HIGHLIGHTS- The Week

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm:

    NATION

    DEL65 BJP-SC-BIHAR-ELECTORAL ROLL
    * Don't cry, try wooing voters: BJP to oppn as SC allows Bihar electoral roll revision to continue
    New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday said the apex court allowing the Election Commission to continue with the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar was a "setback" to the opposition parties protesting the exercise and asked them to work hard to woo their voters, instead of raising hue and cry over it. *

    DEL68 CONG-SC-LD ELECTORAL ROLLS
    * Relief for democracy: Congress on SC's suggestion on voter-list revision in Bihar
    New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said the Supreme Court's suggestion that the Election Commission (EC) should allow Aadhaar cards, voter-ID cards and ration cards in the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar has come as a "relief for democracy" and is a "significant advance" in the case. *

    DEL69 CRASH-RJ-PILOT-LD CREMATION
    * Flt Lt Rishi Raj Singh, killed in Jaguar crash in Rajasthan, dreamt of becoming fighter pilot
    Jodhpur: Flight Lieutenant Rishi Raj Singh, who died in a crash of a Jaguar fighter plane during a routine sortie near Churu in Rajasthan on Wednesday, was fascinated by fighter planes from childhood and dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot, his family member said. *

    DEL55 HR-CRASH-PILOT
    * IAF pilot from Haryana killed in Jaguar jet crash in Churu had become father a month ago
    Chandigarh: Squadron Leader Lokendra Singh Sindhu, one of the two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots who were killed in a crash of a Jaguar fighter jet near Churu in Rajasthan on Wednesday, had become father a month ago and the family in Haryana had been in celebration mode before the tragedy struck. *

    DEL62 CONG-GJ-MEETING
    * Rahul holds meeting with Gujarat Congress leaders, discusses strategy for 2027
    New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met party leaders from Gujarat and discussed ways to strengthen organisation to get the state unit battle-ready for assembly polls in 2027, according to sources. *

    DEL60 NCR-LD TENNIS PLAYER-KILLED
    * Tennis player shot dead by father in Gurugram
    Gurugram: State-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father on Thursday at their double-storeyed home in upscale Sushant Lok here, police said. *

    DEL72 HR-SCHOOL-DIRECTOR-LD STAB
    * 2 students stab school director to death Haryana's Hisar district
    Hisar: The director of a private school in Haryana's Hisar district was stabbed to death allegedly by two students on the premises of the institute on Thursday, with police claiming that the accused were angry, reportedly over being reprimanded by the victim for indiscipline. *

    BOM33 GJ-BRIDGE COLLAPSE-2NDLD TOLL
    * Vadodara bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 16; search on for missing persons
    Vadodara:The death toll in the collapse of a bridge over the Mahisagar river in Gujarat's Vadodara district climbed to 16 on Thursday, and the search operation for three to four missing persons is currently underway, officials said. *



    BUSINESS

    DEL63 BIZ-IMF-UPI
    * India now makes faster payments than any other country, courtesy UPI: IMF note
    New Delhi: India now makes faster payments than any other country with the quick growth of UPI, and the usage of other instruments, including debit and credit cards, is on the decline, according to an IMF note. *



    LEGAL

    LGD38 SC-BIHAR-3RDLD ELECTORAL ROLL
    * SC asks EC to consider Aadhaar, Voter ID, ration cards in Bihar electoral roll revision
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to consider Aadhaar, Voter ID and ration cards as valid documents during its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, set to go to polls later this year. *

    LGD40 SC-LD KERALA NURSE-YEMEN
    * SC agrees to hear plea to save Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse facing execution for murder in Yemen on July 16. *

    LGD41 DL-COURT-LD TMC-DISCHARGE
    * ECI protest case: Delhi court discharges TMC leaders O'Brien, Ghose, Gokhale
    New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday discharged 10 TMC leaders, including Derek O'Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of India despite prohibitory orders being in place last year. *

    LGD39 DL-HC-UDAIPUR FILES
    * Delhi HC stays release of 'Udaipur Files' movie for now
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the release of 'Udaipur Files' movie, which is based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case, and scheduled to hit the screen on July 11, till the Centre decided the pleas seeking a permanent ban on the film. *

    LGD33 DL-HC-ANIMALS
    * Delhi HC bars private testing lab from procuring new animals over cruelty charge
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has barred a private lab from procuring or keeping new animals after allegations of cruelty surfaced. *

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