New Delhi, Jul 28 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.10 pm:
TOP STORIES
PAR43 LS-SINDOOR-LD RAJNATH
* Op Sindoor paused as politico-military objective achieved; no pressure to stop: Rajnath in LS
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that Operation Sindoor was "paused" as the armed forces had achieved the desired politico-military objectives and asserted that there was "no pressure" to end it. *
LGD29 SC-BIHAR-ELECTORAL ROLLS
* SIR row: No interim stay on draft electoral roll publication, SC asks EC to accept Aadhaar, voter ID
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the publication of draft electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar saying it would once for all decide the pleas against the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. *
NATION
DEL29 OPPN-LD SIR
* Sonia, Kharge, Rahul, Akhilesh join opposition leaders in protest against SIR
New Delhi: Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in the Parliament House complex on Monday against the Election Commission's voter roll revision in Bihar, and demanded its rollback. *
DEL24 JK-ENCOUNTER
* 3 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J-K
Srinagar: At least three unidentified terrorists were killed in a fierce gun battle with security forces in the forests of Harwan near Dachigam in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. *
DEL32 CBI-MAHUA-LOKPAL
* CBI submits report on 'cash-for-query scam' against Mahua Moitra to Lokpal
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted its report to the Lokpal in connection with the alleged cash-for-query scam case involving Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra and businessman Darshan Hiranandani, officials said Monday. *
DEL33 CONG-ECONOMY
* Net FDI has fallen steeply, domestic investors gripped by 'fear': Congress slams govt
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday claimed that the net foreign direct investment has fallen steeply while domestic investors are gripped by "fear and uncertainty", as it asked the government to support incomes, end its "crony capitalist and tax terrorism" policies, fix the GST, and protect Indian industries from Chinese dumping. *
DEL21 ENV-CAMPA-LD REPORT
* India raised compensatory afforestation over 1.78 lakh ha from 2019-20 to 2023-24: Report
New Delhi: India raised compensatory afforestation over 1,78,261 hectares of land against a target of 2,09,297 hectares between 2019-20 and 2023-24, achieving 85 per cent of the planned area, the Supreme Court-mandated Central Empowered Committee has said in a report. *
CAL34 WB-MAMATA-2NDLD LANGUAGE MOVEMENT
* Mamata launches 'Bhasha Andolan' from Bolpur, vows to fight 'linguistic terror'
Bolpur (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched the statewide ‘Bhasha Andolan’ from Bolpur, accusing the BJP of trying to erase Bengali identity and vowing to resist NRC, protect migrants, and stop what she called "linguistic terror." *
DEL41 UP-TEMPLE-3RDLD STAMPEDE
* Two dead, 32 injured as stampede breaks out at temple in UP's Barabanki
Barabanki (UP): Two people were killed and 32 injured as a stampede broke out at a temple here early on Monday after a live electric wire, broken by monkeys, fell onto a tin shed, leading to panic among devotees. *
DEL46 ED-GOOGLE
* Google officials depose before ED in online betting linked PMLA case
New Delhi: Representatives of Google on Monday deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of a money laundering probe linked to the promotion of "illegal" online betting and gambling platforms, official sources said. *
LEGAL
LGD34 SC-2ND LD VARMA
* Cash discovery row: How can you question inquiry report after participation? SC asks Justice Varma
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday grilled Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma for challenging findings of an in-house inquiry panel report against him over the incident of cash discovery from his official residence and asked how could he question it after participating in the process. *
BUSINESS
DEL49 BIZ-GOLD-PRICE
* Gold declines Rs 500 to Rs 98,020/10 g; silver plunges Rs 1,000
New Delhi: Gold prices slid for the fourth consecutive session and ended Rs 500 lower at Rs 98,020 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday due to unabated selling by stockists following a trade deal between the US and the EU, which dampened the safe-haven demand. *
DEL50 BIZ-LD IIP
* Industrial output growth slows to 10-month low of 1.5 pc in June
New Delhi: India's industrial production growth slowed to a 10-month low of 1.5 per cent in June 2025 due to poor performance of mining and power sectors, which were impacted by excess rains especially in second half of the month, according to official data released on Monday. *
FOREIGN
FGN14 THAI-LD SHOOTING
* 6 dead after mass shooting incident in Thailand's capital
Bangkok: A gunman shot dead five people at a food market in the Thai capital on Monday before committing suicide, according to media reports. *
FGN12 PAK-ACTORS-HOUSES
* Renovation work begins at Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor's houses in Pakistan
Peshawar: The reconstruction and renovation work on the ancestral homes of legendary Indian actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor officially began in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday, according to officials. *