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New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.15 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    DEL53 PM-KARTAVYA BHAVAN-LD INAUGURATION
    * PM Modi inaugurates Kartavya Bhavan
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan, the first of the ten upcoming Common Central Secretariat buildings to house the bureaucracy. *
    
    DEL75 PM-CHINA-VISIT
    * PM Modi expected to visit Japan, China later this month
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to travel to Japan and China beginning around August 29, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. *

    DEL59 UKD-4THLD CLOUDBURST
    * Rescuers retrieve one body in flood-hit Dharali; 28-member Kerala group missing, many rescued    
    Uttarakashi (Uttarakhand): A body was recovered and 150 people rescued from the flood-ravaged mountain village of Dharali on Wednesday as the search for the missing continued amid huge challenges, including incessant rain. *
    
    PAR16 RS-2NDLD-ADJOURN
    * Rajya Sabha adjourned for day amid demands for discussion on SIR
    New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid continued din by the Opposition on the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. *
    
    PAR15 LS-LD SIR-RIJIJU
    * Bihar SIR cannot be discussed in House as matter before Supreme Court: Rijiju in Lok Sabha
    New Delhi: Turning down the Opposition's demand for a discussion of electoral roll revision in Bihar, the government asserted in the Lok Sabha that matters pending before the judiciary cannot be discussed on the floor of the House. *

    PAR12 LS-SHIPPING-BILL
    * Lok Sabha passes Merchant Shipping Bill
    New Delhi: A bill to expand the eligibility criteria for ownership of merchant shipping vessels and provide for investigation and enquiries on marine casualties was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after a brief discussion as opposition continued with its protests seeking discussion on poll roll revision in Bihar. *
    
    DELHI DEL55 OPPN-LD SIR
    * INDIA bloc parties united, want discussion on SIR issue in Parliament: Kharge
    New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties are united in demanding a discussion in Parliament on the voter roll revision exercise in Bihar as it is important to protect the voting rights of all Indians, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday. *

    DEL70 JK-LD OMAR
    * Wrote to parties to push for bill on restoration of JK's statehood in Parliament: Omar Abdullah
    Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he has written to several parties with a sizeable presence in Parliament, seeking their support for the introduction of a bill for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood in the ongoing Monsoon session. *
    
    DEL57 RSQ-FACIAL RECOGNITION
    * Facial recognition system part of safe city project for Delhi, govt tells Rajya Sabha
    New Delhi: The "Safe City Project" approved by the Union Home Ministry for the national capital includes deployment of a facial recognition system on identified CCTV cameras to monitor suspected people and criminals, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. *
    
    BOM21 MH-FADNAVIS-POLITICS
    * BJP defeated 'vote jihad' by saints' message of unity in assembly polls: Fadnavis
    Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the BJP countered the "vote jihad" narrative with the "spiritual power" of saints, which catapulted the Mahayuti alliance to power in the 2024 assembly elections. *
    
    CAL21 WB-MAMATA-LD RALLY
    * Mamata leads rally in Jhargram to protest alleged attacks on Bengali migrants
    Jhargram: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the alleged attacks on Bengali-speaking migrants and accused the BJP of orchestrating a campaign to harass Bengalis in the name of citizenship and voter list revision. *

    DEL52 DL-CHAIN SNATCHING-MP-LD ARREST
    * Delhi: MP chain snatcher nabbed; was a repeat offender out on bail, say police
    New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old habitual offender for allegedly snatching a 30 gm gold chain from Tamil Nadu MP R Sudha near Tamil Nadu Bhavan in Chanakyapuri. *
    
    BOM18 MH-ELEPHANT-LD RELOCATION
    * Vantara to back Maha govt petition to bring back elephant Madhuri: CM
    Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Vantara, the Jamnagar-based animal rehabilitation centre, will support the Maharashtra government's petition in the Supreme Court seeking the return of elephant Madhuri to a monastery in Kolhapur, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday. *
    
    CAL22 OD-STUDENT-IMMOLATION
    * Female college student 'immolates self' following blackmail by boyfriend in Odisha: Police
    Kendrapara (Odisha): A female college student died after she allegedly immolated herself at her house in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Wednesday over blackmail by her boyfriend, police said. *
    
    MDS8 KA-DHARMASTHALA-SIT
    * SIT revisits forest near Dharmasthala with complainant in alleged mass burial probe
    Dharmasthala (Karnataka): The Special Investigation Team revisited a forested stretch near Dharmasthala on Wednesday in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged mass burial case, accompanied by the anonymous complainant who had initiated the case. *

    DEL62 LSQ-RAIL-INSURANCE
    * Railway passengers with e-ticket can avail travel insurance at 45 paisa only, says Vaishnaw
    New Delhi: Passengers can avail Optional Travel Insurance Scheme while purchasing e-tickets by paying a premium of 45 paisa, inclusive of all taxes, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. *

    DEL66 ENV-UTTARAKHAND-DISASTERS
    * From Kedarnath to Dharali: Uttarakhand's unheeded warnings and rising disasters
    New Delhi: The death and destruction left behind by the flash floods in the Kheer Ganga river in Dharali resurrected painful memories for Geeta, a survivor of the 2013 Kedarnath disaster, who lost four family members in that tragedy, India's worst since the 2004 tsunami. *




    BUSINESS
    
    DEL56 BIZ-RBI-GUV-ECONOMY
    * Trump 'dead economy' jibe: RBI guv says India doing well, contributing more to global growth than US
    Mumbai: The Indian economy is "doing very well" and contributing more to global growth than the US, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday, days after US President Donald Trump's remark of India being a dead economy. *

    
    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD16 SC-WOMEN ARMY OFFICERS-PC
    * SC begins hearing pleas of women Army officers denied permanent commissions
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing pleas of women Army officers of the Short Service Commission who claimed being denied permanent commissions (PC) as a result of discrimination from their male counterparts. *
    
    LGD14 SC-ORPHANS-EDUCATION
    * SC orders states to survey orphaned kids denied education
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all states to survey orphaned children who were denied education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. *

    LGD15 SC-TN-LD WELFARE SCHEMES
    * SC junks HC order asking TN govt not to use names, photos of CM in welfare schemes
    New Delhi: In a major victory for the DMK, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside an order directing the Tamil Nadu government not to use the name and photos of Chief Minister M K Stalin and other party stalwarts in state welfare schemes. *
    
    LGC6 JH-COURT-RAHUL-LD BAIL
    * Rahul Gandhi gets bail from J'khand court over 'defamatory remarks' against Amit Shah in 2018
    Chaibasa (Jharkhand): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand's Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. *

    LGD13 DL-COURT-SUSHIL ANSAL
    * Passport case against businessman Sushil Ansal: Delhi court allows AVUT to assist prosecution
    New Delhi, Aug 6: A Delhi court has allowed the Association of the Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) to assist the prosecution in a fraud case against businessman Sushil Ansal. *
    
    LGD12 DL-COURT-ENGINEER RASHID
    * Terror funding case: Unable to represent constituency due to court rider, Engineer Rashid tells HC
    New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid, accused in alleged terror funding case, on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that he was unable to represent his constituency owing to a rider imposed on him to pay daily costs to attend the parliamentary session. *
    
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