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New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1.10 pm:

     NATION

    DEL8 GOVT-RS-LD NOMINATIONS
     * Ex FS Shringla, lawyer Nikam among 4 nominated to Rajya Sabha
    New Delhi: Former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case Ujjwal Nikam, Kerala BJP leader C Sadanandan Master and Delhi-based historian Meenakshi Jain have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. *

     DEL10 EC-BIHAR-ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
     * Large number of Nepalese, Bangladeshis found in Bihar's intensive revision of voter list: Officials
     New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Field-level functionaries of the Election Commission have found "a large number of people" from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar during house-to-house visits made for the ongoing intensive review of voters' list in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. *

     CAL7 WB-IIM RAPE-FATHER
     * IIM-Calcutta ‘rape’: Woman’s father claims no such incident took place
    Kolkata: The alleged rape case of a woman by a student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta inside a hostel on the campus has taken a new turn, with her father claiming that the reported incident did not take place. *

     DEL11 SIBAL-EC-ELECTORAL ROLLS
     * EC always a 'puppet' in hands of Modi govt: Kapil Sibal
    New Delhi: The Election Commission has always been a "puppet" in the hands of the Modi government, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has alleged and claimed the poll body's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar is an "unconstitutional" move aimed at ensuring that majoritarian governments remain in power. By Asim Kamal *

     DEL6 KHANDU-INTERVIEW-HYDROPOWER
     * Power projects with Rs 1 lakh crore investment underway in Arunachal Pradesh: CM Pema Khandu
     New Delhi: Multiple hydro-power projects with an investment of over Rs one lakh crore are underway in Arunachal Pradesh to produce 18,000 MW of power, Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said. *

     DEL4 CONG-CPP-SONIA
     * CPP leader Sonia Gandhi calls meeting on July 15 to finalise Cong strategy for Monsoon session
     New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi will chair a key meeting on Tuesday to finalise the party's strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament which is expected to witness confrontations between the opposition and the government on a host of issues. *

     DES14 JK-MARTYRS-LEADERS
     * Martyrs day: Prominent J-K political leaders claim they have been placed under house arrest
    Srinagar: Prominent political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir-- both from ruling National Conference and opposition parties except the BJP -- on Sunday claimed that they have been placed under house arrest to prevent them from paying homage to the 22 persons killed by the Dogra army on this day in 1931. *

     MDS3 TN-TRAIN-LD FIRE
     * Freight train ferrying oil catches fire in TN
     Chennai: A goods train carrying high-speed diesel caught fire on Sunday morning near Tiruvallur, a Railway official said. *

     BOM4 MH-LANGUAGE-DRIVER-ASSAULT
     * Auto-rickshaw driver thrashed by Sena (UBT) workers over 'anti-Marathi' remarks ; video goes viral
     Palghar: A video showing an auto-rickshaw driver being beaten up allegedly by Shiv Sena (UBT) workers in Maharashtra's Palghar district for 'anti-Marathi' remarks has gone viral on social media, further fuelling controversy over the language issue in the state. *

     BOM6 GJ-PLANECRASH-INSURANCE
     * From hotel cancellation to loss of baggage, Ahmedabad air crash victims opted for array of insurance
     Ahmedabad: From hotel booking cancellations to loss of baggage, and from accidental death coverage to trip plan withdrawals, insurance companies have received a range of claims from the kin of the Ahmedabad Air India plane tragedy victims. By Prashant Rangnekar *

     MDS4 TL-SRINIVASA RAO-LD DEMISE
     * Veteran actor Kota Srinivasa Rao dies at 83
    Hyderabad: Veteran Telugu actor and former BJP MLA Kota Srinivasa Rao, known for his highly acclaimed performances, passed away here due to old age-related ailments on Sunday. *


     BUSINESS

     DEL12 BIZ-VEDANTA-BJP
     * Vedanta's donations to BJP nearly quadruples to Rs 97 cr in FY25: Annual Report
    New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Billionaire Anil Agarwal's mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd nearly quadrupled its donations to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), contributing Rs 97 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2025, according to its latest annual report. *


     FOREIGN

     FGN8     PAK-TERRORIST-ATTACK
     * Police station in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hit by quadcopter for fifth time
     Peshawar, Jul 13 (PTI) Terrorists carried out a drone attack on a police station in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in the fifth such strike on the same installation within a month, police said on Sunday. *

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