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Following are the top stories at 9.15 pm.
NATION DEL76 BJP-LD NADDA EXTENSION **** Nadda gets extension as BJP chief till Jun 2024, vows to win more than 2/3rd LS seats under Modi New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda’s term was extended till June next year at the party’s national executive meeting on Tuesday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserting they will win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls with a bigger mandate than 2019. **** DEL66 UN-LD MAKKI-INDIA **** Terror threats high in region: India, welcomes UN ban against LeT’s Makki New Delhi: India on Tuesday welcomed the UN Security Council decision to declare Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist and said it would continue to press the international community to take credible, verifiable and irreversible action against the menace. **** DEL75 BJP-EXECUTIVE-LD MODI **** PM Modi says India’s best era coming; asks party workers to connect with all sections New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP members to reach out to every section of society, including minorities such as Bohras, Pasmandas and Sikhs, and work for them without electoral considerations, party sources said here. **** DEL74 PB-2NDLD CONG-RAHUL **** BJP, RSS captured all institutions in country: Rahul Hoshiarpur (Pb): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday accused the BJP and the RSS of capturing institutions and putting pressure on the EC and the judiciary, and also declared that he will not visit an RSS office even if someone slits his throat. **** DEL52 CONG-RANE-LD RECESSION **** What are PM, FM hiding: Cong on Union minister’s ‘recession’ remarks New Delhi: What are the prime minister and the finance minister hiding from the country, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked on Tuesday after Union minister Narayan Rane indicated that India may face an economic slowdown after June. **** DEL48 JK-3RDLD ENCOUNTER **** Encounter in J-K’s Budgam, two terrorists killed Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were killed in a brief encounter with security personnel near the court complex in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday, police said. **** CAL24 BH-RAMCHARITMANAS-NITISH **** ‘Ramcharitmanas’ controversy: Bihar CM says govt does not interfere in religious practices Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday sought to downplay the controversy over Education Minister Chandra Shekhar’s disparaging remarks about the ‘Ramcharitmanas’, stating that his government ”does not interfere in religious practices of anyone”. **** MDS15 TL-BRS MEET-LEADERS-ARRIVAL **** Kejriwal, Mann arrive in Hyderabad for BRS public meeting Hyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann arrived here on Tuesday to attend a public meeting to be organised by ruling BRS at Khammam town tomorrow. **** LEGAL LGD18 DL-COURT-WOMAN DRAGGED-2NDLD BAIL **** Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case: Delhi court grants bail to Ashutosh Bhardwaj New Delhi: A local court here on Tuesday granted bail to Ashutosh Bhardwaj, an accused in the hit-and-run case in which a 20-year-old woman was dragged to death while trapped under a car in the national capital. **** LGD3 SC-DELHI-CENTRE-PROTEST **** Services row: Centre raises issue of protest by AAP MLAs against Delhi LG New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday raised in the Supreme Court the protest held by AAP MLAs against alleged interferences by the lieutenant governor’s office in the Delhi government’s works and termed the demonstration as ”undesirable”. **** LGD23 SC-DELHI-CENTRE-SERVICES ROW **** Delhi-Centre services row: Difficult to accept that federalism does not apply to UT, observes SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed orally it was difficult to accept the Centre’s submission that the concept of federalism does not apply to a union territory as even ‘panchayats’ are an example for ”decentralisation of power”. **** BUSINESS DEL71 BIZ-2NDLD STOCKS **** Sensex surges 563 pts as RIL, HDFC twins shine Mumbai: Equity benchmarks shrugged off lacklustre global cues to clock smart gains on Tuesday, buoyed by strong buying interest in index heavyweights Reliance Industries and HDFC twins. **** DEL79 AVI-LD INDIGO **** IndiGo passenger accidentally opened plane’s emergency exit in Dec; aircraft took off from Chennai after checks New Delhi/Bengaluru: A passenger accidentally opened the emergency exit of an IndiGo plane after boarding at Chennai airport last month and the aircraft, which was on the ground, was subject to mandatory engineering checks before it flew to Tiruchirapalli. **** FOREIGN FGN45 PAK-INDIA-SHARIF **** Pak PM Sharif seeks ‘sincere’ talks with India to resolve ‘burning’ issues; says UAE can play an important role Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought ”serious” and ”sincere” talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the resolution of the ”burning” issues, including on Kashmir, and said the UAE could play an important role in facilitating the resumption of dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. **** FGN52 UN-LET-MAKKI-3RDDLD BLACKLIST **** Pakistan-based LeT’s deputy leader Abdul Rehman Makki designated global terrorist by UN United Nations: In a major diplomatic victory for India, Abdul Rehman Makki was designated a global terrorist by the UN after China lifted its hold on a joint India-US proposal to blacklist the deputy chief of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. By Yoshita Singh **** FGN48 CHINA-MAKKI-REAX **** China says Makki’s designation as ‘global terrorist’ by UN enhances int’l counter-terror cooperation Beijing: China on Tuesday defended its move to lift a technical hold leading to the designation of Pakistan-based top LeT leader Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist, saying that listing of terrorists is conducive to enhancing global counterterrorism cooperation and praised Islamabad for backing counter-terrorism efforts. By K J M Varma **** FGN27 CHINA-2NDLD ECONOMY **** China’s GDP sinks to three per cent in 2022, second lowest in 50 years Beijing: Hit hard by the zero-Covid policy and slump in the real estate market, China’s economy shrank to three per cent in 2022, registering its second lowest growth rate in 50 years in the world’s second-largest economy, according to official data released here on Tuesday. By K J M Varma **** .
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