New Delhi, Oct 17 Following are the top stories at 9 pm:
NATION
DEL39 RAHUL-WOMEN-BRUTALITY (5.41 PM)
**** Brutality by cops part of conspiracy to silence voices: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Saturday that the brutality inflicted by the Delhi Police on protesters, including students and women, is part of a conspiracy to silence voices and ensure that no one dares to raise questions. ****
DEL42 DL-CJP-LD DIPKE-BAIL (6.09 PM)
**** CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke granted conditional bail, asked to sign peace bond: Police sources
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was granted conditional bail and asked to sign a peace bond on Saturday, police sources said. ****
DEL40 HPEC-PORTAL-CJP VIOLENCE (8.06 PM)
**** SC-appointed panel launches portal for complaints over July violence at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee has launched a portal to receive complaints and representations from people affected by violence at Jantar Mantar and other places outside Delhi in July 2026, officials said Saturday. ****
DEL46 LADAKH-TALKS-SOLUTION (7.59 PM)
**** Ladakh deadlock: Centre says committed to political solution, urges leaders to keep talks alive
Leh/Jammu: With the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) rejecting the Centre’s draft on constitutional safeguards and democratic governance, Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra on Saturday expressed disappointment over the move and urged the region’s leaders to continue negotiations with mutual trust, patience and an open mind. ****
CAL24 MG-BJP-UDP (8.21 PM)
**** BJP’s MLA count rises to 10 in Meghalaya as Assembly as Speaker recognises merger of 8 UDP MLAs
Shillong: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Thomas A Sangma has recognised the merger of eight UDP MLAs with the BJP, increasing the saffron party’s strength in the 60-member House to 10, officials said on Saturday. ****
DEL41 NCR-FAMILY-3RDLD DEAD (5.56 PM)
**** Couple, 3 children found dead in Greater Noida; food poisoning suspected
Noida/Lucknow: In a suspected case of food poisoning, a couple and their three children were found dead at a village in Greater Noida’s Rabupura on Saturday, police said. ****
DEL48 VHP-CJP-PROTESTS-TRADERS (8.10 PM)
**** Protests against EC ‘covert attacks’ on livelihoods, Hindu festivals: VHP
New Delhi: The VHP on Saturday alleged a conspiracy to disrupt businesses, deprive labourers of daily wages and snatch livelihoods of street vendors, auto drivers and other workers, under the garb of protests against the Election Commission in the capital. ****
BOM20 MP-MINIBUS-3RDLD ACCIDENT (7.16 PM)
**** Religious tour turns into tragedy as bus falls into drain in Rajasthan’s Kota; 8 from MP dead
Bhopal/Kota: At least eight people from Madhya Pradesh died while 16 others were injured after their mini-traveller bus plunged into a 15-foot deep drain along the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Kota district on early Saturday morning, police said. ****
BOM28 MH-HC-2NDLD IMRAN KHAN (8.39 PM)
**** Actor Imran Khan moves HC against ‘Leave India’ order; receives FRRO notice on OCI status
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Imran Khan, a US citizen, on Saturday moved the Bombay High Court challenging a notice issued by Mumbai Police directing him to leave India by October 28 for attending a political protest, even as he received a show-cause notice from the FRRO as to why his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status should not be cancelled.****
BOM13 MH-FDA-LD FIR (3.31 PM)
**** FIR against officials of Reliance Consumer Products, Reliance Retail, Blinkit and Zomato Hyperpure over expired food products
Mumbai: Police have filed an FIR against officials of Reliance Consumer Products, Reliance Retail, Blinkit and Hyperpure by Zomato after the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized food stock worth Rs 48 lakh during a multi-district crackdown on sale of expired food products, an official said on Saturday. ****
MDS27 TN-ENT-DEVA-2NDLD DEMISE (8.20 PM)
**** Deva, who crafted ‘Tamil gana,’ gave mesmerising hits, dies
Chennai: Noted music composer Deva, the self-made architect of Tamil ‘gana’ style rhythms and one who gave innumerable, striking hits for top heroes, including Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay in a career spanning 400 films, died here on Saturday. ****
LEGAL
LGD9 SC-CHILDREN-INTERNET (6.34 PM)
**** Children have fundamental right to access internet, can’t impose blanket ban on its use: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declared the right to access and use the internet as a fundamental right of children and directed the Centre to create a national database for detection of sexually explicit visual content depicting minors on digital platforms and their removal. ****
LGD7 SC-CHILD PORN (4.14 PM)
**** SC bars online platforms from hosting subscription-based sexual content
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken serious note of lapses by social media platforms in curbing sexually explicit visual content depicting minors and directed that every intermediary must ensure that no such material, having the propensity to harm children, is offered, hosted, uploaded or promoted through a paywall or subscription, either directly or indirectly. ****
BUSINESS
DEL51 BIZ-GOVT-CANCER DRUGS (8.41 PM)
Govt caps trade margins on 137 anti-cancer drugs at 30 pc; retail prices likely to fall 70 pc
New Delhi: Drug pricing regulator NPPA on Saturday capped trade margins on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer formulations at 30 per cent, according to an official statement. ****
DEL34 BIZ-FSSAI-LD PRIYAGOLD (5.05 PM)
**** FSSAI’s legal action on Priyagold for using cattle feed bran in biscuits; Dodla Dairy too under 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. ****
DEL31 BIZ-FSSAI-BABY FOOD (3.45 PM)
**** FSSAI proposes banning addition of fructose, sucrose in baby food products
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has proposed banning addition of fructose and sucrose in food products for infants up to six months of age, a move aimed at safeguarding children’s health by minimising early exposure to added sugar. ****
FOREIGN
FGN18 US-TRUMP-2NDLD RUSSIA (12.41 PM)
**** Trump waives tariffs on Russian oil buyers, specified sanctions under new law
Washington: US President Donald Trump has waived tariffs of up to 100 per cent on goods imported from the five largest purchasers of Russian oil or gas, along with specified sanctions provisions under a new law targeting Moscow, citing the national interest of the United States. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN36 ROMANIA-INDIAN-SEAFARERS (6.47 PM)
**** All 9 Indian seafarers safe as drone-hit tanker reaches Romanian port: Embassy
London: A chemical tanker carrying nine Indian seafarers, which was hit by a drone at an anchorage off Romania earlier this week, has reached the Port of Constanta, with all crew members safe, the Indian mission in Bucharest said on Saturday.
(PTI News)
