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New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm:
    
     NATION

     DEL17 PM-2NDLD RAM NAVAMI
    *Ayodhya is in incomparable bliss: PM Modi in Ram Navami greetings
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Ram Navami on Wednesday and said Ayodhya is in incomparable bliss as this is the first time the festival is being celebrated there after the consecration of the Ram temple.
    
     DEL26 UP-RAM NAVAMI-2NDLD SURYA TILAK
    UP: Ram Lalla honoured with 'Surya Tilak' on Ram Navmi'; PM says 'emotional moment'
     Ayodhya: A beam of sunlight fell directly on Ram Lalla’s idol at the new temple here on noon Wednesday, marking the “Surya Tilak” of the idol on the first Ram Navami since its consecration.
    
     BOM15 CG-NAXAL ENCOUNTER-IDENTIFICATION
    Nine of 29 Naxalites killed in Kanker encounter identified: Police
    Kanker: Police have identified nine of the 29 Naxalites eliminated by security personnel during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Tuesday, a senior official said.
    
     BOM10 CG-NAXAL-BJP WORKER
    BJP worker killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur
    Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh): A worker of the ruling BJP was killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Wednesday.*
    
     BOM13 GJ-LD ACCIDENT
    Child among 10 killed as car rams into parked truck on Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway
    Nadiad (Gujarat): Ten persons travelling in a car, including a child, died after their speeding vehicle crashed into a stationary truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway near Nadiad town of Gujarat's Kheda district on Wednesday, police officials said.


     DEL24 ELECTIONS-CONG-EC-X
    Cong questions EC on getting social media post on electoral bonds deleted
     New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission's move to get a post on electoral bonds scheme deleted from social media platform X and said that the issue raised in the post makes the government "extremely uncomfortable".
    
    
     DEL25 INTERVIEW-RAKESH TIKAIT-SKM
    Govt divided farmers, orchestrated split in Samyukt Kisan Morcha: Rakesh Tikait
     New Delhi: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has attacked the BJP, alleging that the split in the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which had led the 2020-21 farmers' movement, was orchestrated by its government at the Centre.
    
    
     LEGAL
    
     LGB2 MH-HC-JOURNALIST-DEFAMATION
    Freedom of press must be balanced against individual's inherent right to reputation: Bombay HC
    Mumbai: The freedom of press can not be used to violate a person's "inherent" right to reputation and investigative journalism does not enjoy any special protection, the Bombay High Court has said while asking a journalist to remove online articles and videos targeting a businessman.
    
     LGD4 DL-COURT-UNITECH-BAIL
    Delhi Court dismisses default bail plea of Unitech's Sanjay Chandra, Ajay Chandra
     New Delhi: A Delhi court has dismissed default bail pleas of Unitech's former promoters, Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, in a money laundering case relating to cheating of multiple homebuyers of several crore rupees.
    
    
     FOREIGN
    
     FGN55 TIME-INFLUENTIAL-PEOPLE-LIST
    WB President Ajay Banga, actor Alia Bhatt, Olympian Sakshi Malik on Time's 100 most influential people list
     New York: World Bank President Ajay Banga, Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Olympian wrestler Sakshi Malik and actor-director Dev Patel are among the Indians who have made it to the prestigious Times's list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Wednesday. By Yoshita Singh

     FGN43 MALDIVES-MUIZZU-CORRUPTION-REPORTS
    *Leaked report on corruption allegation against President Muizzu stirs controversy in Maldives, opposition demands probe, impeachment
     Male: Ahead of the parliamentary polls in the Maldives, the opposition parties have demanded a probe and impeachment of President Mohamed Muizzu following the leaked report of his alleged corruption from 2018, a charge dismissed by him.*

    
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