Following are top stories at 1715

Following are top stories at 1715

hours today:

DEL35 2NDLD PREZ

New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, elected as India's 14th president receiving an overwhelming majority of votes from the country's lawmakers.

DEL34 DL-MEA-DOKALAM

New Delhi: India makes a renewed pitch for a "peaceful resolution" of the Dokalam standoff through diplomatic channels, stressing that "differences" should not become "disputes".

DEL37 PREZ-MEIRA-BJP

New Delhi: The BJP taks a swipe at the opposition's presidential candidate Meira Kumar's claim of fighting an ideological contest, saying she represented the dynasty culture of the Congress while its candidate Ram Nath Kovind showed its commitment to the marginalised groups.
 

DEL45 PREZ-KOVIND-SHAH

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah hails as "historic" the election of NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind as the next president and says it is a "victory for the poor, downtrodden and marginalised and their aspirations".

LGD5 HR-COURT-AJL

Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) tells the Punjab and Haryana High Court that former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda allegedly misused his official position and illegally re-allotted a plot in 2005 to the Associated Journals Limited (AJL) in Panchkula.

DEL9 JK-LD CLOUDBURST

Bhadarwah/Jammu: Six persons killed and 11 injured after flash floods triggered by a cloudburst wreak havoc in Thathri town of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, inundating vast areas along the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway and washing away half a dozen houses.

DEL12 HP-LD ACCIDENT

Shimla: Twenty-eight passengers killed and eight other injured when a bus plunges into a 500-feet deep gorge at Khaneri in Rampur on the Hindustan-Tibet National Highway, about 140 km from here.

DEL27 AVI-LSQ-AIRINDIA

New Delhi: The government says it will take into consideration suggestions and views received from time to time before deciding on the contours of Air India disinvestment.

CAL1 WB-GJM-SITUATION

Darjeeling (WB): Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists and other hill parties hold a demonstration outside the district magistrate's office here demanding restoration of Internet services in the hills.

CAL2 TR-IPFT AGITATION WITHDRAWN

Agartala: The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) withdraws its 11-day old blockade of railway lines and NH 8 to press for the creation of a separate tribal state following an ultimatum by the administration.

FGN19 CHINA-INDIA-SIKKIM

Beijing: China says that diplomatic channels with India remains "unimpeded" to discuss the military standoff in Sikkim sector but reiterates that the withdrawal of the Indian troops from Doklam area is a "precondition" for any meaningful dialogue. By K J M Varma

FGN23 PAK-SHARIF-PANAMA

Islamabad: The children of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can face up to seven years in jail if it was proved that they had submitted fake documents to the Panama panel probing the money laundering allegations against the family, the Supreme Court warns.