HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    MDS10 IAF-LD SINDOOR
    * IAF shot down five Pakistani fighter jets, one large aircraft during Op Sindoor: Air Force Chief
    Bengaluru: Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Saturday said the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and a large aircraft during Operation Sindoor, describing it as the largest-ever recorded surface-to-air kill by India. *
    
    DEL26 PM-LD RAKSHA BANDHAN
    * PM Modi celebrates Raksha Bandhan with students, others
    New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday celebrated Raksha Bandhan at his residence here, with school students and members of the spiritual organisation Brahma Kumari among others tying rakhis on his wrist. *

    DEL28 BJP-RAHUL-EC
    * Resign from Lok Sabha if have no faith in EC: BJP to Rahul
    New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi must resign on "moral grounds" from the membership of the Lok Sabha if he does not have faith in the Election Commission, and flayed him for not submitting a written declaration on his "vote theft" claim. *
    
    DEL27 DL-WALL COLLAPSE-LD DEATH
    * Seven killed as wall collapses in Delhi's Jaitpur amid heavy rains
    New Delhi: Seven people were killed when a wall collapsed near Mohan Baba Mandir in Jaitpur amid heavy rains in the national capital on Saturday morning, police said. *
    
    DEL18 UKD-LD-UTTARKASHI-RESCUE
    * 287 more rescued as govt deploys 4 choppers to evacuate people stranded 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. *
    
    BOM7 MH-PAWAR-POLLS-CLAIM
    * Two persons met me before 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls, guaranteed 160-seat win: Sharad Pawar
    Nagpur: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed that two individuals had met him in New Delhi before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls and "guaranteed" the Opposition's victory in 160 of 288 constituencies. *

    BOM13 MH-FADNAVIS-PAWAR
    * Fadnavis questions timing of Sharad Pawar's claim about 2 men offering to help Oppn win polls
    Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday asked why NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar spoke up only now about two men meeting him and offering to ensure the Opposition's victory in the last year's state elections. *

    DEL19 SIBAL-DHANKHAR
    * 'Heard of Laapataa Ladies not of laapataa VP': Sibal asks about Dhankhar's whereabouts
    New Delhi: Former law minister and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said he had heard of the movie "Laapataa Ladies" but never heard of a "laapataa (absent) vice president", as he raised questions about the whereabouts of former VP Jagdeep Dhankhar. *
    
    CAL19 WB-RG KAR-2ND LD MARCH
    * RG Kar incident: Police baton-charge protestors; Suvendu alleges victim's parents, BJP MLAs injured
    Kolkata: Police baton-charged protestors at the Park Street crossing in central Kolkata during a march to the West Bengal Secretariat Nabanna on Saturday to mark the completion of one year of the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the state-run RG Kar hospital. *
    
    CAL27 MN-CONGRESS
    * No political will to resolve Manipur crisis: Congress
    Imphal: Claiming that there is no political will to resolve the crisis in Manipur, the opposition Congress on Saturday said that despite the BJP-led alliance having 54 MLAs in the 60-member assembly, it cannot form a government in the state. *

    DEL25 INTERVIEW-SHINDE-ELECTIONS
    * Pothole free roads, better metro connectivity: Shinde unveils MahaYuti plans for Mumbai
    New Delhi: In a veiled attack on Shiv Sena-UBT, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that "some treated Mumbai as a golden goose" and forced people to travel through potholed and congested roads, which will be a key issue in the upcoming local bodies elections in the state. *
    
    

    LEGAL    
    
    LGD2 DL-HC-MOHALLA CLINICS
    * HC asks Delhi govt to give 2 months' notice to mohalla clinic staff before termination
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government to give two months' notice to the staff members of Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics (AAMC) in case it proposes to terminate their services before March 31 next year. *
    
    

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