New Delhi, Oct 17 Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
NATION
DEL18 DL-BORA-3RDLD DIPKE (12.22 pm)
**** Neha Bora released, Abhijeet Dipke to be produced before SEM court: Delhi Police
New Delhi: All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora was released early Saturday morning, while Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke will be produced before the Special Executive Magistrate court, Delhi Police said. ****
CAL11 OD-STUDENT POLL-SHAH (12.53 pm)
**** ABVP victory in Odisha student union polls stern response to anti-national forces: Amit Shah
Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday termed the ABVP’s victory in Odisha student union polls “a stern response to anti-national forces”, saying that it reaffirms that youth favour the ‘nation first’ ideology. ****
DEL7 SIBAL-RAJNATH (9.36 am)
**** ‘Time to go’: Kapil Sibal jabs Rajnath on ‘regime change’ charge
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday hit back at Union minister Rajnath Singh over his “regime change” charge against the Congress, saying it is the people who want a regime change, and that it is “time to go” for this government. ****
DEL13 DL-PROTEST-FIRs (11.49 am)
**** Lehra do Tiranga: Delhi Police files multiple FIRs for violation of prohibitory orders
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered multiple FIRs in connection with alleged violation of prohibitory orders in Connaught Place ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘Lehra do Tiranga’ protest a day ago, sources said on Saturday. ****
DEL14 ADVANI-LD HOSPITAL (12.09 pm)
**** LK Advani admitted to Delhi hospital with chest infection; condition stable
New Delhi: BJP veteran and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani has been admitted to a hospital with a chest infection, officials said on Saturday. ****
DEL8 JK-ENCOUNTER (10.00 am)
**** Encounter breaks out between forces and terrorists in J-K’s Kupwara
Srinagar: An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, officials said. ****
CAL6 WB-SIR-PROTEST-TMC (11.28 am)
**** Manipur needed this much security: Mamata-TMC over police deployment in Delhi for anti-SIR stir
Kolkata: TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh, aligned with the party’s Mamata Banerjee faction, questioned the huge deployment of security to quell anti-SIR protests in Delhi, asking why as many personnel were not deployed in Manipur that has been afflicted by ethnic violence for more than three years. ****
DEL15 LADAKH-COUNCILS-REGULATION (12.09 pm)
**** Govt brings regulation to revise structure, electoral procedure of Ladakh Hill Development Councils
New Delhi: The Centre has amended the legal terminology, administrative structure and electoral provisions governing the Autonomous Hill Development Councils in Ladakh to align them with the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which led to the creation of the Union territory of Ladakh. ****
DEL10 RJ-MINIBUS-LD ACCIDENT (11.03 am)
**** 8 killed, 15 injured as minibus falls into 15-foot drain along Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Kota
Kota (RJ): Around eight people were killed and 15 others injured — eight of them critical — after a minibus carrying around 23 passengers veered off the road and plunged into a 15-foot-deep drain along the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Kota district at around 6 am on Saturday. ****
LEGAL
LGD4 DL-COURT-DHRUV RATHEE (12.04 pm)
**** Delhi court issues bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018 defamation case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case filed by a BJP IT Cell member after a process server reported that his house was locked while attempting to serve a summons notice. ****
BUSINESS
DEL16 BIZ-FSSAI-PRIYAGOLD (12.11 pm)
**** FSSAI’s legal action against Priyagold biscuits for using cattle feed bran, 2 others also in net
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has initiated legal proceedings for prosecution against Surya Food & Agro for using cattle feed bran in manufacturing of Priyagold biscuits and for other serious violations. ****
FOREIGN
FGN15 UN-INDIA (10.51 am)
**** India rejects report by UN human rights expert that says Indian youth face retaliation, terms claims as ‘hearsay’
United Nations: India has rejected as “hearsay” a report by a UN human rights expert that has taken note of the “satirical political movement” created by the country’s youth, with New Delhi calling on the expert to “verify” before vilifying issues using unverified claims. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN10 US-INDIA-PROTEST-RUBIO (7.27 am)
**** US lawmakers urge Rubio to question India over handling of CJP protests
Washington: Six US Democratic lawmakers, including Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, have urged US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to raise with his Indian interlocutors the alleged excessive use of force during student protests in Delhi and other parts of India.
(PTI News)
