New Delhi: Following are the top stories at 9.10 pm:
NATION
DEL81 PB-BYPOLL-2NDLD RESULT
* Punjab: AAP retains Ludhiana West seat, Sanjeev Arora defeats Cong's Ashu
Ludhiana: Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday retained the Ludhiana West assembly seat with its candidate Sanjeev Arora registering a victory in a fierce electoral fight against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Bharat Bhushan Ashu by a margin of 10,637 votes. *
DEL81 PB-BYPOLL-2NDLD RESULT
* Punjab: AAP retains Ludhiana West seat, Sanjeev Arora defeats Cong's Ashu
Ludhiana: Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday retained the Ludhiana West assembly seat with its candidate Sanjeev Arora registering a victory in a fierce electoral fight against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Bharat Bhushan Ashu by a margin of 10,637 votes. *
DEL64 3RD LD BYPOLLS
Assembly bypolls: AAP retains 2 seats in Punjab, Gujarat; Cong-led UDF wrests Nilambur from Left front in Kerala
* New Delhi: AAP's Gopal Italia on Monday won from Gujarat's Visavadar assembly constituency and his party also retained Punjab's Ludhiana West seat while the Congress-led UDF wrested Nilambur from the ruling LDF in Kerala, according to results of assembly bypolls in four states. *
DEL83 BYPOLLS LD PARTIES-REAX
* Bypoll results give fillip to beleaguered AAP, setback to Cong in Gujarat; TMC maintains its hold
New Delhi: The results of byelections on five assembly seats in four states gave the much-needed fillip to the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab and Gujarat after the recent reverses in Delhi and a boost to the Congress in Kerala ahead of assembly polls in the southern state next year. *
DEL82 DL-KEJRIWAL-LD RAJYA SABHA
* Not going to RS: Kejriwal after AAP MP Sanjeev Arora wins Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll
New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he would not go to the Rajya Sabha after the party's sitting Upper House member Sanjeev Arora won the Ludhiana West bypolls in Punjab. *
DEL60 THAROOR-LD MODI
* PM Modi's dynamism, willingness to engage remains 'prime asset' for India on global stage: Tharoor
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's energy, dynamism and willingness to engage remains a "prime asset" for India on the global stage but deserves greater backing, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Monday, in remarks that are likely to irk his party and widen the growing cracks in his ties with its leadership. *
MDS12 KA-KHARGE-LD PM
* People will not tolerate if you belittle oppn, Kharge tells PM Modi
Raichur (Karnataka): Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "trivialising" the opposition, and criticised his absence from the all-party meetings convened after the Pahalgam terror attack. *
LEGAL
LGD8 HR-COURT-YOUTUBER
* Espionage case: YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra's judicial custody extended by two weeks
Hisar: A court here on Monday extended the judicial custody by 14 days of social media influencer Jyoti Malhotra arrested last month on the suspicion of espionage. *
LGD6 DL-HC-DEMOLITION
* Delhi HC stays Batla House demolitions till Jul 10
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered status quo till July 10 on a plea filed by seven people challenging the demolition notice issued by Delhi Development Authority in the Batla House area in the national capital. *
LGD2 SC-OBC CERTIFICATE-SINGLE MOTHER
* SC says important after plea seeks OBC certificates for kids of single moms
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday termed "important" the plea for amending rules to issue OBC certificates to children of single mothers from the same category. *
FOREIGN
FGN54 ISRAEL-INDIANS-EVACUATION
* Second batch of 443 Indians leave from Israel through Jordan, Egypt
Jerusalem: The second batch of evacuation of Indian nationals from Israel on Monday saw two groups of 175 and 268 people leave through Israel's border with Jordan and Egypt, taking the total number of Indians taken out of the war-torn country to 603 in two days. By Harinder Mishra *
FGN71 BIZ-PURI-TERRORISM
* India joins Ireland, Canada in remembering victims of Kanishka bombing on 40th anniversary
Cork (Ireland): India has suffered the scourge of terrorism, enduring bombings, assassinations and other atrocities, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Monday as he joined Irish and Canadian leaders to pay homage to victims of bombing of Air India 'Kanishka' flight 40 years back in Ahakista, Cork, Ireland. *
FGN69 PAK-INDIA-AIRSPACE
* Pak extends airspace ban for Indian aircraft by another month
Islamabad: Pakistan authorities on Monday announced to extend the airspace ban on Indian aircraft for another month. By Sajjad Hussain *