New Delhi, Oct 23 Following are the top stories at 9.20 PM:
NATION
DEL67 MEA-SINOINDIA-LD BORDER (7.15 PM)
**** Chinese patrol deviations disturb border peace, hinder ties: India
New Delhi: India on Friday said the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces diverge from established patrolling patterns, asserting that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations. ****
DEL86 MEA-ARIHA (9.06 pm)
**** Baby Ariha started speaking some Hindi words; India remains committed to her welfare: MEA
New Delhi: Ariha Shah, an Indian girl child in foster care in Germany, has started speaking some Hindi words, and her parents are visiting her regularly, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, asserting that India remains committed to her welfare. ****
DEL73 DL-MARCH-LDALL-SIR (7.51 PM)
**** Thousands march against SIR, demand CEC’s resignation; over 100 detained
New Delhi: Thousands of people, including representatives of farmers’ organisations, trade unions, student bodies and Left parties, marched towards the Election Commission of India headquarters on Friday, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and withdrawal of the ongoing SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls. ****
DEL75 UP-POLLS-CONG-SP-SEATS (7.58 PM)
**** UP polls: Congress seeks 175-200 seats in initial seat-sharing pitch to SP
Lucknow: After much dilly-dallying, the Congress has officially initiated seat-sharing talks with the Samajwadi Party for next year’s Uttar Pradesh elections, submitting an initial list of more than “175 seats” where the party feels it can make an impression in an alliance. ****
DEL81 CONG-VADRA-PHOTOS (8.42 pm)
**** Why is govt trying to curb expression of young artist: Cong on Raihan Vadra’s exhibition row
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday questioned why the government is trying to curb the expression of a young artist after certain photographs of the recent youth protests by Raihan Vadra were barred from display at an exhibition at the Bikaner House here. ****
DEL63 UKD-MEHNDI-DHAMI (6.55 PM)
**** Our endeavour is to leave behind recent ‘sequence of events’: Dhami speaks to Daler Mehndi
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday spoke to Daler Mehndi and said his government’s endeavour is to leave the recent “sequence of events behind” and move forward in a spirit of mutual dialogue, harmony and positivity. ****
DEL58 UKD-ANKITA-NARCO (6.04 PM)
**** Ankita Bhandari case: Actress Urmila Sanawar, ex-MLA Suresh Rathore agree for narco test
Dehradun, Oct 23 (PTI) Actress Urmila Sanawar and former BJP MLA Suresh Rathore on Friday gave their consent before a CBI court here for undergoing narco-analysis test in connection with the 2022 Ankita Bhandari murder case. ****
BOM32 MH-2NDLD JARANGE (8.57 pm)
**** Audio clip row: Fadnavis orders forensic probe, Shiv Sena accuses BJP insiders of plotting against Shinde
Nagpur/Mumbai: Escalating political friction over a controversial audio clip prompted Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to order a forensic probe on Friday, as activist Manoj Jarange upped the ante by demanding an impartial Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiry. ****
DEL71 THAROOR-RAIHAN-LD PICS ROW (7.42 PM)
**** Casts shadow on India’s reputation as land of democracy: Tharoor on Raihan Vadra ‘censorship’ row
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday termed as “petty” the Bikaner House administration’s decision to remove certain photographs from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition before its opening, and said it “casts a shadow” on the country’s reputation as a land of democracy. ****
DEL79 DIPKE-MODI (8.10 PM)
**** Dipke targets Modi over deployment of forces in Delhi, raises VanDyke case
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday questioned the Centre’s priorities, alleging that the government was deploying security personnel in Delhi to prevent protests instead of focusing on national security concerns, including the situation along the China border. ****
DEL76 DEF-ARMY-RAJNATH (8.03 PM)
**** Rajnath to military: Prepare for emerging threats with integrated strategy
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Indian military must operate with a long-term strategic vision while remaining prepared for immediate and emerging challenges, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, asserting that an integrated approach is crucial to success in modern warfare. ****
DEL64 ED-IQBAL KASKAR CASE-FIR (6.58 PM)
**** Police FIR lodged after trespassers enter flat attached by ED in extortion case against Dawood’s brother
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has filed a police FIR against some trespassers who took possession of a flat in Maharashtra’s Thane that was attached in 2022 as part of a money laundering investigation against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar. ****
BOM30 GJ-PATHAN-PLOT (8.45 pm)
**** Vadodara civic standing committee gives nod to proposal to ‘gift’ disputed land to Yusuf Pathan
Vadodara: Amid protests by the Congress, the standing committee of the Vadodara civic body in Gujarat on Friday approved a proposal to allot 500 square metres of the land, out of the total 978-square metre, as a “gift” to former cricketer Yusuf Pathan and offering the rest at a concessional rate. ****
BOM29 MH-COURT-TIGER SHROFF-LD REMAND (8.31 pm)
**** Tiger Shroff attack: Three remanded in police custody till Oct 28; had role in recce, weapons supply
Mumbai: Three persons held from Haryana for alleged involvement in the Tiger Shroff firing case were remanded in police custody till October 28 by a court here on Friday, with investigators citing their crucial roles in reconnaissance and weapons supply. ****
BOM26 MH-DOCTOR-LD ASSAULT (7.49 pm)
**** Woman medical officer slapped in front of cops in Wardha, doctors stage protest
Wardha: An accused accompanying a police team slapped a woman doctor during a medical examination at a primary health centre in Maharashtra’s Wardha district, triggering protests by government doctors, an official said on Friday. ****
CAL44 MN-PROTEST (8.34 pm)
**** Thousands stage ‘sound protest’ in Manipur over killings, failure to restore normalcy
Imphal: Thousands of people across Manipur’s five valley districts took to the streets on Friday evening to stage a “sound protest” against continued killings and the government’s failure to restore normalcy in the state. ****
MDS34 KL-GUV-LD FOOD (6.47 pm)
Cong, CPI(M) slam Keralam Guv’s reported move to make Lok Bhavan kitchen vegetarian
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam’s new Governor Om Prakash Mathur faced controversy on his first day in office on Friday, with the ruling Congress and opposition CPI(M) criticising his reported decision to make the Lok Bhavan kitchen strictly vegetarian. ****
FOREIGN
FGN89 US-NYC-HORSE CARRIAGES ( 9.05 pm)
**** New York City passes bill to ban horse-drawn carriages following death of Indian teen in Central Park
New York: New York City has passed a bill that would bring an end to horse-drawn carriage rides here, prompted by months of renewed efforts after the death of an Indian teenager in a horrific carriage incident in Central Park this summer. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN86 AZERBAIJAN-JAISHANKAR-LD BILATERAL (8.30 pm)
**** Jaishankar discusses trade & investment and connectivity with Azerbaijani counterpart
Baku: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held “very productive” talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku on Friday and discussed ways to bolster cooperation in trade and investment, energy, tourism and connectivity. ****
FGN74 CHINA-7THLD QUAKE (7 pm)
**** 16 killed in Tibet’s magnitude 7 earthquake; China deploys drones to search for survivors
Beijing: China on Friday deployed satellites and drones to search for survivors after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck a mountainous region in Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring 76 others, authorities said. ****
LEGAL
LGD13 DL-HC-LD NEHA BORA (8 pm)
**** Delhi HC rejects Neha Bora’s plea against police notice to sign peace bond
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea by All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora challenging a police notice asking her to execute a peace bond before a special executive magistrate (SEM). ****
BUSINESS
DEL51 BIZ-FOREX (5.18 pm)
**** India’s forex reserves decline USD 5 bn to USD 721 bn
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves dropped by USD 5.011 billion to USD 721.016 billion during the week ended October 16, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.
(PTI News)
