HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.35 pm:
    
     NATION
    
     PAR96 LS-2NDLD SINDOOR-SHAH
     * 3 perpetrators of Pahalgam attack eliminated: Amit Shah announces in LS
    New Delhi: Three of the terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam massacre have been eliminated by security forces in a joint operation by the Army, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police near Srinagar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. *

    
     DEL21 JK-PAHALGAM-NIA
     * NIA launches probe into killing of Pahalgam attack mastermind in Srinagar encounter
    Srinagar: A team of NIA sleuths on Tuesday launched a probe into the killing of the alleged mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack and his two associates in an encounter with security forces near Srinagar, officials said here. *

     PAR109 LS-SINDOOR-LD PRIYANKA
     * Talked of Nehru, my mother's tears but did not answer why was war stopped: Priyanka slams govt
    New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the government over the "lapses" that led to the Pahalgam terror attack and said Home Minister Amit Shah talked about Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and even her mother's tears in Lok Sabha but did not answer "why the war" against Pakistan was halted. *

    
     PAR110 RS-2NDLD-SINDOOR-RAJNATH
     * If Pak not able to take action against terrorism, India can help: Rajnath Singh
    New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said if Pakistan cannot take action against terrorism on its soil, India is ready to help the neighbouring country as Indian forces are capable of fighting terror on the other side of the border as well. *
    
     PAR100 RS-OP SINDOOR-KHARGE
     * Shah must take responsibility for "security lapse" at Pahalgam: Mallikarjun Kharge in RS
     New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said Home Minister Amit Shah must take responsibility for the "security lapse" which led to the Pahalgam terror attack, and demanded that accountability be fixed. *

    
     PAR107 LS-SINDOOR-SHAH-CONG
     * Pakistan is result of Congress' blunder: Shah in LS
     New Delhi: Launching a broadside at the Congress, Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said a blunder by the main opposition party led to the creation of Pakistan and claimed that Pak-occupied Kashmir was the legacy of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

     PAR105 LS-LD SINDOOR-AKHILESH YADAV
     * Operation Sindoor symbol of govt's failure: Akhilesh Yadav in Lok Sabha
     New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asked the government in Lok Sabha to fix responsibility for the "intelligence failure" that led to the Pahalgam terror attack, saying it cannot get away after such incidents by merely admitting to a lapse. *
    
     CAL7 OD-AIIMS-SEXUAL HARASSMENT
     * AIIMS Bhubaneswar nursing officer held for 'sexual harassment' of woman attendant
    Bhubaneswar: A nursing officer at AIIMS Bhubaneswar was arrested for "sexually harassing" a woman attendant at the medical facility, police said on Tuesday. *
    
     MDS15 KA-TERROR-FAMILY-REAX
     * Family of Pahalgam terror attack victim finds solace following 'Operation Mahadev'
     Bengaluru: For the family of Bharath Bushan, who was killed in the Pahalgam attack, the news of the killing of the mastermind of the attack and his associates in 'Operation Mahadev' has brought a sense of relief. *

     PAR7 LS-FARMERS
     * Income of several farmers more than doubled: Chouhan
    New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday asserted that steps taken by the government in the farm sector have led to doubling of income of several farmers. *

     BOM12 CG-NUNS-UDF DELEGATION
     * Delegation of Cong-led UDF from Kerala meets nuns jailed in Durg for `forced conversion'
     Durg: A delegation of leaders of the Congress-led UDF alliance in Kerala on Tuesday visited the Durg central jail in Chhattisgarh, and met two Catholic nuns arrested for alleged human trafficking and forced religious conversion. *

     CAL22 OD-ASI-TEMPLE
     * No hidden chamber in Puri Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar: ASI
    Puri: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday said there is no hidden chamber in the Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple in Puri. *
    
     CAL21 JH-KANWARIYAS-4TH LD DEATH
     * Six Kanwariyas killed, 24 injured in bus-truck collision in Jharkhand
     Ranchi/Deoghar: At least six Kanwariyas were killed and 24 others injured on Tuesday after a collision took place between a bus with devotees on board and a truck, loaded with cooking gas cylinders, in Jharkhand's Deoghar district, officials said. *
    
     LEGAL
    
     LGD15 SC-BIHAR-2NDLD ELECTORAL ROLLS
     * We will step in if there's mass exclusion in SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar: SC
     New Delhi: Terming the Election Commission a constitutional authority deemed to act in accordance with law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will step in immediately if there is "mass exclusion" in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. *
    
     BOM8 GJ-HC-RIOTS CASE-ACQUITTAL
     * Post-Godhra riots case: 19 years after conviction, HC acquits 3 for want of reliable evidence
     Ahmedabad: Nineteen years after three men were convicted and sentenced to five-year rigorous imprisonment in a 2002 post-Godhra riots case by a fast track court, the Gujarat High Court has acquitted them by observing that their conviction was not based on reliable evidence. *
    
     LGD22 SC-KATARA-RELEASE
     * SC orders release of Sukhdev Yadav in Nitish Katara murder case
     New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of convict Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, noting that he has completed his sentence of 20 years in March this year. *
    
     BUSINESS
    
     DEL31 BIZ-INDIA-US-TRADE-PACT
     * US team to visit India on Aug 25 for next round of talks for trade pact
     New Delhi: The US team will visit India on August 25 for the next round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Tuesday. *
    
     FOREIGN
    
     FGN33: BANGLA-VIOLENCE
    * Mob damages homes belonging to minorities in B'desh; Govt orders repair works
    Dhaka: At least a dozen homes belonging to the members of the Hindu community were damaged by a mob over the weekend in northwestern Bangladesh, according to officials and media reports. **

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