HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    DEL64 EC-BIHAR
    Some parties spreading misinformation on SIR, EC not scared of baseless allegations of double voting,vote chori: CEC
    New Delhi: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is aimed at removing all shortcomings in voters lists and it is a matter of grave concern that some parties are spreading misinformation about it, Chief Election Commissioner Gynaesh Kumar said on Sunday as the Congress and other INDIA bloc parties launched 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in poll-bound Bihar against alleged "vote-chori". *

    DEL40 PM-HIGHWAYS
     PM Modi inaugurates 2 highways worth Rs 11,000 cr to decongest Delhi
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway and the Urban Extension Road-II (UER- II), worth nearly Rs 11,000 crore, which are aimed at reducing traffic jams in Delhi and its surrounding areas.
                 
    DEL41 RAHUL-YATRA-SPEECH
     Will not let 'conspiracy' to 'steal' Bihar polls through SIR succeed: Rahul
    Sasaram (Bihar): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the whole country now knows that the Election Commission is "stealing" elections in collusion with the BJP and asserted that the INDIA bloc will not let them succeed in their "conspiracy" to steal Bihar Assembly polls by voter additions and deletions through the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
    
    DEL14 SPACE-LD SHUKLA
     Shubhanshu Shukla returns to India to rousing welcome; LS set to discuss his sojourn to ISS
    New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned to India early Sunday to a rousing welcome by a large number of people waving the tricolour and beating drums at the airport here to celebrate his historic visit to the International Space Station (ISS).
    
    DEL15 SINOINDIA-WANG-VISIT
     Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on two-day visit to India beginning Monday
    New Delhi: India and China are expected to discuss new confidence-building measures for durable peace and tranquillity along their contested border during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's two-day visit to India beginning Monday.
    
    DEL44 ONOE-KHANNA
    Ex-CJI Khanna to ONOE committee: Constitutional validity does not mean desirability
    New Delhi: Former chief justice of India Sanjeev Khanna has told a parliamentary committee scrutinising the simultaneous election bill that the constitutional validity of a proposal in no way amounts to a pronouncement upon the desirability or necessity of its provisions. *
    
    BOM12 MH-HC-KOLHAPUR BENCH
    * CJI Gavai inaugurates Bombay HC's 4th bench in Kolhapur
    Mumbai: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Sunday inaugurated the Bombay High Court's new circuit bench in Kolhapur district. *
    
    BOM10 MH-DAHI HANDI-LD-CASUALTIES
    * 2 dead, more than 300 injured in Dahi Handi festivities in Mumbai, Thane
    Mumbai: Two people have died and more than 300 sustained injuries during the 'Dahi Handi' festival in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane city that drew large crowds of people, civic officials said on Sunday. *
    
    CAL13 BH-KHARGE-YATRA
    * Constitution under threat, people's rights not safe as long as BJP is in power: Kharge
    Sasaram: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged that as long as the BJP-led government is in power at the Centre, the Constitution is under threat and people's rights are not safe. *

    CAL14 AN-WEATHER
    * Andaman: Port warning sounded due to cyclonic circulation, tourists urged to stay away from sea
    Port Blair: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has issued a warning for ports in the archipelago, due to a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify from Sunday evening, officials said. *
    
    CAL15 AS-EVICTION
    * Assam govt carries out eviction drive in Biswanath district, 309 families displaced
    Tezpur: The Assam government on Sunday began an eviction drive in Biswanath district, displacing 309 families, officials said. *
    
    MDS12 KL-GOPI-CHARGES-LD REPLY
    * Union Minister Suresh Gopi says no need for him to reply to voters' list manipulation charges
    Thrissur (Kerala): Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday said there is no need for him to answer to the voters' list manipulation charges raised by the Congress and the Left parties, and the Election Commission of India would give them a reply in this regard. *
         
    MDS6 TN-STALIN-GUV
    * TN Guv doing 'cheap politics' than opposition: CM Stalin
    Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu): Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday mounted a scathing attack on Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, accusing him of doing "cheap politics" than the opposition and charged him with spreading canards against the ruling DMK and the party-led government. *
    
    BUSINESS
    
    DEL65 PM-LD GST
    * Modi urges states to cooperate in implementing proposed GST reforms
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre has circulated the draft of the next-generation GST reforms among states and sought their cooperation to implement the proposal before Diwali. *
    
    LEGAL    
    
    LGD2 SC-CADETS-DISABILITY
    * SC takes suo motu note of plight of cadets suffering disability during military training
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of difficulties faced by cadets, who were medically discharged from military institutes on account of disabilities suffered during training programmes. *
    
    LGD1 DL-HC-DOWRY
    * Merely crying of woman cannot make out case of dowry harassment: Delhi HC
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that mere fact that a woman was crying, cannot per se make out any case of dowry harassment. *

    
    FOREIGN
    
    FGN17 NEPAL-2NDLD MISRI
    * FS Misri holds talks with Nepal’s top leadership on boosting ties
    Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Sunday called on Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and President Ramchandra Paudel and discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties across various sectors. By Shirish B Pradhan *
    
    FGN13 PAK-RAINS
    * Pak warns of more heavy rains as flash flood death toll hits 327
    Peshawar: Pakistan’s weather department on Sunday warned of heavier torrential rains countrywide, as the death toll from flash floods in the country’s north rose to 327, according to authorities. *

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