HIGHLIGHTS AT 2015 HOURS

Following are top PTI stories at 2015 hours:

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DEL 8 PAR-SIKH-ISI

Sikh youth being trained at ISI facilities in Pak: Govt

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has conveyed to a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country with false and malicious propaganda.

DEL 40 PB-IRAQ-INDIANS-FIASCO

Adding insult to injury: District admin asks relatives to collect bodies of missing Indians based on wrong info

Nawanshahr: Already reeling under the blow of having learnt of the deaths of their loved ones, families of two Balachaur youths, who were among 39 Indians massacred in Iraq, today underwent another shocking ordeal when the Nawanshahr district administration made them reach the Amritsar airport to collect bodies on the basis of incorrect information

DEL 17 BIZ-PRSAD-LD-FACEBOOK

Prasad warns FB of stringent action if it sways electoral process

New Delhi: India today warned social media platforms like Facebook of stringent action if any attempt was made by them to influence the country's electoral process through "undesirable means".

 

DEL 36 CONGRESS-FACEBOOK-LD BJP

BJP accuses Cong of hiring Cambridge Analytica for 2019 LS polls

New Delhi: The BJP today accused the Congress of hiring the services of Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm accused of illegally harvesting Facebook users' details to influence elections in several countries, and wondered if the party would now depend on "data theft" to woo voters.

DEL 35 CONG-BJP-DATA FIRM

BJP used Cambridge Analytica's services during Bihar, Guj polls: Cong

New Delhi: Hitting out at Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for linking data mining firm Cambridge Analytica with the Congress, the party today said it was the BJP which hired the services of the controversial firm during Bihar and Gujarat elections.

DEL 30 RAHUL-DOKLAM

Rahul takes dig at PM amid reports of China's new route to Doklam

New Delhi: Amid reports of China opening up a new route to reach South Doklam, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would react to the development through 'hugplomacy', by blaming the defence minister or crying in public.

DEL 34 POL-DALIT-LD REAX

Centre faces demands from Cong, dalit body to seek review of SC verdict on SC/SC Act

New Delhi: The Centre today faced demands from the Congress and a dalit group to seek a review of the judgement of the Supreme Court that protects public servants and private employees from arbitrary arrests under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

DEL 20 LAW-JUDGES-DISAGREEMENT

No strong disagreement with judiciary over judges appointment: Govt

New Delhi: There is no strong disagreement between the executive and the judiciary over appointment of judges, and any "difference of opinion" between the two is mutually settled, the government said today.

DEL 27 NSG-INDIA

India not considering any proposal to sign NPT as precondition to join NSG: Govt

New Delhi: India is not considering any proposal to sign the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) as a precondition for joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Lok Sabha was told today.

DEL 37 PAR-BSF-LD FOOD BSF officials negligent on poor food complaints: MHA tells Par com

New Delhi: Action has been initiated against some BSF officers who were found to be "negligent" over complaints of poor quality food being served to its personnel, Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary panel.