**** ‘Was Sonia Gandhi doing vote chori for NDA’: BJP’s sarcastic comment on its poll win rate
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday said the NDA’s victory rate in elections under Gyanesh Kumar as chief election commissioner is less than under V S Sampath as CEC and asked if former Congress president Sonia Gandhi “was doing vote chori” for the BJP. ****
DEL10 JK-NC-MLAs-MEET (11.53 am)
**** Dissident NC MLAs meet Omar, Farooq to air grievances
Srinagar: A group of dissident National Conference (NC) MLAs on Friday met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and party president Farooq Abdullah here to air their grievances following the recent expansion in the council of ministers. ****
DEL7 NCW-CHIEF-INTERVIEW-ACT (12.30 pm)
**** Women are leaders, not merely participants; Nari Shakti Vandan Act must be implemented: NCW chief
New Delhi: National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has said women in India are not merely participants but leaders who have demonstrated their capabilities across sectors, expressing confidence that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will be implemented soon to ensure greater representation of women in Parliament and state assemblies. By Komal Sharma ****
CAL8 JH-HC-EXAM (12.10 pm)
**** HC quashes Jharkhand govt’s decision to cancel 2024 JSSC-CGL exam
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday quashed a notification cancelling the 2024 Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) exam, a decision the state government took in August amid protests by job aspirants against alleged irregularities in recruitment exams. ****
LEGAL
LGD17 SC-AIR POLLUTION (12.53 pm)
**** SC terms vehicular emissions major contributor to air pollution in Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday termed vehicular emissions a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi-NCR, and said immediate, medium and long-term measures were needed to curb the rising air quality index. ****
LGD7 SC-TN-ELECTION (11.58 am)
**** SC agrees to hear DMK leader’s plea challenging rejection of election petition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by DMK leader K R Periyakaruppan challenging the victory of TVK candidate R Seenivasa Sethupathi by one vote in the Tamil Nadu elections held in April. ****
LGD15 DL-HC-AL FALAH-PAROLE (12.31 pm)
**** Delhi HC grants 7-day custody parole to Al Falah University chairman to tend to ailing wife
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted seven-day custody parole to Al Falah University group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, who is in custody in two money laundering cases, to take care of his ailing wife. ****
LGD3 UP-COURT-MUZAFFARNAGAR-RIOTS (11.26 am)
**** Five acquitted in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case over mosque arson, vandalism
Muzaffarnagar: A local court has acquitted five people in a 13-year-old case related to the vandalism and arson at a mosque and a house during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, citing lack of evidence, a case lawyer said on Friday. ****
FOREIGN
FGN28 UN-INDIA-PEACEKEEPERS (10.30 am)
**** Perpetrators of attacks against Blue Helmets must be held accountable: India at UN
United Nations: India has called for holding perpetrators of attacks against UN peacekeepers accountable, underlining that Blue Helmets face asymmetric and technologically enabled threats. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN29 US-TRUMP-DIWALI (10.40 am)
**** Trump to participate in Diwali celebration at White House
Washington: President Donald Trump will participate in a Diwali celebration at the White House on Friday. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN18 US-RANJEEV (4.10 am)
**** Ranjeev Puri elected as first Indian-American Speaker of Michigan House
Washington: Democrat Ranjeev Puri has been elected as the Speaker of the Michigan House, the first Indian-American to hold the coveted post. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN20 NY-NITHYA RAMAN (6.00 am)
**** Deeply honoured to be your next Mayor: Indian-born Nithya Raman scripts history in Los Angeles
New York: Indian-born democratic socialist Nithya Raman has been elected Mayor of Los Angeles, scripting history as she becomes the first South Asian mayor of the nation’s second-largest city.
(PTI News)
