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DEL106 CONG-SC-3RDLD ELECTORAL BONDS Cong hails SC for dismissing SBI plea on electoral bonds but says its halfway to truth New Delhi The Congress on Monday hailed the Supreme Court for dismissing the SBIs plea seeking an extension of time to furnish electoral bond details but said it was halfway to truth and the top court should also give directions so that the nation gets to know who contributed funds to the BJP to bag contracts.

Following are the top stories at 9.35 pm: NATION DEL110 CAA - 6THLD RULES **** Govt announces implementation of CAA ahead of Lok Sabha elections New Delhi: The Centre on Monday implemented the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a move that comes four years after the contentious law was passed and paves the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. **** DEL89 SC-3RDLD ELECTORAL BONDS **** SC rebukes SBI, directs it to furnish details of electoral bonds to EC by tomorrow New Delhi: Chastising the SBI, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered it to disclose the details of the electoral bonds encashed by political parties to the Election Commission by the close of the business hours on March 12 and warned the country's largest public sector lender that the court may proceed against it for ''wilful disobedience'' if it failed to comply with its directions and deadlines. **** DEL116 DL-CAA-LD SECURITY **** Security tightened in parts of Delhi after Centre notifies CAA rules New Delhi: Security has been beefed up with intense patrolling and flag march by paramilitary personnel in northeast Delhi, Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar and other sensitive areas across the national capital after rules for the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was notified on Monday, officials said. **** DEL88 CAA-CONG **** Designed to polarise polls, manage headlines: Congress questions CAA rules notification timing New Delhi: The Congress on Monday alleged that the timing of notifying the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is evidently designed to polarise the coming Lok Sabha elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam. **** DEL125 CAA-CITIZENSHIP-RULES **** 'CAA not to take away anyone's citizenship irrespective of their religion' New Delhi: The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, that seeks to grant Indian nationality to refugees who had sought shelter in India before December 31, 2014 due to religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, will not take away citizenship of any Indian irrespective of their religion, sources said. **** DEL123 PM-2NDLD MISSILE **** India carries out first flight test of Agni 5 under 'Mission Divyastra'; PM Modi says proud of DRDO scientists New Delhi: India on Monday successfully carried out the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile, capable of deploying multiple warheads, under its 'Mission Divyastra', joining a select group of nations having such a capability. **** DEL124 EC-PANEL MEET **** PM-chaired panel's meet to appoint 2 ECs advanced to March 14: Sources New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee on selecting election commissioners will now meet on March 14 to finalise the names of two new ECs, top sources said. **** DEL106 CONG-SC-3RDLD ELECTORAL BONDS **** Cong hails SC for dismissing SBI plea on electoral bonds but says it's 'halfway to truth' New Delhi: The Congress on Monday hailed the Supreme Court for dismissing the SBI's plea seeking an extension of time to furnish electoral bond details but said it was ''halfway to truth'' and the top court should also give directions so that the nation gets to know who contributed funds to the BJP to bag contracts. **** CAL35 AS-CAA-PROTESTS **** CAA copies burnt, ‘hartal’ announced in Assam as Centre notifies rules Guwahati: The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 30 indigenous organisations on Monday burnt copies of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in different parts of the state, including Guwahati, Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Dibrugarh and Tezpur. **** MDS17 ISRO-SATELLITE-IMAGES **** ISRO''s new meteorological satellite initiates earth imaging ops, first captured images released Bengaluru: ISRO on Monday said its meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS has initiated earth imaging operations, and released the first set of images captured by the on-board payloads (6-channel Imager and 19-channel Sounder). **** LEGAL LGD49 SC-ELECTORAL BONDS-SBI **** Electoral bonds: SBI faces searching questions New Delhi: The State Bank of India, which unsuccessfully sought extension of time till June 30 to disclose the details of electoral bonds, on Monday faced searching questions from the Supreme Court which wanted to know about the steps taken to comply with the directions it had issued while scrapping the controversial scheme of anonymous political funding on February 15. **** LGD31 SC-SANDESHKHALI SC dismisses WB’s plea against HC order transferring Sandeshkhali ED team attack case to CBI New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the West Bengal government's plea challenging a Calcutta High Court order for transferring to the CBI the probe into the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in Sandeshkhali. **** FOREIGN FGN46: PAK-2NDLD CABINET ****Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif inducts 19-member Cabinet one week after being sworn in Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday inducted 19 members into his Cabinet, ending the tenuous wait for the completion of government formation in the cash-strapped country.****