New Delhi, Sep 24 Following are the top stories at 1 PM
NATION
DEL17 CONG-EC (11.38 AM)
**** ‘CEC implementing Method Of Disenfranchising Indians (MODI)’: Cong on SIR row
New Delhi: Amid reports of differences within the EC over SIR, the Congress on Thursday alleged that Gen Z is being targeted for exclusion and pressed for its demand that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately. ****
DEL19 ECI-BJP-CONG-EXPENDITURE (12.05 PM)
**** BJP spent more in Bengal than Congress did across five state polls: EC filings
New Delhi: The BJP spent Rs 286.99 crore on the West Bengal elections alone, more than the Rs 248.55 crore the Congress spent across four states and a Union territory that went to polls earlier this year, according to expenditure statements filed with the Election Commission. ****
MDS10 KL-CEC-LD PRIYANKA (12.12 PM)
**** CEC Kumar should be prosecuted for treason for allowing ‘unfair’ polls: Priyanka Gandhi
Wayanad(Keralam): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded that CEC Gyanesh Kumar should be criminally prosecuted for the offence of “treason” for allegedly intentionally allowing an “unfair election” to take place by deleting around 13 crore voters from the electoral rolls. ****
DEL16 NCR-BUS-3RDLD FIRE (11.45 AM)
**** Nine killed, more than 20 rescued as bus catches fire on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida
Noida: Nine passengers were killed after a bus travelling from Delhi to Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, officials said on Thursday. ****
BOM19 MP-SEVA YATRA-LD MODI (12.18 PM)
**** No matter how much power we gain in politics, we won’t deviate from path of service: PM Modi
Dewas (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said service has been the core of the BJP’s governance and values, affirming that they will never deviate from this path regardless of how much political power they may attain. ****
CAL14 WB-ADANI-INVESTMENTS (12.26 PM)
**** Adani Group to invest over Rs 1 lakh cr in Bengal by 2035: Gautam Adani
Kolkata: Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Thursday announced that the conglomerate would invest more than Rs 1 lakh crore in West Bengal by 2035. ****
DEL15 ABVP-RESERVATION (11 AM)
**** Reservation necessary for country: ABVP
New Delhi: RSS-affiliated student organisation ABVP has said it supports reservation as the system is necessary for the country, and those demanding its removal need to have a detailed understanding of the issue. ****
CAL8 JH-ACCIDENT-LD MINISTER DAUGHTER (10.49 AM)
**** Jharkhand minister’s daughter among 4 killed as car rams into parked truck; Guv, CM condole deaths
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): Jharkhand minister Dipika Pandey Singh’s daughter Trisha was among four people killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck in Jamshedpur city on Thursday, police said. ****
DEL21 CONG-CWC (12.51 PM)
**** CWC to meet on September 29; SIR row on agenda
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee will meet on September 29 to discuss the party’s roadmap for upping the ante against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the government in the light of reports of differences within the Election Commission over SIR, sources said. ****
MDS14 KA-DROUGHT-SHIVAKUMAR (12.42 PM)
**** K’taka drought: All-party delegation to visit Delhi, says CM Shivakumar
Bengaluru: With the state reeling under a severe drought, Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said that an all-party delegation will visit Delhi, possibly to meet central ministers on the issue of a relief package to tide over the crisis. ****
LEGAL
LGD9 SC-MAMATA-EC (12.32 PM)
**** TMC name-symbol row: SC asks EC to give time frame for final decision
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to apprise it of the time frame within which it can finally decide the dispute between two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress over its name and “flowers and grass” election symbol. ****
LGD6 SC-COLLEGIUM-HIGH COURTS (11.54 AM)
**** SC Collegium recommends appointment of 12 additional judges as permanent judges in four HCs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of 12 additional judges as permanent judges in the high courts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Gauhati. ****
BUSINESS
DEL20 BIZ-STOCKS-LD NSE (12.43 PM)
**** NSE enters top-10 most valued firms’ club; shares jump over 5 pc
New Delhi: Shares of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) jumped over 5 per cent during intraday trade on Thursday after a muted debut and entered the elite club of top-10 most valued firms by market valuation. ****
FOREIGN
FGN25 US-CHINA-TRADE-BESSENT (12.15 PM)
**** US and China agree to extend trade truce by 2 months: Bessent
Washington: The US and China have agreed to extend their trade-war truce by two months, to give more time for a potentially larger deal between the two countries, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said. ****
FGN17 PAK-AFGHAN-LD STRIKE (9.44 AM)
**** Pakistan struck sites in Afghanistan in response to recent drone intrusion: Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan has conducted precision aerial and drone strikes on ten locations across Afghanistan in response to recent attempted drone attacks from the neighbouring country a day earlier, Information Minister Atauallah Tarar said on Thursday.
(PTI News)
