HIGHLIGHTS AT 5.15 PM

New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.15 pm:
    
     NATION
    
     DEL31 PM-LD SESSION
     * Monsoon session like 'Vijay Utsav', Constitution winning over violence: PM Modi
     New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set the ruling alliance's tone for an expected discussion in Parliament's Monsoon session on Operation Sindoor, describing this sitting of parliamentarians as a "Vijay Utsav" and expressing confidence that 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. *
    
     PAR37 RS-VARMA-DHANKHAR
     * Rajya Sabha receives notice for removal of Justice Varma: Dhankhar
     New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said he has received a notice for the removal of High Court Judge Yashwant Varma and asked the Secretary General to take necessary steps. *
    
     PAR36 LS-4THLD ADJOURN
     * Lok Sabha adjourned for day amid uproar as oppn demands discussion on Operation Sindoor
     New Delhi: The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Monday amid noisy protests by the opposition, which demanded a discussion on Operation Sindoor and other issues. *
    
     DEL46 PAR-GOVT-SINDOOR-DISCUSSION
     * Govt agrees to 16-hr discussion on Op Sindoor, Pahalgam terror attack in Lok Sabha
     New Delhi: Government on Monday agreed to a 16-hour discussion on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam terror attack in the Lok Sabha, and it is likely to be taken up next week, even as the opposition insisted that it should start this week itself and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must reply. *
    
     PAR23 RS-CHAIRMAN
     * Thriving democracy can't sustain constant acrimony, political tension must be reduced: Dhankhar
     New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said a thriving democracy cannot sustain constant political acrimony as he urged parties to avoid personal attacks against each other in public. *
    
     DEL34 UGC-KIIT-STUDENT-SUICIDE
     * KIIT students' suicides result of university's 'unlawful' activity, could've been averted: UGC panel
     New Delhi: The illegal and unlawful activities by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneshwar led to the suicides of two Nepalese students and the actions of the administration amount to criminal liability, a fact-finding panel set up the UGC has found.
    
     CAL48 WB-MARTYRS DAY-LD MAMATA
     * Mamata sounds 2026 poll bugle, calls for ‘language movement’ against BJP’s ‘linguistic terrorism’    
     Kolkata: Sharpening her ‘Bengali asmita’ pitch ahead of the 2026 polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of unleashing “linguistic terrorism” on Bengalis, asserting that the fight for identity and language will continue until the saffron party is defeated. *
    
     MDS18 KL-ACHUTHANANDAN-DEMISE
     * Former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan dies at 101
     Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, one of India's most respected Communist leaders and a key figure in Kerala's political history, died on Monday at the age of 101, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan said here. *
    
     LEGAL
    
     LGD19 SC-2NDLD LAWYERS-SUMMONING
     * ED crossing all limits: SC on agency summoning lawyers for giving legal advice
     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. *
    
     LGD18 SC-BCCI-BYJUS
     * SC junks BCCI, Riju Raveendran's plea on settlement for Byju's
     New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an order rejecting the appeals of the BCCI and Byju's co-founder Riju Raveendran seeking withdrawal of insolvency proceedings against his company. *

     BOM17 MH-HC-2NDLD TRAIN BLASTS
     * 7/11 train blasts: All 12 accused acquitted; HC says 'hard to believe' they committed the crime
     Mumbai: Nineteen years after seven train blasts here killed more than 180 persons, the Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted all the 12 accused, saying the prosecution “utterly failed” to prove the case and it was "hard to believe the accused committed the crime". *

     FOREIGN
    
     FGN28 BANGLA-JET-CRASH-TOLL
     * Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes atop school building; 16 killed, dozens injured
     Dhaka: A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed atop a school building here on Monday, killing at least 16 people, most of them children, and injuring dozens, officials said. *

     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 **

    

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