HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
    
    NATION

    MDS17 TN-DELIMITATION MEET
    * Delimitation: Stalin favours legal fight as well, Pinarayi likens exercise to 'sword of Damocles'
    Chennai: In the first Joint Action Committee meeting of states hosted by Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK over the proposed delimitation of Parliamentary seats by the Centre, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday made it clear that the fight is likely to be taken forward through the legal route also.

    MDS1 KA-BANDH
    * Karnataka bandh call given by pro-Kannada groups underway amid tight security
    Bengaluru: A 12-hour statewide bandh called by the pro-Kannada groups to protest the alleged assault on a state-run bus conductor in Belagavi last month for not knowing Marathi began in Karnataka on Saturday morning amid tight security.*

    DES5 JK-ASSEMBLY-BJP WALKOUT
    BJP MLA stages walkout from J&K Assembly over govt's 'non-serious' attitude
     Jammu: BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma on Saturday staged a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, accusing the government of non-serious attitude after not getting "satisfied reply" to his question related to scientific disposal of solid waste in his constituency.

    DES4 UP-NARSINGHANAND-FIR
    UP: Yati Narsinghanand booked for inflammatory, abusive remarks
    Ghaziabad: Controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand Giri has been booked for allegedly spreading hate and abusing top police officers of the district in a video, officials said on Saturday. *

    CAL4 JH-RANCHI-BANDH
    * Tribal outfits hit streets to enforce Ranchi bandh, admin on alert
    Ranchi: Activists of various tribal outfits hit the streets on Saturday morning to enforce an 18-hour bandh in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi to protest against the construction of a flyover near the Sarna Sthal, a sacred tribal religious site. *

    CAL3 MN-SC JUDGES-ARRIVAL
    * SC judges' team arrives in Manipur's Imphal, to inaugurate legal aid clinics
    Imphal: A delegation of Supreme Court judges arrived at the airport here on Saturday morning and is scheduled to visit people displaced due to ethnic violence in Manipur, officials said. The top court delegation led by Justice BR Gavai was accorded a warm welcome by the lawyers' fraternity of the state at the airport. *
    LEGAL

    LGD1 SC-JUSTICE VARMA-REPORT
    * Row over discovery of cash: Delhi HC Chief Justice submits report to CJI
     New Delhi: Delhi High Court Chief Justice D K Updhyay is stated to have submitted a report to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna in connection with the alleged discovery of cash from Justice Yashwant Varma's official residence here. *
    
    FOREIGN

    FGN9 PAK-CM-LD TALIBAN
    * Negotiating with Afghan Taliban only way to ensure lasting peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Gandapur
    Peshawar: The chief minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has said that negotiating with the Taliban-led Afghan government is necessary for establishing lasting peace in the region, as he offered to take charge of talks. *

    

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