HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, May 5 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.20 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    DEL35 TERROR-PUTIN-LD-MODI
    * Russia fully backs India's fight against terrorism, Putin tells PM Modi in phone call
    New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone call that Russia fully backs India's fight against terrorism and that the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack must be brought to justice. *
    
    DEL37 RAHUL-TRUMP-TARIFF
    * Trump within his rights to negotiate on tariff, India capable of working out decent deal: Rahul
    New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that US President Donald Trump is well within his rights to state that he wants to change the tariff structure, and India must negotiate right back as it is more than capable enough of working out a decent deal. *
    
    DEL21 DEF-INDIA-JAPAN-RAJNATH
    * Japan backs India's fight against terrorism
    New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday hosted his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani for wide-ranging talks touching upon the scourge of terrorism and ways to expand bilateral defence ties in the wake of China's military posturing in the Indo-Pacific. *
    
    DEL30 DL-BJP-LD YADAV
    * Waqf Amendment Act aimed at resolving issues; Cong opposing it to perpetuate vote bank: Yadav
    New Delhi: The rights of Muslim groups and individuals to create, manage and regulate Waqf will remain intact, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Monday, and alleged that the Congress is spreading rumours about the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. *
    
    DEL10 ED-EX CONG MLA-LD ARREST
    *ED arrests 'absconding' ex-Haryana Cong MLA from Delhi 5-star hotel
    New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested "absconding" former Haryana Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker from a 5-star hotel in Delhi following a brief scuffle, agency officials said Monday.
    
    MDS10 KA-CM-SC-LD CENSUS
    * Karnataka government begins survey of Scheduled Castes to collect empirical data
    Bengaluru: A survey on SC sub-classification in the state has begun and will go on till May 17, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday.
    The exercise started on Monday. *
    
    BOM14 MH-BAWANKULE-LD-CONGRESS
    * Bawankule urges BJP workers to induct Congress leaders, 'empty' the party
    Pune: Maharashtra BJP chief and state minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has purportedly urged party workers to empty the Congress by inducting its leaders, inviting the ire of the grand old party. *
    
    BOM6 GA-STAMPEDE-POLICE DIRECTIVES
    * Goa stampede: Police directives on CCTV cameras, barricades not implemented ahead of temple fest
    Panaji: The committee managing the Shree Lairai Temple failed to implement the Goa police's directives to install CCTV cameras for the annual festival, during which six people lost their lives in a stampede, an official said on Monday. *
    
    CAL16 WB-MAMATA
    * Those inciting riots are enemies of Bengal, Centre must protect borders: Mamata in Murshidabad
    Murshidabad: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP-led Centre of spreading communal hatred and failing to protect the country's border. *
    
    CAL19 MN-2NDLD PATRA
    * BJP's Sambit Patra meets ex-Manipur CM Biren Singh, Speaker in Imphal
    Imphal: BJP’s North East in-charge Sambit Patra on Monday held closed-door meetings with former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh in Imphal. *
    
    BUSINESS
    
    DEL8 BIZ-IMF-IYER
    World Bank ED Parameswaran Iyer to represent India at IMF board
    New Delhi: Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director at the World Bank, has been temporarily entrusted with the responsibility of being India's nominee director on the board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ahead of a crucial May 9 meeting, sources said.
    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD40 DL-HC-EXCISE-COGNISANCE
    * Excise policy: HC to hear on Aug 12 Kejriwal, Sisodia's pleas challenging chargesheet cognisance
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for hearing on August 12 petitions by AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia against the trial court's decision to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's chargesheet in the alleged excise policy scam. *
    
    LGD35 SC-LD WAQF ACT
    * Bench-led by next CJI BR Gavai to hear pleas challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act from May 15: SC
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the pleas challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act's constitutional validity will now be taken up by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India-designate Justice B R Gavai on May 15 as the incumbent CJI will be demitting office on May 13. *
    
    LGD37 SC-NEET-PG
    * Plea in SC against two shifts for NEET-PG 2025, court seeks Centre's response
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a petition challenging a notification on holding the NEET-PG 2025 examination in two shifts. *
    
    LGD14 SC-MANIPUR-AUDIO CLIPS
    * SC seeks fresh report from Manipur on probe into alleged audio clips of ex-CM Biren Singh
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday perused a forensic report on authenticity of leaked audio clips alleging role of former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh in the ethnic violence and asked the state government to file a fresh report pertaining to the probe. *
    
    LGD38 SC-NALSA-PLEA
    * SC seeks response of Centre, 18 states on NALSA PIL for release of old and terminally ill prisoners
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and 18 states, including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, on a plea of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to release on bail a group of prisoners who are terminally ill or above 70 years of age. *
    
    FOREIGN
    
    FGN33 RUSSIA-PUTIN-INDIA-LD VISIT
    * President Putin accepts PM Modi's invitation to visit India for annual high-level meeting
    Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to visit India for the annual high-level meeting as the two leaders held a telephone conversation on Monday, the Kremlin said. *

    FGN26 RUSSIA-PAK-INDIA-ENVOY
    * Pak threatens nuclear response if India attacks or disrupts water flow
    Moscow: Pakistan will respond with "full spectrum of force", including nuclear, if it is attacked or its vital water flow disrupted, Pakistan's ambassador here has warned amid tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad after the Pahalgam terror attack. *
    
    FGN14 UN-PAK-LD INDIA
    * UNSC to hold closed consultations on Indo-Pak situation on Monday
    United Nations: The UN Security Council will hold closed consultations on Monday on the situation between India and Pakistan after Islamabad sought an emergency meeting amid tensions between the two nations following the Pahalgam terror attack. **

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