HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.15 pm:

     NATION
    
     ELN44 ELECTIONS-GJ-LD PRIYANKA
     * BJP will change Constitution if it returns to power, PM Modi a 'mehengai' man: Priyanka Gandhi
     Dharampur (Gujarat): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the ruling BJP’s top leadership may be pretending to be in denial mode now, but the party will change the Constitution if it returns to power.
    
     ELN32 ELECTIONS-AP-YSRCP-MANIFESTO
     * YSRCP releases poll manifesto, promises to increase pension, to make Vizag as executive capital
     Amaravati: YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday released the party manifesto for the coming elections and promised to gradually hike welfare pensions from Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 per month and govern the state from Visakhapatnam.*
    
     ELN39 ELECTIONS-MH-GAIKWAD-KHAN
     * Muslim representation: Firm on my stand on not campaigning, says Khan after meeting Gaikwad
     Mumbai: Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad on Saturday met her disgruntled colleague Naseem Khan who a day earlier resigned from the party's poll campaign committee over lack of Muslim candidates.*
    
     DES5 UKD-FOREST FIRE
     IAF helicopter roped in to douse forest fires in Uttarakhand
     Dehradun: An IAF helicopter was pressed into service on Saturday to extinguish the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand's Nainital district, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said.

     CAL4 WB-TMC-CBI-COMPLAINT
     * Trinamool Congress lodges complaint with West Bengal CEO against CBI Sandeshkhali raid
     Kolkata: Trinamool Congress has lodged a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal stating that the CBI had "deliberately carried out an unscrupulous" raid at an "empty location" at Sandeshkhali during the second phase of polling in the state.*
    
     ELN28 ELECTIONS-CONG-PM-RESERVATION
     * PM indulging in 'false propaganda', BJP against reservation for SCs, STs, OBCs: Congress
     New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday slammed as "false propaganda" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'snatching quotas' remarks and alleged that it was the BJP that was against reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs.*
    
     MDS4 KL-CONGRESS-JAYARAJAN-JAVADEKAR
     * Cong seeks explanation from CPI( M) over Jayarajan's meeting with Prakash Javadekar
     Thiruvananthapuram/Kannur: The controversy arising out of the charges levelled against LDF convener E P Jayarajan that he planned to join the BJP, refused to die down on Saturday with the Congress demanding that the CPI(M) leadership explain why he met BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.*
    
     ELN50 ELECTIONS-PB-JOIN
     * BJP's OBC Morcha secretary, Akali Dal's SC wing leader join AAP
     Chandigarh: BJP's OBC Morcha secretary, an Akali Dal leader and NSUI's Punjab vice-president on Saturday here joined the AAP in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.*
    
     DEL6 BJP-JOIN-SIKHS
     * Large number of Sikhs, including DSGMC members, join BJP
     New Delhi: A large number of Sikhs, including members of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, joined the BJP on Saturday.*
    
     ELN14 ELECTIONS-KL-LD VENUGOPAL
     * Congress accuses CPI(M) of hijacking poll machinery to bring down polling percentage
     Thiruvananthapuram: A day after polling concluded for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, the Congress on Saturday alleged that voters were harassed and the election machinery was hijacked by the ruling CPI(M) in the state with an aim to bring down the turnout percentage.*
    
     DEL5 CBI-CHHATTISGARH-SAHU
     * Chhattisgarh: CBI takes over probe in Bhuneshwar Sahu murder case
     New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the probe into the killing of a 22-year-old man during communal violence in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district last year and registered an FIR against 12 people, officials said on Saturday.*    
    
     CAL6 MN-MILITANT-2NDLD ATTACK
     2 CRPF personnel killed in militant attack in Manipur
     Imphal: Two CRPF personnel were killed and two others injured as militants attacked a camp of security forces in Manipur's Bishnupur district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
         
         
     LEGAL
    
     LGD4 SC-ED-KEJRIWAL
     * ED acted in most highhanded manner in excise policy case, Kejriwal tells SC
     New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday told the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has acted in a "most highhanded manner" in a money-laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.*
    
     LGD6 DL-COURT-AMANATULLAH KHAN
     * Delhi court grants bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in case of evading ED summons
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a case filed by the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly evading its summons in the Delhi Waqf Board related money laundering case.*
    
     LGD1 UP-COURT-DHANANJAY
     * Allahabad HC grants bail to ex-MP Dhananjay Singh
     Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Saturday granted bail to former MP Dhananjay Singh but refused his plea to suspend or stay a seven-year imprisonment sentence passed by a district court in a 2020 kidnapping and extortion case.*
         

     FOREIGN

    FGN15 IRAN-SHIP-INDIAN CREW
    * Iran says it has granted consular access to Indian crew from the seized Portuguese-flagged ship
    Dubai: Iran on Saturday said the mostly Indian crew of a Portuguese-flagged ship that was seized by Iranian forces in its maritime territory two weeks ago is being granted consular access, raising hopes for their early release and extradition.*
    
     FGN13 ISRAEL-HAMAS-CEASFIRE-PROPOSAL
     * Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms
     Cairo: Hamas said on Saturday it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a possible Israeli ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. AP**
    

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