HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    CAL14 BH-PM-PROJECTS
    * PM Modi unveils projects worth over Rs 7,200 cr in Bihar
    Motihari (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched development projects worth more than Rs 7,200 crore in Bihar’s East Champaran district. *

    DEL11 JAISHANKAR-US-LD TRF
    * India welcomes US listing of TRF as global terrorist outfit
    New Delhi: India on Friday welcomed the US move to designate The Resistance Front, a proxy of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that was behind the Pahalgam attack, as a global terrorist organisation. *

    DEL13 RAHUL-VADRA-ED-CHARGESHEET
    * 'Hounded' by govt for last 10 years: Rahul slams ED chargesheet against Vadra
    New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the government of launching a witch-hunt against his brother-in-law Robert Vadra after the Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet against the businessman in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur. *
    
    DEL12 DL-3RDLD BOMB THREAT
    * Bomb threats hit over 45 Delhi schools, spark panic among students and parents
    New Delhi: More than 45 schools across Delhi received bomb threats on Friday, triggering panic among the students and their parents. *
    
    DEL3 ED-BHUPESH BAGHEL-LD SEARCHES
    * ED conducts fresh raids at ex-Chhattisgarh CM Baghel's home in liquor scam case against son
    Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh searches at the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as part of an alleged liquor scam linked to a money laundering investigation against his son Chaitanya Baghel on Friday, official sources said. *

    BOM6 MH-SCUFFLE-LD AWHAD
    * In midnight drama, police drag NCP (SP) MLA protesting detention of supporter
    Mumbai: NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad was dragged by the police in the wee hours of Friday during his protest against the detention of his supporter, who was assaulted by supporters of BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar during the scuffle in the building a day before. *
    
    CAL7 AS-HIMANTA-MAMATA
    * Mamata only concerned about Bengali-speaking Muslims, claims Himanta
    Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee is only concerned about Bengali-speaking Muslims. *
    
    MDS5 TL-FACTORY-EXPLOSION- TOLL
    * Telangana plant explosion: Toll rises to 46
    Hyderabad: The toll in the Sigachi Industries' pharma plant explosion in Sangareddy district of Telangana rose to 46 after the death of a person who was undergoing treatment in a hospital, a senior police official said on Friday. *
    
    MDS3 KA-SCHOOLS-BOMB-THREAT
    * Schools in Bengaluru receive bomb threat, turns out to be hoax
    Bengaluru: At least four private schools in Bengaluru on Friday morning received bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax, police said. *


    BUSINESS
    
    DEL8 BIZ-INDIA-US-WTO
    * Duty imposed on auto on national security grounds; not safeguard measures:US on India's claim in WTO
    New Delhi: The US has rejected India's claim that American tariffs on auto and auto parts qualify as safeguard measures under the WTO (World Trade Organization) rules, and asserted that the duties are imposed on national security grounds.     *
    
    
    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD10 SC-KERALA NURSE-YEMEN
    * Execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen stayed: SC told
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court was on Friday informed that the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row for murder in Yemen, has been stayed. *

    LGD13 SC-LALU-FIR
    * Land-for-jobs scam: SC refuses to stay trial court proceedings against Lalu Yadav
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay trial court proceedings against former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in the CBI's land-for-jobs case. *
    
    LGD3 SC-JUSTICE-VARMA
    * Cash discovery row: Justice Yashwant Varma moves SC against inquiry report
    New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma has moved the Supreme Court seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. *


    
    FOREIGN
    
    FGN7 SINGAPORE-INDIA-NAVAL EXERCISE
    * Indian Navy to participate in SIMBEX exercise in Singapore
    Singapore: The Indian Navy will participate in the 32nd edition of exercise SIMBEX as part of its engagement with the Singapore Navy. It is one of the longest uninterrupted maritime exercises for India, High Commissioner to Singapore Shilpak Ambule has said. By Gurdip Singh *
    
    
    

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