HIGHLIGHTS- The Week

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:

    NATION

    DEL39 PM-LD UK-MALDIVES
    * PM Modi to visit Britain, Maldives; boosting bilateral ties, inking India-UK FTA top focus
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a four-day visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from Wednesday to shore up overall bilateral ties and ink the landmark India-UK free trade deal. *

    DEL43 PAR-SESSION-4THLD ALLPARTY
    * Oppn raises Pahalgam attack, Trump's remarks, SIR in session eve meet; govt says open to discuss all issues as per rules
    New Delhi: Government on Sunday indicated its willingness to discuss in Parliament Operation Sindoor, a key opposition demand at an all-party meeting on eve of the Monsoon session, even as the INDIA bloc insisted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should respond on the matter as well as on the US President's 'ceasefire' claims and SIR in Bihar. *

    DEL41 CONG-SESSION-JK STATEHOOD
    * INDIA bloc will demand full statehood for J-K in Monsoon Session: Venugopal
    New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said the party will raise the demand for restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 21. *

    DEL42 RIJIJU-WAQF
    * Congress, other parties criticizing new Waqf law want to keep Muslims as vote bank: Rijiju
    New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has alleged that the basic purpose of the Congress and some other parties criticizing the Waqf (Amendment) Act is to keep Muslims as their vote bank, and asserted that the Modi government believes in "appeasement to none, justice to all". *

    DEL29 INTERVIEW-OMAR ABDULLAH
    * Statehood is our right, says JK CM Omar Abdullah; rules out 'Hybrid System'
    Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday made a forceful plea for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir without further delay, and indicated that all avenues, including legal options, were being explored by the ruling National Conference in this regard. By Sumir Kaul *

    DEL34 DISASTER-CADAVER DOGS
    * NDRF to soon commission cadaver dogs to assist in disaster operations
    New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will soon operationalise its first contingent of cadaver dogs who can sniff out the dead or human remains in a disaster or accident zone, officials in the federal organisation said. *

    BOM13 MH-MINISTER-VIDEO
    * Row over Maharashtra minister Kokate's mobile 'game' video during legislative session
    Nagpur/Mumbai: A viral video of NCP leader and Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate purportedly playing a game of rummy on his mobile phone during a legislative session has sparked a huge row, with the opposition accusing the government of being insensitive to farmers. *

    CAL17 BH-GANGSTER MURDER-LD ARREST
    * Bihar Police arrests prime accused, 3 associates in Patna hospital murder case
    Patna: Bihar Police on Sunday said it has arrested the prime accused and his three associates for the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra inside a private hospital in Patna. *

    DEL37 CHILD LABOUR-LD BRICK KILNS
    * Too young to work, too poor to stop: Children of brick kiln migrants struggle for basic rights
    Bulandshahr/Aligarh: In the scorching May heat, 12-year-old Rajni cradles her infant sister while stirring watery dal simmering in a soot-blackened aluminium pot outside her hut in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district. *

    DEL40 EAM-UPSC-INTERVIEW
    * My interview was on Mar 21, 1977, day Emergency was revoked: Jaishankar recalls UPSC journey
    New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday reminisced about his entry into the civil services, saying his UPSC interview in Delhi took place on March 21, 1977 -- the day the Emergency was lifted. *



    FOREIGN

    FGN13 NEPAL-INDIA-OLI
    * Nepal PM Oli to visit India in mid-September
    Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will pay an official visit to India towards mid-September, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. By Shirish B Pradhan *

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