Following are the top stories at 5.10 pm: NATION DEL1 CONG-COMMITTEES **** Congress sets up election committees for 8 states New Delhi: The Congress has set up election committees for several states, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh, besides a political affairs committee for Madhya Pradesh. **** DEL16 CONG-YATRA **** Cong urges people to participate in Yatra, calls for strengthening commitment to justice New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday invited people, civil society organisations and all movements that stand for justice and protecting Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution to join the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai starting January 14. **** DEL9 DEF-IAF-KARGIL-NIGHTLANDING **** IAF’s C-130J aircraft makes night landing at Kargil advanced landing ground New Delhi: For the first time, a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a night landing at the high-altitude Kargil advanced landing ground near the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. **** DEL10 ED-KL-EX FM-SUMMONS **** ED summons former Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac in KIIFB masala bonds case Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior Kerala CPI(M) leader Thomas Isaac for questioning in a FEMA case linked to probe into the alleged violations in the financial dealings of KIIFB during his tenure as the finance minister in the previous LDF government, official sources said Sunday. **** CAL5 WB-ED ASSAULT-GUV-LD TMC **** ED assault case: Bengal Guv asks authorities to arrest TMC leader, probe his links with terrorists Kolkata: Expressing concern that TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh, the prime accused in the case of assault on ED officials, may have ”crossed the border”, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has instructed authorities to arrest him immediately and investigate his alleged connections with terrorists. **** DEL14 PM-GUJARAT-VISIT **** PM Modi to visit Gujarat from Jan 8-10; will inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit New Delhi: Prime minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat from January 8-10 during which he will hold bilateral meetings with world leaders, CEOs of top global corporations, and inaugurate the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. **** BOM8 MH-HATE SPEECH-FIR **** BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, Telangana legislator Raja Singh booked for hate speech at Solapur rally Mumbai: An FIR was registered against BJP MLA Nitesh Rane and the party’s Telangana legislator T Raja Singh and others for alleged hate speeches during a ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh’ rally in Solapur, some 400 kilometres from here, a police official said on Sunday. **** BUSINESS DCM24 BIZ-SONOWAL **** Sarbananda Sonowal to hold first meeting of inland waterways development council on Monday New Delhi: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal will on Monday chair the first inland waterways development council meeting in Kolkata and launch ‘Harit Nauka’ guidelines along with the ‘River Cruise Tourism Roadmap’, an official statement said. **** FOREIGN FGN36 MALDIVES-GOVT-INDIA **** Maldivian govt distances itself from ‘derogatory remarks’ against PM Modi by minister Male: The Maldivian government on Sunday distanced itself from a minister’s ”derogatory remarks” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media and said these opinions are ”personal and do not represent the views of the Government” after opposition leaders slammed the ”appalling language” used by the senior official. **** FGN31 BANGLA-4THLD ELECTION **** Bangladesh registers 27.15 % voter turnout till 3:00 pm amid boycott by main Opposition BNP Dhaka: Bangladeshis on Sunday turned up in low numbers to cast their votes for the general elections likely to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fourth straight term, amid sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition party BNP and its allies. By Anisur Rahman **** FGN33 RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR **** Over 100 evacuate Russia’s Belgorod while soldiers celebrate Orthodox Christmas on the front line Moscow: More 100 residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod have evacuated to an area further from the Ukrainian border, local officials said. AP **** FGN16 SAUDI-IRANI-VISIT **** Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani in Jeddah on two-day visit Jeddah: Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday arrived here on a two-day visit to attend the Haj conference and sign the Haj Agreement 2024 between India and Saudi Arabia. **** SPORTS SPD4 SPO-CRI-GANGULY **** Rohit should captain in T20 World Cup, Virat also should be there: Ganguly Kolkata: Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday backed stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to feature in India’s squad for the T20I World Cup in June. **** SPF10 SPO-CRI-IND-SA-DE VILLIERS **** De Villiers blames T20 cricket for short India-South Africa series Durban: Legendary all-rounder AB de Villiers is annoyed that India and South Africa played only a couple of Test matches in the just concluded series and blamed proliferation of T20 leagues across the world for the situation. ****
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