TOP STORIES AT 1815 HRS

Following are the top stories at 1815 hours today:

DEL 31 FARMER-3RD LD RAHUL

By Harshwardhan Prakash

Naya Gaon: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is detained briefly by police when he tries to force his way into Madhya Pradesh with surging crowds of Congress supporters.

DEL66 MP-LD FARMERS

By Harshwardhan Prakash and M P Agrawal

Mandsaur: Anti-riot paramilitary forces move into violence-hit areas of Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, where farmers have been protesting for over a week demanding debt relief.

KL-CATTLE-2NDLD ASSEMBLY

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's bitter political rivals- the ruling LDF and the UDF- close ranks in the state assembly to oppose the cattle slaughter ban, calling it a 'fascist' move that also saw the House adopt a resolution asking the Centre to withdraw its notification.
 

JK-2NDLD INFILTRATION

Srinagar: Three militants and a jawan have been killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Naugam sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district today, as the Army foiled yet another infiltration attempt.

DEL54 MLJ-COURTS-ADJOURNMENTS

New Delhi: The laid down procedure of allowing a maximum of three adjournments per case is not followed in over 50 per cent of the matters being heard by courts, leading to rising pendency of cases, a government panel has said.

DEL40 MHA-NAXAL-RECRUITS

New Delhi: As many as 743 candidates, including 242 women, have been recruited by the CRPF from the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, one of the worst Naxal-hit areas, for an 'all-tribal battalion' being raised to fight Maoists.

DEL38 MP-FARMERS-LD NAIDU-CONG

New Delhi: Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu accuses the Congress of "instigating violence and politicising" the farmers' stir in Madhya Pradesh and termed party leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mandsaur as "another photo opportunity".

LGD2 SC-LIQUOR BIHAR

New Delhi: The Supreme Court modifies its earlier order and allows liquor manufacturers from Bihar to export their old stocks of alcoholic beverages worth over Rs 200 crore outside the state till July 31.

FGN34 PM-SCO

By Manash Pratim Bhuyan

Astana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the Kazakh capital on a two-day visit to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit where India and Pakistan will be inducted as full members of the bloc, in the first ever expansion since its inception in 2001.

DEL61 BIZ-PETROL-RATES

New Delhi: Come June 16 and petrol as well as diesel prices across the country will be revised on a daily basis in sync with international rates as happens in most advanced markets.