New Delhi, Jun 24 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm:
NATION
DEL106 AVI-DGCA-2NDLD SURVEILLANCE
* Regulator DGCA finds multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has detected multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works, and repeated defects in multiple cases during its surveillance at major airports, an exercise carried out in less than two weeks after the Air India plane crash. *
DEL102 KA-SIDDA-LD FM
* Karnataka CM meets Sitharaman, seeks pro-growth tax devolution from 16th Finance Commission
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to seek the Centre's support for a pro-growth approach in tax devolution among states by the 16th Finance Commission. *
DEL81 DEF-LD-HAL CMD-INTERVIEW
* IAF to get at least 6 Tejas jets by March, delays due to engine unavailability: HAL chief
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force will get at least half-a-dozen Tejas Light Combat Aircraft by March 2026, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd CMD D K Sunil has said, weeks after the IAF chief flagged serious concerns over delays in the delivery of the jets. By Vijay Joshi and Manash Pratim Bhuyan *
DEL104 AVI-MIDDLE EAST-LDALL FLIGHTS
* Air India, AI Express resume flights to Middle East as airspaces reopen
New Delhi: Air India and Air India Express on Tuesday progressively resumed their services to the Middle East, with flights to Dubai and Muscat, respectively, as countries in the region reopened their airspaces. *
DEL105 RS-LD IMPEACHMENT
* RS Secretariat confirms 45 MPs' signatures to remove HC Judge Yadav; Sibal, 8 others yet to verify
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha secretariat has verified the signatures of 45 of the 55 MPs who had signed a notice to bring a motion for the removal of Allahabad High Court Judge Shekhar Yadav over his "hate speech" even as Kapil Sibal and eight others were yet to verify their signatures. *
DEL98 IRAN-INDIA-2NDLD-EVACUATION
* India evacuates over 3,100 Indians from Iran, Israel
New Delhi: India on Tuesday evacuated over 1,100 citizens from Iran and Israel amid ongoing tensions between the two countries, taking the number of evacuees under Operation Sindhu to 3,170. *
DEL101 MEA-LD WEST ASIA
* India stands ready to help resolve conflict: MEA on West Asia situation
New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump's claims of an Iran-Israel ceasefire, India on Tuesday said it stands ready to play its part to resolve the situation and insisted on "dialogue and diplomacy" as the way forward. *
DEL71 JK-OMAR-STATEHOOD
* Omar Abdullah says ready to recommend dissolution of J-K Assembly if statehood is restored
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he has no objections if the Legislative Assembly has to be dissolved and fresh elections are to be conducted after statehood is restored to Jammu and Kashmir. *
CAL31 BH-POWER
* Nuclear power plant to be set up in Bihar: Union min Manohar Lal
Patna: Union Power Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday said that a nuclear power plant and a 1,000 MW battery storage capacity unit would be set up in Bihar. *
DES67 EMERGENCY-UP-POLITICIANS
* 50 years of Emergency: UP leaders recall torture, arrests
Lucknow: Hriday Narain Dixit and Mata Prasad Pandey -- both former Uttar Pradesh Assembly speakers -- share little in common politically. By Arunav Sinha *
LEGAL
LGD8 SC-AIR INDIA-PLEA
* Suspend operation of Air India Boeing fleet pending safety audit: Plea in SC
New Delhi: A plea in the Supreme Court has sought suspending Air India Boeing aircraft operations pending a safety audit within two weeks in wake of the recent Ahmedabad air tragedy that claimed lives of 241 passengers and crew on board. *
LGD13 JK-HC-DEPORTATION
* J-K HC directs MHA to facilitate return of woman deported to Pakistan after Pahalgam attack
Jammu: Emphasising that human rights are the most sacrosanct component of a human life, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered the Union Home Ministry to facilitate the return of a woman deported to Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. *
LGD2 SC-OPERATION SINDOOR
* Participating in Operation Sindoor doesn't give you immunity: SC in dowry death case
New Delhi: Participating in Operation Sindoor doesn't give you immunity from committing atrocity at home, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said while refusing to exempt a convict from surrendering in a dowry death case of his wife. *
FOREIGN
FGN120 DOVAL-SCO-LD-TERRORISM
* Shun double standards in combating terroism: NSA Doval at SCO meet in China
Beijing: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Tuesday called for shunning double standards in combating terrorism and urged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to hold accountable perpetrators, organisers and financers of cross-border terrorism, seen as reference to Pakistan. *
FGN110 RUSSIA-THAROOR-OP SINDOOR
* Not sign of my 'leaping to join' PM's party: Tharoor on Op Sindoor outreach article
Moscow: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said his article on Operation Sindoor's global outreach was not a sign of his "leaping to join" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party but a statement of national unity, interest and standing up for India. *
FGN126 CHINA-SCO-DOVAL
* Doval calls on Chinese Vice President Han along with SCO security officials in Beijing
Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday called on Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng here along with the other heads of delegations attending the 20th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Security Council Secretaries. By K J M Varma *