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New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI): Following are the top stories at 1 pm:

    NATION

    BOM8 MH-MODI-2NDLD RSS
    * Modi pays tributes to RSS founders, says their memorial dedicated to values of Indian culture
    Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited Dr Hedgewar Smruti Mandir in Nagpur and paid tributes at the memorials dedicated to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and second sarsanghchalak (chief) MS Golwalkar. *

    BOM12 MH-MODI-LD DEEKSHABHOOMI
    * Modi visits Deekshabhoomi, says developed & inclusive Bharat will be true tribute to Ambedkar
    Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur, where the chief architect of the Indian Constitution embraced Buddhism along with his followers in 1956. *
    DEL6 PM-MANN KI BAAT
    * Our festivals show unity in diversity in country: PM Modi
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that various festivals being celebrated today and to be observed in the coming days are a pointer to the spirit of unity pervading India's diversity and asked people to continue to strengthen this feeling. *

    CAL5 BH-SHAH-PROJECTS
    * Amit Shah unveils schemes, projects worth over Rs 800 cr in Bihar
    Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday unveiled schemes and laid the foundation stones for projects, worth over Rs 800 crore, in Bihar on the occasion of International Cooperative Day. *

    MDS2 AVI-FLIGHT TYRE BURST
    * Chennai bound domestic flight suffers tyre burst, lands safely
    Chennai: A Chennai-bound flight from Jaipur, before the scheduled landing, experienced a tyre burst on Sunday morning and authorities facilitated an emergency landing here for the aircraft, airport officials said. All the passengers and the crew are safe and they deplaned safely upon landing, they said. *

    BOM16 MH-BLAST-MOSQUE
    * Gelatin sticks trigger blast at mosque in Beed, no casualty; 2 held
    Mumbai: Gelatin sticks kept allegedly by a man at a mosque triggered a blast in the religious structure in Maharashtra's Beed district early on Sunday, police said. No person was injured in the incident which occurred at around 2.30 am at Ardha Masla village in Georai tehsil. *

    CAL3 AS-JOURNALIST-GAURAV-PM
    * 'Misuse of police powers': Gaurav Gogoi writes to PM, seeks probe into Assam journalist arrest
    Guwahati: Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate an enquiry into allegations of misuse of Assam Police in arresting a journalist, who was covering a protest against alleged financial irregularities in a state-run bank. *

    FOREIGN
    
    FGN6 PAK-TERRORISM-OPERATION
    * 12 terrorists killed in drone strikes by Pakistani forces, civilian deaths reported
    Peshawar: As many as 12 terrorists have been killed while some civilians lost their lives in drone attacks by Pakistani security forces on a militant hideout in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of the country. *

    FGN10 NEPAL-EX-KING-SECURITY
    * Security team of Nepal's ex-king Gyanendra downsized
    Kathmandu: The Nepal government has downsized the security team deployed for former king Gyanendra Shah, a day after pro-monarchy protests in parts of the Nepalese capital turned violent. By Shirish B Pradhan *

    

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