New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9.15 pm:
TOP STORIES
FGN99 PM-TRUMP-2NDLDALL-INDOPAK
* Modi calls out Trump's narrative on India-Pak conflict; says New Delhi will never accept mediation
Kananaskis (Canada): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told President Donald Trump that India and Pakistan halted their military actions last month following direct talks between their militaries without any mediation by the US, calling out the American leader's narrative that he brokered the ceasefire. *
DEL74 INDIA-IRAN-EVACUATION
* India launches Operation Sindhu to evacuate its nationals from Iran
New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) India on Wednesday announced launching 'Operation Sindhu' to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran as the conflict between Iran and Israel showed no sign of letting up. *
LGC2 WB-HC-LD MGNREGA
* Calcutta HC directs Centre to implement MGNREGA scheme in Bengal from Aug 1
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to implement the MGNREGA, the 100-day job guarantee scheme, prospectively in West Bengal from August 1. *
NATION
DEL51 AVI-AIRINDIA-FLIGHTS
* Air India cancels 3 international flights due to maintenance, technical and other issues
Mumbai: Air India has cancelled three of its international flights on Wednesday owing to various reasons, including maintenance and technical issues. *
DEL69 SPACE-LD AXIOM
* Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission delayed once again; new date June 22
New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station has been postponed to June 22 to allow NASA to evaluate the operations on the orbital lab after the recent repairs in the Russian section, Axiom Space announced on Wednesday. *
DEL58 PERSONNEL-LATERAL-ENTRY
* Govt still open to lateral entry: Union minister Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the government is still open to lateral entry recruitment and that the plan has not been abandoned yet. *
BOM29 CG-NAXAL-LD SURRENDER
* Maoist cadre, an ex-govt schoolteacher, surrenders along with wife in Chhattisgarh
Manpur (Chhattisgarh): A senior Maoist cadre, who was a contractual teacher at a government school before joining the armed movement in 2000, on Wednesday surrendered in Chhattisgarh along with his wife, who was an area committee member, a police official said. *
DEL66 MOE-STATES-PERFORMANCE-REPORT
* Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi among top performers in school education during 2023-24: MoE report
New Delhi: Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi, Gujarat and Odisha are among top performers in the 2023-24 Performing Grade Index that assesses school education at the district level, according to a report of the Ministry of Education. *
DEL46 PERSONNEL-PENSION
* Employees under Unified Pension Scheme now eligible for retirement, death gratuity benefits
New Delhi: All central government employees part of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) will now be eligible for retirement and death gratuity benefits available under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. *
BOM35 DD-PLANECRASH-SURVIVOR-BROTHER
* Air India 171 survivor's heartbreaking journey: carrying brother's coffin in Diu
Diu, Jun 18, (PTI) Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the devastating Air India plane crash, faced an agonising moment on Wednesday as he led the funeral procession of his brother, Ajay, in their hometown in Diu. *
LEGAL
BOM28 MH-HC-BCCI-IPL
* HC junks BCCI’s pleas against arbitration awards, asks it to pay Rs 538 cr to defunct IPL franchise
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed the petitions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) challenging arbitral awards of over Rs 538 crore in favour of the now-defunct Indian Premier League franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala. *
LGD10 RJ-COURT-MLAs
* 2014 case: Congress MLAs among those given a year in jail by Jaipur court
Jaipur: A Jaipur court on Wednesday sentenced two Congress MLAs and seven others to one-year imprisonment in a case of road blockade outside University of Rajasthan 11 years ago. *
BUSINESS
DEL43 BIZ-BULLION-PRICE
* Silver rallies to hit fresh peak, gold gains Rs 540 as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies
New Delhi: Silver prices rallied Rs 1,000 to hit a record high of Rs 1,08,200 per kilogram while gold gained Rs 540 to stay above Rs 1 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday as the Israel-Iran conflict intensified on its sixth day, driving investors to safe-haven assets. *
CAL34 BIZ-BLOWOUT-LD HIMANTA
* ONGC well blowout: Assam CM says controlling efforts lack urgency, seriousness
Sivasagar (Assam): With gas continuing to leak from an ONGC crude oil well in Assam for the seventh straight day, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday urged Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep S. Puri to direct the energy major to step up efforts to contain the blowout. *
FOREIGN
FGN98 WASIA-TRUMP-IRAN
* 'Nobody knows:' Trump won't say whether he will move forward with US strikes on Iran
Washington, Jun 18 (AP) President Donald Trump would not say Wednesday whether he has decided to order a US strike on Iran, a move that Tehran warned anew would be greeted with stiff retaliation if it happens. AP *