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New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1.25 pm:
    
     NATION
    
     DEL10 CABINET-PARL SESSION-MEGHWAL
     CCPA to take call on opposition's demand for special session of Parliament: Meghwal
     New Delhi: Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will take a call on the demand of several opposition parties, including the Congress, for a special session of Parliament over the Pahalgam terror attack.
    
     DEL19 ACB-SISODIA-CLASSROOM
     * ACB files corruption case against Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain
    New Delhi: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has filed a case against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption in the construction of 12,748 classrooms in Delhi government schools, an official said on Wednesday. *
    
     DEL2 JK-CEASEFIRE
     * Pak troops resort to unprovoked firing along LoC, IB in 4 districts of J-K; India 'responds effectively'
    Jammu: Pakistani troops engaged in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in multiple sectors across four border districts of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Indian forces to 'respond effectively', officials said on Wednesday. *
    
     CAL7 WB-FIRE-DEATHS-3RD LD POLICE
     * 14 dead in Kolkata hotel fire; PM announces ex gratia, CM orders probe
     Kolkata: A massive fire at a private hotel in the congested Mechuapatti area of Burrabazar in central Kolkata claimed the lives of 14 people, including a woman and two children, police said on Wednesday.     
    
     CAL5 WB-FIRE-SCENE
     * Blaze turns Kolkata hotel into death trap; guests jump, scream as flames engulf building
    Kolkata: What began as a faint smell of something burning turned into a night of horror for dozens of guests at a hotel in central Kolkata's Mechhuapatti area as a devastating fire broke out there, killing 15 people, including a woman and two children. *
    
     MDS11 AP-3RD LD-WALL COLLAPSE
     * 7 killed in temple wall collapse in Andhra
     Visakhapatnam: Seven people were killed when a rain-soaked wall collapsed at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Simhachalam here in the early hours of Wednesday, turning an annual ritual at the famous north Andhra shrine into a scene of both grandeur and grief. *
    
     CAL8 MN-MLAS-LETTER-MHA
     * 21 MLAs write to Amit Shah, urge him to form 'popular govt' in Manipur to bring peace
    Imphal: Twenty-one Manipur MLAs have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to form a "popular government" in the northeastern state, which is now under the President's rule, to ensure peace and normalcy. *

     DEL21 CISCE-LD RESULTS
     * CISCE board results: Girls outshine boys in class 10, 12 by small margin
    New Delhi: Girls outshone boys yet again in the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) class 10 and 12 exams results declared on Wednesday. *
    
     BOM11 MH-LD POLICE-DEVEN BHARTI
     * Senior IPS officer Deven Bharti appointed Mumbai police commissioner
     Mumbai: Senior IPS officer Deven Bharti has been appointed the new commissioner of Mumbai police, officials said on Wednesday. *


     LEGAL
    
     LGD4 SC-DIGITAL KYC-DISABLED
     * SC says digital access intrinsic to right to life, directs changes in KYC guidelines for disabled
     New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed changes in digital know your customer (KYC) guidelines for persons with disability and acid attack survivors, saying the right to digital access is an intrinsic component of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution. *

     LGD5 DL-HC-CHAMPAK
     * Champak the magazine and Champak the robotic dog: HC issues notice to BCCI on publisher's plea
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Board of Control for Cricket in India's response on a plea by renowned children's magazine Champak that alleged trademark infringement over the IPL naming its AI robot dog 'Champak'. *
    
     FOREIGN
    
     FGN16 INDIA-PAKISTAN-TENSIONS
     * India planning military action in next 24-36 hours, will face consequences: Pakistan
    New Delhi: Pakistan on Wednesday, citing "credible intelligence", claimed that India was planning to carry out military action against it within the next 24 to 36 hours and warned New Delhi that consequences will follow. *
    
     FGN47 PAK-STOCKS
     * PSX slumps amid escalating tensions with India
     Karachi: Trading in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained in the negative on Wednesday owing to the escalating tensions with India following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 people. *

     FGN37 US-INDIA-LD PAK
     * Pahalgam attack: US urges de-escalation; Rubio to speak with India, Pak foreign ministers
    New York/Washington: Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the US has called on both countries "not to escalate" the conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will speak to their foreign ministers "as early as today or tomorrow". By Yoshita Singh *

     FGN34 US-TRUMP-INDIA-LD TRADE
     * Tariff talks with India going great, think will have deal: Trump
     New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump said negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks Washington will "have a deal" with New Delhi. By Yoshita Singh **

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