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New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
    
    NATION

    DEL25 UP-RAJNATH
    * New BrahMos testing facility in Lucknow will strengthen India's self-reliance: Rajnath Singh
    Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the newly inaugurated integration and testing facility of BrahMos Aerospace in Lucknow will strengthen the country's self-reliance in the defence sector. *
    
    DEL23 CONG LD CPP-SONIA
    * Cong to hold strategy meet on July 15 for upcoming Parliament session
    New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of top party leaders on July 15 to finalise strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament, which is expected to be stormy with the opposition raring to raise several issues like EC's special intensive revision in Bihar and Operation Sindoor. *
    
    DES19 JK-MARTYRS-LD LEADERS
    * Martyrs day: Kashmir leaders say they are under house arrest, Omar calls it 'undemocratic move'
    Srinagar: Prominent political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday claimed 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, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah terming the move as "blatantly undemocratic". *

    CAL17 WB-IIM RAPE-DIRECTOR
    * Actively engaging with students, taking steps to address their concerns after 'rape' incident: IIM-C
    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta on Sunday said it is actively engaging with students and taking necessary steps to address their concerns in the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a woman on its campus. *

    DEL19 AVI-AIRINDIA-CRASH-ICPA
    * AI 171 crew acted in line with responsibility under challenging conditions: AI Pilots' grouping ICPA
    Mumbai: The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) on Sunday said the crew of the AI 171 flight that crashed last month acted in line with their training and responsibilities under challenging conditions, and the pilots should not be vilified based on conjecture. *

    DEL24 SIBAL-LD 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 *
    
    CAL12 WB-IIM RAPE-PROBE
    * Police constitutes 9-member SIT to probe into IIM-Calcutta ‘rape' case
    Kolkata: Police have constituted a nine-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged rape of a woman by a student at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, officials said on Saturday. *
    
    CAL11 OD-STUDENT-PATNAIK
    * College student self immolation: Patnaik says 'deeply distressing', seeks Governor's intervention
    Bhubaneswar: Terming the female student of a college in Balasore resorting to self-immolation on the campus of the educational institute as "shocking and deeply distressing", Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sought Governor's intervention to ensure justice to the victim. *

    DEL17 EC-VOTERS LIST
    * EC activates field machinery for possible pan-India voter list revision from next month
    New Delhi: The Election Commission has activated its poll machinery across states for a possible roll out of pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) next month just like the one being carried out in Bihar. *

    DEL15 HEALTH-ICMR-DENGUE VACCINE
    * Phase-3 clinical trial enrolment for India’s first dengue vaccine to be completed by October: ICMR
    New Delhi: Enrolment of about 10,500 participants in the phase III clinical trial of the indigenous one-shot Panacea Biotec developed dengue vaccine, DengiAll, is likely to be completed by October across 20 centres in India, according to ICMR scientists. *
    
    BOM8 TRAIN BOMBING-SURVIVOR
    * Local train bombing survivor misses Mumbai's lifeline, seeks empathy not sympathy
    Mumbai: A survivor of the 2006 Mumbai train blasts, Chirag Chauhan, remembers the local train not with a heavy heart of a victim, but with the fond nostalgia of a Mumbaikar who simply misses his city's lifeline. By Sumir Kaul *
    
    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD1 SC-KERALA NURSE-YEMEN
    * SC to hear Monday plea seeking intervention to save Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges. *

    LGD3 SC-KANWAR-EATERIES
    * Plea filed in SC against UP govt's QR code directive for eateries along 'kanwar' route
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a plea on July 15 challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's directive mandating the display of QR codes on all eateries along the 'kanwar' route, which reveal the names and identities of the owners. *

    LGD4 JUSTICE KAUL-EVENT
    * Judiciary must perform role of catalyst for LGBTQIA+ rights: Former SC judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul
    New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Sanjay Kishan Kaul said that the judiciary must perform the role of a catalyst for the rights of LGBTQIA+ persons. *
    
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