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Following are the top stories at 7.30 pm NATION DEL30 PM-2NDLD COUNCIL PM Modi chairs Council of Ministers meet, brainstorm over Viksit Bharat vision New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a day-long meeting of his Council of Ministers as they brainstormed over the vision document for Viksit Bharat 2047 and a detailed action plan for the next five years.

Following are the top stories at 7.30 pm: NATION DEL30 PM-2NDLD COUNCIL **** PM Modi chairs Council of Ministers' meet, brainstorm over 'Viksit Bharat' vision New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a day-long meeting of his Council of Ministers as they brainstormed over the vision document for ''Viksit Bharat: 2047'' and a detailed action plan for the next five years. **** DEL14 PM-VISITS **** PM Modi to attend programmes in 12 states, union territories in next 10 days New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend 29 programmes spread across 12 states and union territories over the next 10 days ahead of the likely announcement of the Lok Sabha polls. **** DEL24 PM-BJP-DONATION **** PM Modi contributes Rs 2,000 to BJP for building 'Viksit Bharat' New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday contributed Rs 2,000 to the BJP's campaign to strengthen efforts to build a ''Viksit Bharat''. **** CAL13 WB-PM-LD METRO RAIL **** PM Modi to inaugurate Howrah Maidan-Esplanade, two other sections of Kolkata Metro next week Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will next week inaugurate Kolkata Metro Railway's Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section, touted to be the first transportation tunnel ''under any mighty river in India'', a government release said on Sunday. **** DEL25 CBI-MANIPUR-2NDLD CHARGESHEET **** Manipur violence: CBI charge sheets seven in Bishnupur armoury loot case New Delhi: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against seven accused in connection with the looting of arms and ammunition from the Bishnupur police armoury during the Manipur ethnic violence last year, officials said on Sunday. **** DEL17 RJ-BJP-LS ELECTIONS **** With winnability as BJP's criterion, 10 sitting MPs of Rajasthan jittery about getting repeated Jaipur: With the BJP fielding new faces on seven Lok Sabha seats in the first list of 15 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats of Rajasthan, the remaining sitting MPs are apprehensive about the feedback the party high command might have regarding their winnability. **** CAL19 BH-LD RALLY **** INDIA bloc leaders sound poll bugle at Patna rally Patna: The opposition bloc INDIA virtually sounded the bugle for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Sunday when top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, converged in the Bihar capital for a mammoth rally. **** DEL16 CUET-UG-POLLS **** CUET-UG dates likely to be changed depending on Lok Sabha polls schedule New Delhi: The schedule for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG is likely to be changed depending on the Lok Sabha elections schedule, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. **** DEL29 PB-INDUSTRY-KEJRIWAL **** Centre suffering from 'anti-Punjab' syndrome: Kejriwal Ludhiana: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Centre is suffering from ''anti-Punjab'' syndrome and asked the people to punish it in the coming Lok Sabha polls. **** DEL21 DL-BJP-VARDHAN **** Denied Lok Sabha ticket from Chandni Chowk, BJP MP Harsh Vardhan bows out of active politics New Delhi: With sitting MP Harsh Vardhan's name not figuring from his Chandni Chowk constituency in the list of candidates announced by the BJP for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he on Sunday announced bowing out of active politics. **** CAL21 WB-JUDGE-LD GANGOPADHYAY **** Cal HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay says he will resign on Tuesday Kolkata: Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, whose rulings on various education-related issues in the state stirred political debates, said he will resign on Tuesday. **** CAL20 BJP-ASANSOL-2NDLD WITHDRAWAL **** BJP's Asansol candidate Pawan Singh steps aside from Lok Sabha contest, TMC mocks decision New Delhi/Kolkata: Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh withdrew from the Lok Sabha poll contest from the Asansol seat in West Bengal on Sunday, a day after the BJP named him as its candidate from the constituency currently represented by the TMC's Shatrughan Sinha. **** CAL18 JH-COURT-GANGRAPE **** Jharkhand: 3 persons arrested in Spanish tourist's gang rape produced before court Dumka: Three persons who were arrested in connection with the gang rape of a Spanish tourist in Jharkhand's Dumka district were produced before a court on Sunday. **** LEGAL LGD3 DL-HC-WFI-ELECTIONS **** Delhi HC to hear on Monday wrestlers' plea against WFI elections New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Monday hear a petition by wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawart Kadian seeking to set aside and declare as illegal the elections held by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). **** LGD1 SC-ANAND MOHAN-REMISSION **** SC to hear on Monday plea challenging remission granted to ex-MP Anand Mohan New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea challenging the remission granted to former Lok Sabha MP Anand Mohan, who was serving a life term in the 1994 murder case of the then Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah. ****