The following are PTI top

The following are PTI top

stories at 2100 hours:

DEL57 UP-2NDLD CHILDREN

Gorakhpur/Bengaluru: Six more children have died from encephalitis since Saturday at state-run BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur where the death of nearly 70 of them, including infants, has set off a nation-wide outrage and political recrimination.

DEL58 DEF-BORDERS-JAITLEY

New Delhi: In the backdrop of rising cross-border terror activities in Kashmir and standoff with China in Dokalam, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley calls upon the armed forces to defend the country's borders with "all its might".

DEL45 DAY-PREZ

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind pitches for a partnership between citizens and the government to create a New India by 2022 that is a "compassionate society" and includes the "humanist component integral to the nation's DNA".
 

DEL54 LD WEATHER

New Delhi: Heavy rains in the last three days trigger flash floods in parts of Bihar, where 41 people have died so far and 65.37 lakh affected, and inundate large areas in Assam and north Bengal, paralysing normal life and snapping rail link to the northeast.

DEL53 POL-CONG-PM-IDAY

New Delhi: The Congress accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making "false" promises, and hopes that in his Independence Day address, he will give an account of the promises that have been fulfilled in the past three years.

DEL25 POL-CONG-PRIYANKA

New Delhi: The Congress rejects reports of Sonia Gandhi indicating an active political role for daughter Priyanka and terms it as "mischievous instance of fake news" and unnecessary speculation.

DEL51 POL-SHARAD-JD(U)

New Delhi: The JD(U) says Sharad Yadav has "voluntarily left" the party and rejects his claim of a split in it, asserting that almost every office-bearer and all MLAs are with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

BOM17 GJ-SWINEFLU-TOLL

Ahmedabad: Eleven people die due to swine flu in Gujarat, taking the death toll to 201 since January this year.

LGD28 SC-2ND LD KARTI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is categorical that Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram, will not be allowed to leave India without subjecting himself to investigation in a corruption case.

LGD33 SC-SUPERTECH

New Delhi: The Supreme Court directs real estate firm Supertech to deposit Rs 10 crore for refunding money to the investors, who want to opt out of its Emerald Towers project which has two 40-storey residential buildings in Noida.

FGN41 PAK-CHINA-LD WANG

Islamabad: China is ready to enhance all-round strategic cooperation and economic ties with its "all weather" ally Pakistan, Vice Premier Wang Yang says as he attends the country's Independence Day celebrations here. By Sajjad Husaain

FGN29 PAK-LDALL DAY

Islamabad: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi blames India for the impasse in bilateral ties, saying New Delhi's "expansionist designs" is the "main hurdle" in constructive relations between the two neighbours. By Sajjad Hussain

FGN40 NEPAL-2NDLD FLOODS

Kathmandu: At least 14 people are killed in a landslide in Nepal, taking the death toll in rain-triggered floods and landslides to 80 across the Himalayan nation, even as all the 35 stranded Indian nationals have been rescued, say officials.