HIGHLIGHTS- The Week

New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) Following are the top stories of 1 pm:

    NATION

    CAL20 JH-SHIBU SOREN-3RDLD DEATH
    * JMM founder Shibu Soren dies at 81
    Ranchi/New Delhi: JMM founder Shibu Soren died on Monday, his son and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said. *

    DEL10 JK-PAHALGAM ATTACKERS-IDENTITY
    * Security agencies gather evidence confirming Pakistani nationality of Pahalgam attackers
    Srinagar: Security agencies have gathered evidence, including documents issued by the government of Pakistan and biometric data, confirming that the three slain foreign terrorists involved in the deadly Pahalgam attack were Pakistani nationals, officials said on Monday. *

    CAL24 OD-LD SHIBU SOREN
    * Odisha leaders condole Shibu Soren's death, remember him as champion of tribal rights
    Bhubaneswar: Odisha leaders, including Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Monday expressed grief over the demise of former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren and remembered him for his fight for tribal rights. *

    DEL9 DL-MP-LD SNATCHING
    * MP R Sudha's gold chain snatched in Delhi's Chanakyapuri
    New Delhi: Mayiladuthurai MP R Sudha's gold chain was snatched by unidentified persons in the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri here while she was out on a morning walk on Monday, police said. *

    PAR3 LS-ADJOURN
    * Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm due to oppn protests over SIR discussion
    New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Monday due to noisy protests by opposition parties demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar and other issues. *

    PAR4 RS-ADJOURN
    * Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day as mark of respect to Shibu Soren
    New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings on Monday were adjourned for the day as a mark of respect following the death of sitting MP Shibu Soren. *

    BOM3 MH-FTII-KERALA STORY
    * National award for 'The Kerala Story' is disappointing, dangerous: FTII students body
    Pune: A students' outfit at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has strongly condemned the decision to confer a national award to "The Kerala Story", citing that the government-backed recognition for the film is "not simply disappointing, but dangerous". *

    BOM5 MH-THAROOR-ECONOMY
    Trump's dead economy remark should not be taken literally: Shashi Tharoor
    Pune: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said US President Donald Trump's remark terming India a “dead economy” was meant to be an "insult" and must not be taken "literally". *

    CAL3 OD-COLLEGE STUDENT-LD ARREST
     2 more held on charges of instigating Odisha college student to commit self-immolation
    Bhubaneswar: Two men were arrested in Odisha's Balasore district for allegedly instigating a 20-year-old college student to commit self-immolation, police said on Monday.

    LEGAL

    LGD12 SC-LD RAHUL
     Remarks against Army: SC raps Rahul Gandhi but stays proceedings against him
    New Delhi: If you are a true Indian, you wouldn't say such a thing, the Supreme Court on Monday said as it censured Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged derogatory remarks about the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    LGD9 SC-TN-WELFARE SCHEMES
     SC to hear TN plea against HC order barring it from using name, picture of CM in welfare schemes
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on August 6 the appeal of the DMK government against the Madras High Court order asking it not to use names and photographs of present and former chief ministers in welfare schemes. *

    LGD11 SC-KARNATAKA-DEFAMATION
    * SC rejects plea of minister Shivananda Patil against HC order quashing defamation case
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal of Karnataka Minister Shivananda S Patil challenging a Karnataka High Court order that had quashed a defamation case against BJP MLA Basanagouda R Patil Yatnal.


    FOREIGN

    FGN3 SINGAPORE-NAVIES-EXERCISE
     Navies of India, Singapore conclude SIMBEX
    Singapore: The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indian Navy have completed their annual Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) that was held from July 28 to August 1. By Gurdip Singh

    FGN8 US-TRUMP-AIDE-INDIA
     Not acceptable for India to continue financing Ukraine war by purchasing oil from Russia: Trump aide
    New York: India portrays itself as being one of America’s closest friends in the world, but imposes massive tariffs, engages in “cheating” on immigration policies, and its purchases of Russian oil are financing the Ukraine war, a top aide to President Donald Trump has alleged. By Yoshita Singh

    FGN2 SINGAPORE-PREZ-TAMILS
     President Tharman pays tribute to Tamils in Singapore
    Singapore: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam has paid tributes to the generations of Tamils who contributed to the Singaporean society in areas such as education, women's rights, politics, medicine, law, sports and the arts. By Gurdip Singh ***

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