New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
NATION
DEL16 PM-SESSION
* Monsoon session like 'Vijay Utsav'; PM Modi hails Operation Sindoor
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Parliament's Monsoon session is like a 'Vijay Utsav' as the Indian armed forces achieved their objectives under Operation Sindoor 100 per cent, and expressed confidence that the MPs will articulate this sentiment in one voice. *
DEL22 RAHUL-PAR-GOVT
* Never allowed to speak, as LoP it is my right: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, it is his right to speak in the House, but was not being allowed while the people of the government were making their statements. *
DEL20 JK-2NDLD LANDSLIDE
* Landslide hits Vaishno Devi track in J-K's Reasi; one dead, nine injured
Jammu: A massive landslide struck the old track to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, leaving one pilgrim dead and 10 others injured, officials said. *
PAR17 RS-NAIDU-AI PLANE CRASH
* AAIB totally unbiased, carrying out rule-based probe into AI plane crash: Naidu
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is "totally unbiased" and is carrying out a definitive, thorough and rule-based probe into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Monday. *
CAL12 OD-NSUI PREZ-LD ARREST
* NSUI's Odisha unit president held for 'raping' college student 4 months ago
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), a wing of the Congress, was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel here, police said on Monday. *
CAL13 BH-ASSEMBLY-SIR
* Anti-SIR protests rock Bihar Assembly on inaugural day of monsoon session
Patna: Protests against special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar rocked the state assembly on the inaugural day of the monsoon session on Monday. *
MDS4 TN-ANWAR RAJA-LD DMK
* AIADMK's org secy and Ex-MP Anwar Raja joins DMK
Chennai: AIADMK's organising secretary and former MP Anwar Raja, who is the minority face of the opposition party in Ramanathapuram, joined the DMK in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin here on Monday. *
LEGAL
LGD10 SC-ED-PARVATHI
* SC questions ED's role in political matters, rejects appeal against Karnataka CM's wife
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Enforcement Directorate's conduct in politically sensitive cases as it upheld the Karnataka High Court's decision to quash the case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife in the MUDA case. *
LGD9 SC-LAWYERS-SUMMONING
* SC concerned over ED summoning lawyers for legal advice, mulls framing guidelines
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is "crossing all limits", the Supreme Court said on Monday as it expressed serious concern over the agency summoning advocates for offering legal advice or representing clients during investigations. It also called for guidelines on the matter. *
BOM8 MH-HC-TRAIN BLASTS-JUDGES
* 7/11 train blasts case: After acquitting all 12 accused, HC says it did its duty
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak, that on Monday acquitted all the 12 accused in the July 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai, said it did its duty as judges. *
BUSINESS
DEL9 BIZ-STOCKS-OPEN
* Markets bounce back after falling in early trade driven by buying in ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty dropped in early trade on Monday, but buying in the blue-chip stocks ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank helped the markets recover all the early lost ground. *
DEL6 BIZ-RUPEE-OPEN
* Rupee falls 20 paise to 86.36 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 20 paise to 86.36 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by the overall strength of the American currency in the overseas market and a negative trend in domestic equities. *
FOREIGN
FGN2 US-COMMITTEE-TRF
* TRF deserves designation as foreign terrorist organisation: US House Foreign Affairs Committee
New York/Washington: The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs has welcomed the designation of The Resistance Front, a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a global terrorist outfit over the Pahalgam attack, saying anyone who "butchers" civilians doesn't get a pass but justice. By Yoshita Singh *