HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1.15 pm:
    
     NATION
     DES DL-SCHOOL-LD BLAST
     * Loud blast heard near CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini; fire trucks, bomb squad, police rush to spot
     New Delhi: A loud blast took place near a CRPF school in Prashant Vihar area in Delhi's Rohini on Sunday morning. No one was injured in the incident, officials said. *
    
     DEL2 UP-PM-VARANASI VISIT
     * PM Modi to launch several projects during his Varanasi visit
    Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a number of development initiatives, including multiple airport projects across the country worth over Rs 6,100 crore, during his visit to Varanasi on Sunday. *
    
     DEL8 UP-VARANASI-PM-WELCOME
     * PM Modi to be received with shower of flower petals, drum beats in Varanasi: BJP leader
     Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive a warm welcome in Varanasi on Sunday, with BJP workers stationed at various points in the city to shower flower petals on him, party leaders said. *
    
     CAL5 MN-JIRIBAM-ARSON
     * Two farm houses belonging to village head set ablaze in Manipur's Jiribam
    Imphal: Two empty farm houses belonging to a village head were set ablaze in Manipur's restive Jiribam district, police said on Sunday. *

    
     DEL6 RSS-MAHARASHTRA POLLS
     * After helping BJP win Haryana, RSS 'tolis' shaping public opinion in poll-bound Maharashtra
     New Delhi: With the assembly polls in Maharashtra just a month away, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has launched an extensive outreach programme to shape public opinion in favour of the BJP-led alliance in the state. *
    
     BOM5 MH-POLLS-RAUT
     * Maharashtra poll schedule is BJP's ploy to limit MVA's time for govt formation: Raut
     Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission's Maharashtra poll schedule, which gives only 48 hours for government formation, is the BJP's ploy to ensure the MVA is unable to stake a claim. *
    
     DEL7 DL-ATISHI-POLLUTION
     * Influx of buses from other states increasing pollution in Delhi: Atishi
    New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday said one of the biggest contributors to pollution in the Anand Vihar area is the influx of buses from other states, adding the Delhi government will engage with the Uttar Pradesh government to implement anti-pollution measures at their bus depot near the national capital. *
    
     DEL1 JK-MARATHON
     * Over 2,000 athletes take part Kashmir's first international marathon
     Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday flagged off Kashmir Marathon, the first international athletic event to be held in the valley. *


     BUSINESS
    
     DEL5 BIZ-GAS-PRICE HIKE
     * CNG price may go up Rs 4-6 on input supply cut, excise duty cut to ease situation
     New Delhi: The government has slashed by up to 20 per cent the supplies of cheaper domestically produced natural gas to city retailers -- a move that may result in Rs 4-6 per kg hike in the price of CNG sold to automobiles, unless excise duty on the fuel is cut, sources said. *
    
    
     FOREIGN
    
     FGN9 PAK-POLITICS-BILL
     * Pakistan Cabinet to convene to approve constitutional amendment bill
     Islamabad, Oct 20 (PTI) The Pakistan cabinet will meet on Sunday to review and approve the final draft of the 'much-touted' 26th Constitutional Amendment. By Sajjad Hussain *

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