New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1.20 pm:
NATION
DEL5 JK-LD ENCOUNTER
* 2 soldiers killed, as many injured as anti-terror ops in J-K's Kulgam enters 9th day
Srinagar: Two Army soldiers were killed and as many injured in an overnight gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, in one of the longest anti-terror operations in the Valley that entered the ninth day on Saturday, officials said. *
DEL12 DEF-PRODUCTION
* India's defence production reaches all-time high of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore in 2024-25 fiscal
New Delhi: India's annual defence production has reached an all-time high of Rs 1,50,590 crore in 2024-25, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. *
BOM6 MH-PAWAR
* ECI should look into Rahul Gandhi's 'vote theft' presentation: Sharad Pawar
Nagpur: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's presentation on "vote theft" was well-researched and well-documented, and it is up to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to look into the matter. *
CAL7 WB-RG KAR-MARCH-POLICE
* RG Kar protests: Security beefed up, traffic curbs in place in view of march to Bengal secretariat
Kolkata:Security arrangements have been tightened and traffic restrictions are in place across Kolkata and Howrah on Saturday in view of a march to the West Bengal secretariat 'Nabanna' to mark the completion of one year of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the state-run RG Kar hospital, police said. *
DEL7 UKD-UTTARKASHI-RESCUE
* 4 choppers deployed to evacuate those still stuck in disaster-hit Uttarkashi
Uttarkashi: Four helicopters were pressed into service to airlift people stranded in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi after flash floods and landslides earlier this week that claimed multiple lives and left behind a trail of destruction. *
DEL6 JK-TERROR-SEARCHES
* J-K Police searches 26 houses in massive crackdown on terror ecosystem in Kishtwar
Jammu, Aug 9 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday conducted searches at 26 houses, including that of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Mohammad Amin Bhat alias "Jehangir Saroori", in a massive clampdown on the terror ecosystem in the Kishtwar district, officials said. *
DEL10 CBI-AIIMS
* CBI books AIIMS-Bhubaneswar officer, five others for corruption in recruitment
New Delhi: The CBI has booked an officer of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar and five others for alleged corruption in the recruitment to Group-B and Group-C posts using forged documents, officials said on Saturday. *
CAL2 WB-RG KAR-ANNIVERSARY
* RG Kar protests yielded some gains amid status quo in women's security in Bengal, say stakeholders
Kolkata: The more things change, the more they stay the same. At the turn of the year, since the brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital shook the conscience of urban Bengal, stakeholders of protest movements that followed believe that this 19th-century French proverb may hold credence. By Sougata Mukhopadhyay *
DEL13 HEALTH-AIIMS-ECIGARETTE-BAN
* AIIMS-Delhi researchers call for relook at ban on e-cigarettes
New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) AIIMS-Delhi researchers have called for a relook at the ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems in India, contending that e-cigarettes with nicotine, when compared with no treatment or usual care, have been evidenced to be of benefit, albeit with a risk of bias. By Payal Banerjee *
CAL5 AS-HIMANTA-MODI-SHAH
* Shah's Aug 29 visit to start process of BJP's political narrative building for 2026 Assam polls: CM
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will initiate a process of building a political narrative for the BJP for next year’s Assam assembly elections when he visits the state on August 29, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. *
MDS6 KA-PM-VISIT
* PM Modi to visit Bengaluru on Sunday to launch yellow line metro, Vande Bharat Express
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Bengaluru on Sunday to inaugurate the much-awaited Yellow Line of Bangalore Metro, and the Vande Bharat Express train between Bengaluru and Belagavi. *
LEGAL
LGD1 SC-LAWYERS-ENROLMENT FEES
* State Bar Councils, BCI cannot charge any 'optional' fee from enrolling lawyers: SC
New Delhi: State Bar Councils or the Bar Council of India cannot collect any "optional" fee other than the statutory charge from law graduates enrolling as lawyers, the Supreme Court has said while asking the Karnataka State Bar Council to stop collecting any such amount. *
FOREIGN
FGN5 RUSSIA-DOVAL-MANTUROV
* NSA Doval meets Russia's First Dy PM, discusses military-technical ties
Moscow: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held talks with Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov here on bilateral military-technical ties and implementation of joint projects in strategic sectors. *
FGN4 US-TRUMP-INDOPAK
* Trump again claims that he helped 'settle' tensions between India, Pakistan
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he got "things settled" between India and Pakistan following the four-day military conflict between the two countries that could have turned into a "nuclear conflict". By Yoshita Singh *