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New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    DEL15 RAHUL-EC
    * Has EC become BJP's 'election chori branch': Rahul slams poll body's Bihar SIR
    New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Election Commission has been caught "red handed" stealing votes in the name of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, and asked whether the poll body has completely become BJP's 'Election chori branch'. *

    DEL17 AVI-AI PLANE CRASH-ALPA
    * AI 171 crew deserve respect, not unfounded character judgement: Pilots' association ALPA India
    New Delhi: Pilots' grouping ALPA-India on Thursday said the crew of the crashed AI 171 flight made every possible effort to protect the passengers onboard and they deserve respect, not unfounded character judgements. *    
    DEL16 AVI-AI PLANE CRASH-FIP
    * AI plane crash: Pilots' grouping FIP flags concerns over AAIB initial report, wants subject experts in probe
    Mumbai: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Thursday asked the government to reassess possible technical misinterpretation or mechanical faults in Air India's Boeing 787-8 plane that crashed last month and sought inclusion of subject matter experts in the probe. *

    CAL4 BH-NITISH-LD POWER
    * Nitish announces 125 units of free power to all households ahead of Bihar assembly polls
    Patna: In a major populist move ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced free power up to 125 units to all domestic consumers in the state. *

    DEL10 AVI-INDIGO-LD EMERGENCY LANDING
    * Delhi-Goa IndiGo plane makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport due to engine failure: Source
    Mumbai: A Goa-bound IndiGo plane from Delhi made an emergency landing here on Wednesday due to a mid-air engine failure, according to a source. *
    
    CAL2 OD-STUDENT DEATH-BANDH
    * Student's death: Normal life partially hit as Cong, other parties observe bandh across Odisha
    Bhubaneswar: Normal life was partially affected in Odisha on Thursday as opposition Congress and seven other political parties enforced a 12-hour bandh across the state over the death of a college student who set herself on fire after being denied justice in an alleged sexual harassment incident. *

    DES2 JK-AMARNATH-LD SUSPEND
    * Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu due to bad weather
    Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Thursday due to heavy rain in the valley for the last 36 hours, officials said. A weather advisory warned of more heavy rain in parts of Jammu and Kashmir. *

    DES10 DL-MOCK DRILL
    * Mock drills across Delhi on Thursday, Friday
    New Delhi: Mock drills will be conducted across the national capital at over 10 locations on Thursday and Friday, officials said, adding that they will be carried out by the Delhi Police among other agencies. *

    DEL11 CBI-EXTRADITION
    * CBI facilitated return of 134 fugitives from abroad in past 5 years: Officials
    New Delhi: The CBI has succeeded in facilitating the return of 134 fugitives from abroad in the last five years -- nearly twice the number of repatriated persons over an entire decade between 2010 and 2019, officials said. By Abhishek Shukla *


    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD3 SC-LAND FRAUD-BAIL
    * SC rejects pre-arrest bail pleas of two in land fraud case
    New Delhi: "Your clients seem to be goons," the Supreme Court said on Thursday while trashing the anticipatory bail pleas of two men who allegedly coerced a person at gunpoint and got executed a fraudulent sale deed for approximately 60 khata of land in Patna, Bihar, in 2023. *
    
    

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