New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.15 pm:
NATION
CAL14 WB-PM VISIT
*PM to visit Bengal on Friday; will address rally in Durgapur, launch projects worth Rs 5,000 crore
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Friday, where he is likely to address a BJP rally in Durgapur and unveil multiple development projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore. *
DEL56 DEF-MISSILE
* India test fires Akash Prime missile
New Delhi: India has successfully test fired the Akash Prime missile in Ladakh, the defence ministry said on Thursday. *
DEL51 INDIAN-NURSE-YEMEN
* In touch with local authorities in Yemen to resolve issue: MEA on Nimisha Priya case
New Delhi: India on Thursday said it is in touch with local authorities in Yemen as well as with certain friendly nations in finding a solution to the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row. *
DEL33 RJ-LD-SHAH
* Message is out, those who mess with India's citizens will face consequences: Amit Shah
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said a strong message has gone out to the world that no one should mess with India's citizens, its borders or its defence forces, and those who do so will have to face consequences. *
DEL49 RAHUL-DALIT
* Denying justice to family of Dalit youth murdered in Hisar shows ugly face of BJP-RSS's 'Manuwadi': Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday raised the issue of the alleged murder of a Dalit youth in Haryana's Hisar and alleged that the harassment meted out to his family for seeking justice is not just a crime but exposes the "ugly face of BJP-RSS's 'Manuwadi' system" that discriminates against Dalits. *
DEL35 RAHUL-BJP
* Rahul Gandhi talking of corruption is like thief donning watchman's role: BJP
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi talking about corruption is like a thief donning the role of a watchman, the BJP said on Thursday, as it lashed out at the Congress leader for claiming that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be put in jail by his party on graft charges. *
DEL40 CONG-LD EC
* EC's SIR diabolical move to rig polls via large-scale disenfranchisement: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Bihar is a "deliberate and diabolical" move to rig elections through large-scale disenfranchisement, with Rahul Gandhi asking whether the poll body has completely become the BJP's "Election Chori branch". *
DEL48 INDIA BLOC-MEETING
* INDIA bloc to hold meeting in Delhi on July 19: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav
New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence here on July 19, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Thursday. *
MDS6 KA-STAMPEDE-STATUS REPORT
* Karnataka govt report blames RCB, DNA Network and KSCA for stadium stampede
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has blamed IPL franchisee RCB, its event management partner, and the state cricket association for unilaterally organising the team's massive victory parade and celebration without prior permission or furnishing mandatory details to the authorities. *
DEL54 US-EMBASSY-VISAS
* Committing assault, theft in US could lead to visa being revoked: American embassy
New Delhi: Committing assault, theft or burglary in the United States won't just cause legal issues but could also lead to a visa being revoked and make that person "ineligible" for future US visas, the country's embassy in India has said. *
DEL36 ED-VADRA-CHARGESHEET
* ED charge sheet against Vadra, others in Shikohpur land deal case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a charge sheet against Robert Vadra, the businessman husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur, official sources said on Thursday. *
DEL53 CLEANLINESS-2NDLD SURVEY
* Ahmedabad cleanest city under new ranking system; Indore moved to 'Super Swachh League'
New Delhi: Ahmedabad was named the cleanest big city on Thursday, followed by Bhopal and Lucknow in the government's annual cleanliness survey, even as Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai and Vijayawada were elevated to a newly formed 'Super Swachh League Cities' category for demonstrating exceptional performance in sanitation. *
DEL20 INTERVIEW-JITENDRA-SPACE
* Next Indian astronaut will travel in indigenously built spacecraft: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Shubhanshu Shukla's successful space odyssey has provided expertise for India's future voyages and the next Indian astronaut will travel in an indigenously built spacecraft, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said. *
CAL12 WB-COLLEGE STUDENT-EXAM
* Kolkata college gang rape: Student appears for law semester exams
Kolkata: About three weeks after she was allegedly raped by her two seniors and an alumnus of South Calcutta Law College, the first-year student of the institute appeared for semester exams, her family said on Thursday. *
CAL16 BH-2ND LD SHOT DEAD
* Murder convict on parole shot dead in Patna hospital
Patna: A man, who was a murder convict and out on parole, was shot dead by gunmen inside a private hospital in Bihar's Patna on Thursday, police said. *
DEL50 SPACE-SHUKLA-ISRO
* No immediate health concerns for Shubhanshu Shukla: ISRO
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said initial health assessments of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who returned to earth after a 20-day space mission, indicated that he was in stable condition with no immediate concerns. *
DEL23 SHUKLA-ADJUSTMENT TO EARTH
* Shubhanshu adjusting to life on Earth, says his father; Lucknow awaits hero's return
Lucknow: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the Indian astronaut who along with three others returned recently from a successful space mission, is in Houston in the US, as he readjusts to life on Earth, his father said on Thursday. *
CAL11 OD-STUDENT DEATH- LD BANDH
* Normal life hit in Odisha amidst 12-hour bandh over student’s suicide, protesters demand justice
Bhubaneswar: Normal life came to a standstill in Odisha on Thursday as opposition Congress and seven other political parties enforced a 12-hour bandh over the death of a college student who set herself on fire after being denied justice in an alleged sexual harassment incident. *
BUSINESS
DEL42 BIZ-RUSSIA-OIL-PURI
* India plays down threat of sanctions on Russian oil supplies, says can source from alternate places
New Delhi: India on Thursday played down the threat of the US imposing sanctions on countries buying Russian oil, saying it is confident of meeting its needs from alternative sources. *
DEL25 BIZ-INDIA-US TRADE-EAC-PM
* India should negotiate trade agreement with US on its own term: EAC-PM chief
New Delhi: India should negotiate a trade agreement with the US on its own terms, keeping in view the national interest, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman S Mahendra Dev has said. By Bijay Kumar Singh *
DEL28 BIZ-INDIA-UK-FTA
* India, UK likely to sign trade pact next week
New Delhi: India and the UK are expected to sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next week, a pact which aims to boost trade and investment between the two countries, an official said. *
LEGAL
LGD12 SC-LALU-FIR
* Land-for-jobs scam: Lalu Yadav moves SC to stay trial court proceedings
New Delhi: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has moved the Supreme Court against an order dismissing his plea seeking a stay on the trial court proceedings over the CBI's land-for-jobs case. *
LGD14 SC-ACTOR-LD BAIL
* SC frowns upon HC granting bail to Kannada actor Darshan in murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its reservation over the Karnataka High Court’s decision to grant bail to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa in the Renukaswamy murder case. *
LGD9 SC-MINISTER-CONTEMPT
* Land grabbing case: SC stays contempt proceedings against union minister HD Kumaraswamy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed an order making Union Minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy a party to the ongoing contempt proceedings over the alleged large-scale land encroachment in a Karnataka village. *
FOREIGN
FGN33 CHINA-INDIA-RIC
* China backs Russia's initiative to revive Russia-India-China troika
Beijing: China on Thursday expressed its support for Russia's initiative to revive the dormant Russia-India-China (RIC) troika, saying the trilateral cooperation not only serves the interest of the three countries but also the security and stability of the region and the world. By K J M Varma *
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