Following are the top PTI stories at 2130 hours:
NATION:
DEL34 CBSE-LD JAVADEKAR
CBSE likely to announce re-exam dates by Mon or Tue: Javadekar
New Delhi: The CBSE is expected to announce on Monday or Tuesday the next date of re-examination for Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics subjects, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, in the wake of paper leaks.
DEL50 IRANI-RAHUL-DIGITAL POLICY
Irani attacks Rahul Gandhi on data privacy issue, to soon make announcement on digital news policy
New Delhi: Amid the raging controversy over data privacy, Union Minister Smriti Irani today launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, alleging that he had increased his popularity by using bots from Uzbekistan and Russia while his party was using technology to divide the country on caste lines.
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India, Pak hold Permanent Indus Commission meet
New Delhi: India and Pakistan today held a meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission here and discussed several issues under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), sources said today.
DEL47 ED-LD ROSE VALLEY
Rose Valley ponzi scam: ED attaches over Rs 2,300-cr assets
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached assets worth over Rs 2,300 crore, including two dozen hotels and resorts, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rose Valley ponzi scam case.
DEL28 CBSE-LD-RE-EXAM
CBSE paper leaks: Students take to streets; Cong demands HRD min's sacking
New Delhi: Students here took to the streets today to protest the CBSE's decision to hold re-examination of Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics papers, even as the Congress demanded that Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and the board chairperson be sacked.
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India successfully launches another communication satellite into orbit
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Sriharikota (AP): India today successfully put into orbit its latest communication satellite GSAT-6A after a perfect launch of its powerful geosynchronous rocket that will help in mobile communication even from very remote locations through hand-held ground terminals.
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WB-RAM NAVAMI LD SUPRIYO
Ram Navami clash: Babul Supriyo barred from visiting troubled areas
Kolkata: Union minister Babul Supriyo and a senior West Bengal BJP leader were today stopped by police from entering the Asansol-Raniganj area, where situation continued to remain tense after violence erupted over a Ram Navami procession.
DEL51 UP-3RD LD AMBEDKAR
B R Ambedkar gets new name in UP govt records; oppn says move politically motivated
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to introduce B R Ambedkar's middle name 'Ramji' in all references to him in official correspondence and records, a move criticised by the opposition as politically motivated.
DEL53 POL-LD ANNA
Lokpal, agrarian issues: Hazare calls off strike after govt assures speedy steps
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare today called off his hunger strike on the seventh day of his protest here, saying the government has assured him of steps "soon" towards appointing Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the states and addressing agrarian issues he flagged by him.
CAL5 BH-COMMUNAL-ARRESTS
50 held in Bihar in police crackdown in communal violence-hit areas
Samastipur/Nalanda (Bihar): Nearly 50 people, including two local BJP workers, were today held in Samastipur and Nalanda districts of Bihar in connection with communal clashes that erupted there in the last couple of days.
LEGAL:
LGD8 SC-JUDGE-COLLEGIUM
SC collegium breaks traditions, interacts with to be HC judges
New Delhi: In an apparent effort to ward off criticism of opaqueness, the Supreme Court collegium has broken the tradition by interacting with as many as 12 lawyers and trial court judges who were recommended for appointment as permanent judges in the Calcutta and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.
LGD7 SC-LD JUDGE LETTER
Judiciary-Govt bonhomie, death knell for democracy: SC Judge
New Delhi: Any "bonhomie" between the judiciary and the government would sound the "death knell" for democracy, senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice J Chelameswar has told the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and urged him to convene a full court to deal with the alleged executive interference in judiciary.
BUSINESS:
DEL35 BIZ-GAS-PRICE
Govt raises gas prices to two-year high of $3.
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