HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.10 pm:
    
    NATION

    DEL55 AVI-2NDLD AIRINDIA-CRASH-CEO
    * Air India CEO says crash probe raises more questions, premature to jump to any conclusion
    New Delhi: The preliminary report into the crash of Air India flight AI171 last month has raised more questions, the airline's CEO said as he defended the fitness of pilots and aircraft saying no mechanical or maintenance issues have been flagged in the report. *
              
    DEL39 SPACE-AXIOM-HATCH
    * Shubhanshu Shukla, other Axiom-4 astronauts board spacecraft for return to earth
    New Delhi: Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts of the Axiom-4 entered the Dragon Grace spacecraft on Monday and were suited up to begin their journey back to Earth after an 18-day stay at the International Space Station. *
    
    DEL41 JK-2ND LD MARTYRS-OMAR
    * Omar Abdullah scales graveyard gates to offer tributes to martyrs
    Srinagar: A defiant Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday scaled the gates of the Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tribute to 22 people killed by the Dogra army in 1931 and alleged that efforts were made to “manhandle” him and his colleagues. *
    
    CAL14 OD-STUDENT-LD HEALTH
    * FM College student condition critical, but stable; father appeals to all to pray for her recovery
    Bhubaneswar: The condition of the 20-year-old college student who set herself on fire for allegedly being denied justice over "sexual harassment" by a teacher, remained critical for the third consecutive day on Monday, hospital sources here said. *
    
    DEL32 ED-LD VADRA
    * Robert Vadra appears before ED in Sanjay Bhandari-linked PMLA case
    New Delhi: Robert Vadra, the businessman husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari and some others, official sources said. *
    
    CAL6 TR-LD STUDENT DEATH
    * Parents of Tripura girl found dead in Yamuna had shifted to Delhi for daughters' higher education
    Agartala: The parents of Sneha Debanth, whose body was found in Yamuna River in Delhi nearly a week after she went missing, had shifted to the national capital for better higher education for their two daughters. *
    
    DEL48 PB-SESSION-SACRILEGE
    * Anti-sacrilege bill introduced in Punjab Assembly
    Chandigarh: The AAP government on Monday introduced in the Punjab Assembly an anti-sacrilege bill, proposing punishment up to life imprisonment for sacrilegious acts against religious scriptures. *
    
    MDS11 KA-SIDDARAMAIAH-GADKARI
    * Siddaramaiah claims not invited to Shivamogga bridge inaugural, Gadkari says invitation was extended
    Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said neither he nor his ministers are attending the inauguration of Sigandur bridge and foundation stone laying ceremony of infrastructure projects at Sagara taluk in Shivamogga, which is being attended by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, as a mark of protest, as they were not invited. *
    
    BOM14 MH-GANGSTER-LD SCUFFLE
    * Gangster Prasad Pujari manhandled during scuffle between two groups in Mumbai jail
    Mumbai: Gangster Prasad Pujari has allegedly been manhandled during a scuffle between two groups of inmates inside the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, officials said on Monday. *
    
    BUSINESS
    
    DEL52 BIZ-LD INDIA-US-TRADE-NITI AAYOG
    * Indian exports to US to be more competitive after tariff hike on China, other countries: Niti Aayog
    New Delhi: Indian exports to the US will become more competitive following imposition of higher tariffs by the Trump administration on countries, including China, Canada, and Mexico, NITI Aayog said in a report on Monday. *
    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD18 SC-2NDLD KERALA NURSE-YEMEN
    * Indian nurse on death row in Yemen: Doing utmost possible, nothing much govt can do, Centre tells SC
    New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it was doing whatever was "utmost possible" to save an Indian nurse facing execution on July 16 for murder in Yemen, but "nothing much" could be done keeping in view the status of Yemen. *
    
    LGD25 SC-FREEDOM-SPEECH
    * Citizens must know value of freedom of speech, expression: SC
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said citizens must know the value of freedom of speech and expression and observe self regulation as it mulled guidelines to regulate offensive posts on social media. *
    
    LGD17 CJI-INFECTION-TREATMENT
    * CJI B R Gavai contracts infection, being treated in Delhi
    New Delhi: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai was diagnosed with a severe infection during his recent official visit to Hyderabad and is responding well to treatment in a Delhi hospital, an official source on Monday said. *
    
    LGD15 SC-LD SIMI-BAN
    * SC junks plea against extension of ban on SIMI
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging an order confirming the five-year extension of the ban imposed on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). *
    
    FOREIGN
    
    FGN26 SINOINDIA-JAISHANKAR-2NDLD ZHENG
    * Jaishankar meets Chinese VP; says normalisation of ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes
    Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng that continued normalisation of India-China ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes and an open exchange of views between the two sides is "very important" considering the "complex" global scenario. *
    
    FGN25 RUSSIA-INDIAN-WORKFORCE
    * Russia to import 1 million skilled workforce from India
    Moscow: Russia will import up to 1 million workforce by the end of this year to address labour shortage in the country's highly industrialised areas, a business leader said. By Vinay Shukla *
    
    FGN10 PAK-DAR-CHINA
    * Pak Foreign Minister Dar to visit China to attend SCO summit
    Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit China on Monday to attend the foreign ministers' meeting of the SCO bloc. By Sajjad Hussain *

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