HGHLIGHTS AT 2100 HRS

Following are the top stories at 2100 hrs.

TOP STORIES:

DEL12 THAROOR-RAM TEMPLE

Build Ram in your heart: Tharoor

New Delhi: With the Ram Mandir movement gathering momentum, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said no Hindu text condones the use of violence to get one's way and scriptures say people should build Ram in their hearts. By Sanjeev Chopra

DEL6 UMA BHARTI-RAM TEMPLE

Talk of building mosque close to Ram temple can make Hindus intolerant: Uma Bharti

New Delhi: Union minister Uma Bharti said Sunday while Hindus were the "most tolerant" people in the world, any talk of constructing a mosque on the periphery of a Ram temple in Ayodhya could make them "intolerant". By Jatin Takkar

DEL7 DL-POLLUTION-VEHICLES

Only .079 pc of estimated 40 lakh banned old vehicles impounded by agencies in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi government may have deregistered 40 lakh old vehicles to curb pollution in the national capital but the enforcement data shows a dismal picture with only 3,196 (.079 per cent) such vehicles impounded by agencies after they were banned by the NGT in 2014. By Abhishek Shukla

DEL3 BIZ-PETROL-PRICE

Petrol price cut by 21 paise; total reduction reaches Rs 4.05 in 18 days

New Delhi: Petrol price has been cut by over Rs 4 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.33 in the last 18 days on softer international rates, a pace faster than the spike in prices witnessed in the two-month period beginning mid-August.

 

NATION:

DEL20 MP-CONG-LD LIST

MP polls: Cong announces second list of 17 candidates

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress Sunday announced its second list of 17 candidates for the polls to the 230-member state assembly slated for November 28.

DEL18 CIC-LD RBI

CIC issues show-cause notice to RBI governor for non-disclosure of wilful defaulters' list

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show-cause notice to RBI Governor Urjit Patel for "dishonouring" a Supreme Court judgment on disclosure of the wilful defaulters' list. By Abhishek Shukla

MDS6 KL-2ND LD SABARIMALA

Heavy police security at Sabarimala for special puja

Sabarimala(Ker): As the Lord Ayyappa temple opens Monday for a special puja, a thick security cover has been put in place after violent protests were witnessed last month against entry of women of all ages into the shrine.

DEL13 POL-REDDY-LD INTERVIEW

TRS, BJP have 'more than tacit' alliance in Telangana: Jaipal Reddy

New Delhi: Alleging a "more than tacit" alliance between Telangana's ruling party TRS and the BJP, senior Congress leader S Jaipal Reddy said on Sunday that the two parties could eventually join hands after the assembly polls. By Asim Kamal

BOM5 CG-POLLS-SHAH-RAHUL

CG polls: Shah asks Rahul to clear stand on Raj Babbar's Naxalism remark

Raipur (CG): Latching on to the remark of Congress leader Raj Babbar on the Naxal movement in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, BJP chief Amit Shah Sunday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to make clear his party's stand on Naxalism.

DEL4 RAIL-NEPAL-INDIA

First India-Nepal passenger train on broad gauge likely to begin from Dec

New Delhi: The first passenger train to run on broad gauge between India and Nepal is likely to run from December this year, sources in the railways have told PTI. By Ananya Sengupta

CAL6 AS-SHOT-2ND LD TMC TEAM

Tinsukia killings: TMC team meets kin of deceased; to raise issue in Parliament

Tinsukia (Assam): A four-member Trinamool Congress delegation Sunday met the family members of the five Bengali-speaking men who were killed by suspected militants in the district, and demanded the perpetrators of "the hate crime" be immediately brought to book

LEGAL

LGD1 DL-HC-COUNTERFEIT

HC directs e-commerce site to ensure products for sale on portal are not counterfeits

New Delhi: In a step towards ensuring counterfeits of popular branded products are not sold on online marketplaces, the Delhi High Court has directed an e-commerce platform to make sure that each item put up for sale on its site is genuine.

FOREIGN:

FGN17 CHINA-3RDLD INDOPAK

China backs Pakistan's 'quest for peace through dialogue' with India

Beijing: China on Sunday said it supported Pakistan's "quest for peace through dialogue" to settle the outstanding disputes with India as it backed Islamabad's "engagement" with the Nuclear Suppliers group (NSG). By K J M Varma

FGN1 US-STUDY-RADIATION

Findings that cell phone radiation causes cancer in rats do not apply to humans: Experts

By K S Parthasarathy

Massachusetts: A recent US study claiming that radio-frequency radiation emitted by cell phones causes cancer in rats does not apply to humans, according to experts. (Eds: PTI SPECIAL)

FGN18 PAK-ASIA-HUSBAND

Husband of Pakistan blasphemy case woman pleads for asylum

Islamabad: The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case has pleaded for international help to leave the country, saying he feared for his family's safety. (AFP)

BUSINESS:

DCM23 BIZ-GANGA-WATER-VESSEL

PM to greet India's first container vessel on inland waterways in Varanasi

New Delhi: In a first for the country's inland water transport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12 will receive a container vessel in Varanasi on the river Ganga, Union Minister NItin Gadkari said Sunday.