The following are PTI's top

The following are PTI's top stories at 1800 HRS:

DEL54 BIZ-GDP-GROWTH

New Delhi: Reversing the five quarters of slowing GDP growth, Indian economy expands by 6.3 per cent in July-September on the back of a pick-up in manufacturing.

DEL33 2NDLD PM

New Delhi: Tearing into the UPA regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he was ready to pay a "big political price" for bringing about systemic changes in the country and asserts no one will be able to stop his government from taking "irreversible" decisions.

DEL34 PM-MEDIA

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi invokes late President APJ Abdul Kalam to urge the media to give up negativity and focus on positive developments to help give direction to the country.
 

DEL38 BIZ-LD FM-GROWTH

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says improved macroeconomic fundamentals has placed India on the growth trajectory of 7-8 per cent and the country will have to invest heavily in infrastructure over the next two decades to graduate into a middle income economy.

DEL50 PAR-PADMAVATI-LD JOSHI

New Delhi: Censor board chief Prasoon Joshi appears before a parliamentary panel to brief members about the controversy over "Padmavati" and says the process of certifying the film was under way, sources say.

FGN13 US-LD INDIANGIRL

Houston: Sherin Mathews, a 3-year-old Indian girl who was found dead in a culvert in Dallas after being reported missing by her Indian-American foster father, had a series of broken bones and injuries in various stages of healing, a doctor testifies before the court. By Seema Hakhu Kachru

FGN6 UN-US-2NDLD NKOREA

United Nations: The US warns Kim Jong-Un's regime that North Korea will be "utterly destroyed" if a standoff over its missile tests leads to a war and asks all countries to sever economic and diplomatic ties with Pyongyang to punish it for its "acts of aggression".

LGD3 DL-HC-LD AIADMK

New Delhi: Sidelined AIADMK leaders Sasikala and T T V Dhinakaran move the Delhi High Court against the Election Commission's decision recognising the unified AIADMK under Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami as the real party, allowing it to use the 'two leaves' poll symbol.

MDS6 LD CYCLONE

Chennai: Southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are expected to witness moderate to heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours due to formation of cyclonic storm 'Ockhi', a MeT official says.

BOM8 GJ-RAHUL-FARM LOAN

Lathi (Guj): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tries to woo farmers in Gujarat amid a high-stakes poll battle, promising that their loans will be waived if his party forms government in the state.

DEL47 PM-AADHAAR-BENAMI

New Delhi: Noting that Aadhaar is helping in bringing about an "irreversible change" in the interest of the people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Unique Identification Number will work as a "big weapon" in the fight against benami property too.

DEL60 ANTONY-2NDLD HOSPITALISED

New Delhi: The condition of former defence minister A K Antony, admitted to a hospital here after a mild brain stroke, is stable, doctors say.

MDS5 KL-HADIYA-FATHER

Vaikom (Kerala): The father of Hadiya, a Kerala woman at the centre of an alleged 'love jihad' case, claims that some persons are trying to "interrupt" his daughter's studies and that he will approach court to protect her.