New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9.40 pm:
NATION
DEL57 SINDOOR-LDALL PARLIAMENT
* No leader of any country asked India to stop 'Operation Sindoor': PM Modi in LS; 3 perpetrators of Pahalgam eliminated, says Shah
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday affirmed that no leader of any country had asked India to stop 'Operation Sindoor' which was still giving "sleepless nights" to the masterminds of the Pahalgam attack even as Home Minister Amit Shah announced that three terrorists involved in the massacre were eliminated by security forces. *
DEL58 LS-SINDOOR-3RDLDPM
* No world leader told India to stop Op Sindoor, Cong shedding tears with terrorists: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Tuesday that no world leader had told India to stop Operation Sindoor as he lashed out at the Congress for “importing issues from Pakistan” and said the opposition party is joining terrorists and their masterminds in shedding tears after the victorious Indian military action. *
PAR219 LS-SINDOOR-2NDLD RAHUL
* PM using armed forces to protect his image, must show courage to rebut Trump's claims: Rahul in LS
New Delhi: In a no-holds-barred attack, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the armed forces to protect his image after the Pahalgam attack and dared him to categorically rebut US President Donald Trump's India-Pakistan ceasefire claims. *
PAR192 LS-PAHALGAM-SHAH
* Forensic ballistics, witnesses helped identify Pahalgam attackers: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Witness identifications, a midnight flight to facilitate forensic ballistics of weapons recovered from the three terrorists killed in Dachigam, Srinagar, and an early morning confirmation from scientists that the trio carried out the Pahalgam attack -- all this happened in less than 24 hours.
PAR216 LS-SINDOOR-MODI-THAROOR
* PM Modi takes dig at Congress, says some leaders not allowed to speak on Op Sindoor debate
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress, saying some of its leaders were barred from speaking in Parliament perhaps because they presented India’s stand before the world on Operation Sindoor which gave the party leadership jitters. *
PAR196 RS-OPPOSITION-QURESHI
* Oppn members hit out at BJP, PM for inaction over MP minister's remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi
New Delhi: Opposition Rajya Sabha members Tiruchi Siva and Sanjay Singh on Tuesday hit out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their inaction over remarks by a Madhya Pradesh minister on Indian Army officer Col Sofiya Qureshi, saying their silence is an approval of the statement. *
PAR217 LS-PRIYANKA-PAHALGAM VICTIMS
* Priyanka names Indian victims of Pahalgam attack; 'Hindu-Bharatiya' shouting match erupts in LS
New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's reading of the names of the 25 Indian victims of the Pahalgam terror attack in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday led to a shouting match, with the treasury benches emphasising their identities as "Hindu" and the opposition MPs replying with a loud "Bharatiya".*
PAR193 RS-3RDLD-SINDOOR-RAJNATH
* If Pak not able to take action against terrorism, India can help: Rajnath in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said if Pakistan cannot take action against terrorism on its soil, India is ready to help it as Indian forces are capable of fighting terror on the other side of the border as well. *
PAR159 RS-OP SINDOOR-LD KHARGE
* Shah must take responsibility for "security lapse" at Pahalgam: Mallikarjun Kharge in RS
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said Home Minister Amit Shah must take responsibility for the "security lapse" that led to the Pahalgam terror attack, demanding that accountability be fixed and "whosoever is responsible should quit".*
BOM20 GJ-DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES-TAMIL NADU GOVERNOR
* Demographic changes in Assam, Bengal 'ticking time bomb', need to find solutions: TN Guv
Gandhinagar: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday expressed concern over what he called demographic changes in some parts of the country, including Assam and West Bengal, as he described the trend as a "ticking time bomb" and urged stakeholders to find solutions. *
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. *
MDS24 KL-NUNS-VIJAYAN
* Kerala CM says Catholic nuns were imprisoned based on 'fake' complaint by Bajrang Dal activists
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said the Catholic nuns from the state were jailed in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh based on a "fake" complaint by Bajrang Dal activists, and that the incident revealed the true colours of the Sangh Parivar. *
DEL46 LDALL TIGERS
* Over 50 pc tiger deaths since 2021 occurred outside tiger reserves: Govt data
New Delhi: More than half of the tiger deaths in India since 2021 occurred outside protected reserves, a PTI analysis of government data revealed on Tuesday, even as the country pushes ahead with new initiatives to strengthen conservation, including an India-led global alliance for big cats and efforts to relocate villages from core tiger habitats. *
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. *
LGD19 SC-TN-BALAJI
TN govt delaying trial by implicating over 2,000 accused in cases involving ex-minister: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court expressed displeasure on Tuesday over the Tamil Nadu government "attempting to delay" the trial in cases involving former state minister V Senthil Balaji by implicating more than 2,000 people as accused in an alleged cash-for-jobs scam. *
BUSINESS
DEL49 BIZ-2NDLD 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
FGN48 US-INDIAN-ARREST
Indian-origin pilot arrested in US on charges of sex crimes against child
New York: An Indian-origin pilot was arrested on charges of sex crimes against a child, shortly after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport, US authorities said. By Yoshita Singh *
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.
FGN41 CANADA-CRASH-INDIAN
Indian national killed in plane crash in Canada
Ottawa: An Indian national has died in a small plane crash near Deer Lake in eastern Canada, the Consulate General of India in Toronto said on Tuesday.*