PTI-HIGHLIGHTS

Following are the top PTI stories at 2030 hours:

Stories on the wire:

NATION:

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CBI-NIRAV MODI

CBI quizzes chief financial officer of Nirav Modi's company

New Delhi: The CBI is questioning Vipul Ambani, the Chief Financial Officer of diamantaire Nirav Modi's Fire Star diamond company, officials say here.

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CBI-LD PNB

CBI quizzes chief financial officer of Nirav Modi's company

New Delhi: The CBI is questioning Vipul Ambani, the Chief Financial Officer of diamantaire Nirav Modi's company Fire Star diamond, and carrying out a search operation at the Brady Road branch of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Mumbai, officials say.
 

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ED-LD PNB-NIRAV

PNB fraud: ED raids Nirav Modi's Mumbai residence; seizes valuables worth Rs 5,716cr New Delhi/Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate today searched the Mumbai residence of diamond merchant Nirav Modi and seized assets worth Rs 5,716 crore as raids continued for the fifth day in connection with the agency's money laundering probe in the alleged Rs 11,400-crore Punjab National Bank fraud.

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ROTOMAC-LD PROBE

CBI, ED probe Rs, 3695 scam involving Rotomac promoters

New Delhi: Rotomac pen promoter Vikram Kothari faced heat of central agencies after the CBI as well as the ED registered separate cases against him and his company for allegedly swindling of Rs 3,695 crore from seven banks from 2008.

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KA-LD PM

Modi takes on Siddaramaiah in his home turf, attacks him on graft

Mysuru: Escalating his attack on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over graft, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says new scams, corruption charges and fresh allegations were emerging under him "every day".

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BYPOLL-LD BJP

BJP announces by-poll candidates

New Delhi: The BJP announces its candidates for the Lok Sabha by-elections next month, fielding seasoned organisational leader Upendra Shukla for Gorakhpur and former Varanasi mayor Kaushalendra Singh Patel for Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh.

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CVC-LD PNB

Rs 11,400 cr PNB fraud case: CVC steps in, meets top banks and fin min officials

New Delhi: Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary meets senior officials of Punjab National Bank (PNB) and the Finance Ministry in connection with the Rs 11,400 crore fraud case, allegedly involving billionaire Nirav Modi and others, being probed by the CBI.

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PB LD CANADIAN PM

Punjab CM to meet Canadian PM; red carpet roll out for dignitary

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a meeting in Amritsar on February 21, officials say ending long-standing uncertainty.

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NIA-LASHKER

NIA probe expanded, asked to examine jail staff and doctors

New Delhi: The NIA, which has been asked to probe the escape of dreaded LeT terrorist Mohammed Naveed Jhatt from a busy hospital in Srinagar, will investigate conspiracy angles, including how he got "favourable orders" from doctors and jail authorities, officials say here.

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UP-TOURISM POLICY

Yogi govt bets on tourism to create 5 lakh jobs, 5,000 cr investment per yr

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has set an ambitious target of generating five lakh jobs every year, attracting Rs 5000 crore investment and increasing the arrival of foreign tourists by ten per cent in Uttar Pradesh's new tourism policy which was unveiled.

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JK-PAK-BAT-ATTACK FOILED

Army thwarts attack by Pak's BAT squad; one intruder killed

Jammu: An attack by Pakistan's notorious Border Action Team (BAT) was repulsed by the Army which killed a heavily-armed terrorist and grievously injured two others along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, a senior official says.

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RJ-SHAMBHU LAL-VIDEOS

Shambhu Lal Raigar makes videos from jail, claims threat to Life

Jodhpur: Two videos purportedly shot by Shambhu Lal Raigar, an accused in a murder case, from inside a jail here have gone viral, wherein he claims threat to his life from an inmate and justifies his killing of a labourer from West Bengal over "love jihad".

LEGAL:

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DL-HC-LD SYMBOL

HC reserves verdict on Dhinakaran plea for interim name, symbol

New Delhi:T T V Dhinakaran, leader of the AIADMK (Amma) faction, told the Delhi High Court that he needed a temporary name and symbol for his group to interact with the electorate in the eventuality of elections to local bodies or any other polls held before his claim to the party's symbol is decided.

FOREIGN:

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PAK-IMRAN-LDALL MARRIAGE

Imran Khan's hat-trick; marries his spiritual guide

Lahore: Imran Khan has married for a third time -- this time his "spiritual guide", ending weeks of speculation about the 65-year-old flamboyant Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician's marital status.