New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
NATION
CAL6 WB-GANGRAPE-PROBE
* Woman gang raped 'for rejecting' marriage proposal from prime accused: Police
Kolkata: The police suspect that the law college student in Kolkata was gang raped since she turned down the marriage proposal of the main accused making him angry, an officer said on Saturday. *
CAL7 WB-GANGRAPE-ARREST
* College security guard arrested in Kolkata law student gang rape case
Kolkata: The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer said. *
DEL9 PM-JAIN SEER-ANNIVERSARY
* India most ancient living civilisation due to immortal ideas of seers: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday India is the most ancient living civilisation of the world due to the immortal ideas and philosophies of its saints and seers. *
DEL4 ENV-AGROFORESTRY-RULES
* Centre issues model rules to ease tree felling on agricultural land, boost agroforestry
New Delhi: The Centre has issued model rules for the felling of trees on agricultural land in a bid to promote agroforestry with the aim of doubling farmers' incomes, increasing tree cover outside forests and mitigating climate change. *
DEL13 VP-PREAMBLE
* Preamble 'not changeable', but was 'changed' in 1976 during Emergency, says Dhankhar
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asserted that the Preamble of a constitution is "not changeable" as it is the "seed" on which the document grows.
DEL8 TMC-VOTERS LIST
* Move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC on EC's special intensive revision of electoral roll
New Delhi: "It is a sinister move to bring NRC (National Register of Citizens) through the backdoor," said Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Saturday about the special intensive revision of electoral roll announced by the Election Commission. *
DEL2 RAIL-WAITING LIST-LIMIT
* Uneconomical, impractical: Experts on Railway decision to cap passenger waiting list at 25 pc
New Delhi: The Railway's decision to limit the passenger waiting list to 25 per cent of the capacity of each class has been flagged by reservation supervisors, ticket booking clerks and some senior commercial officers as uneconomical for the railways and inconvenient for travellers. By Jeevan Prakash Sharma *
DEL14 POLICE-GAMES
* India to host world police and fire games for first time in 2029
New Delhi: For the first time, India will host the prestigious 2029 World Police and Fire Games, which Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed as a moment of great pride for every citizen.*
CAL5 OD-LD RATH YATRA
* Rath Yatra: Devotees resume pulling chariots in Puri
Puri: Amid renewed enthusiasm, devotees on Saturday resumed pulling the chariots of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, after the Rath Yatra in Puri was halted on June 27 night. *
BOM6 MH-KOLHAPURI-LD PRADA
* Prada acknowledges Kolhapuri chappals inspiration for footwear in fashion show
Mumbai: After a controversy triggered by the use of Kolhapuri chappals in a collection, Italian luxury fashion brand Prada has acknowledged the connection, saying the design is “inspired” by the Indian handcrafted footwear. *
MDS4 KA-TIGRESS-LD ARREST
* Act of 'revenge': Three arrested for 'poisoning' tigress, 4 cubs in Karnataka
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka): The death of a tigress and her four cubs in this district has turned out to be a case of apparent revenge by a man whose cow was preyed upon by wild animals, Forest authorities said on Saturday. *
CAL2 WB-BLAST-ARREST
* Kaliganj blast death: Police arrest 4 more
Kolkata: Police arrested four more persons, including two prime accused, in connection with the death of a girl in a bomb explosion in Kaliganj in Nadia district of West Bengal, a senior officer said on Saturday. *
BOM2 MH-SHEFALI JARIWALA-POLICE
* Cause of actor Shefali Jariwala's death unclear: Police
Mumbai: The cause behind actor Shefali Jariwala's death is yet to be ascertained and her body has been taken for postmortem, the Mumbai Police said on Saturday. *
FOREIGN
FGN14 PAK-INDUS-RULING
* Pakistan welcomes Court of Arbitration's ruling on J&K hydroelectric projects
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday welcomed the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague over two hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir and indicated its readiness for talks with India on issues relating to Indus Waters Treaty. *
FGN10 CHINA-PLANE
* Chinese flight makes emergency landing after 'aircraft malfunction'
Beijing: A Chinese domestic flight made an emergency landing on Friday after experiencing an “aircraft malfunction”, with passengers reporting loud noises and a foul smell in the plane. **