New Delhi: Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
NATION
DEL31 JK-LD ENCOUNTER
* 3 terrorists killed in encounter in J-K's Pulwama
Srinagar: Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. *
DEL40 INDOPAK-RAJNATH-3RDLD-JK
* Pakistan's nuclear weapons should be brought under IAEA watch: Rajnath
Srinagar: Pakistan's nuclear weapons should be brought under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency as they are not safe in such a rogue nation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. *
DEL16 INDOPAK-INDUS WATERS TREATY
* Pak signals willingness to engage on Indus Waters Treaty with India
New Delhi: Weeks after India placed the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan has signalled its willingness to discuss New Delhi's long-standing concerns about the treaty, sources said. *
CAL19 BH-3RDLD RAHUL
* Modi agreed to caste census out of fear: Rahul
Darbhanga (Bihar): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed to hold a caste census "out of fear" of the country's deprived population, to which the opposition was lending its voice. *
DEL44 UPSC-CHAIRMAN
* Former defence secretary Ajay Kumar takes oath as UPSC chairman
New Delhi: Former Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar on Thursday took oath as the chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). *
CAL22 WB-JOHN BARLA-TMC
* Ex-Union minister John Barla joins TMC, claims BJP did not allow him to work for tribals
Kolkata: BJP leader and former Union minister John Barla joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday, and claimed that the saffron party did not allow him to work for tribal people. *
LEGAL
LGD21 SC-ARBITRATION
* SC concerned over drafting of arbitration clauses, says process misused
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over drafting of arbitration clauses in commercial agreements and said the arbitration process was being misused to complicate and prolong matters. *
LGD20 SC-2NDLD MP MINISTER-FIR
* Remarks targeting Col Qureshi: SC questions MP minister, will hear his plea on Friday
New Delhi: Every word uttered by a minister has to be with a sense of responsibility at a time the country is undergoing "such a situation", the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it reprimanded Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah who is facing an FIR for his remarks targeting Col Sofiya Qureshi. *
LGD16 SC-PRESIDENTIAL REFERENCE-QUESTIONS
* SC order on assent to bills: Prez Murmu seeks top court's opinion, poses 14 questions
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has posed 14 crucial questions to the Supreme Court over its April 8 verdict that fixed timelines for governors and the President to act on bills passed by state assemblies. *
LGD23 SC-LD WAQF ACT
* Waqf row: SC to hear case on May 20 for interim relief
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would on May 20 hear the point of interim relief in the challenge to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. *
FOREIGN
FGN33 WASIA-TRUMP-TARIFFS-LD INDIA
* President Trump claims India offers to drop all tariffs on American goods
Doha: US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that India has offered to drop all tariffs on American goods. *
FGN8 UN-INDIA-LD TERROR
* India ramps up efforts for UN listing of LeT front The Resistance Front; Indian team meets top UN counter-terror officials
United Nations: An Indian delegation met top officials of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate here even as New Delhi stepped up efforts to designate The Resistance Front, an LeT proxy, as a UN-listed terror outfit. By Yoshita Singh *