HIGHLIGHTS

Following are the top PTI stories at 1730 hours:

TOP STORIES DEL24 PM-LD FARM LOANS

Modi attacks Cong for 'gimmick' of farm loan waiver Jammu, Feb 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday attacked the Congress for using farm loan waivers as a gimmick ahead of the election to win votes and said the party's previous such initiative benefitted only middlemen and select farmers. By Tariq Sofi

DEL22 JK-PM-CITIZENSHIP BILL

Govt committed to citizenship bill to help children of 'Maa Bharti' living in Pak, Af: Modi Jammu: Making a strong pitch for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday his government would stand with the children of "Maa Bharti" who have faced persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

CAL25 BH-RAHUL-FARMERS

Centre's crop insurance scheme aimed at taking away farmer's money: Rahul Gandhi Patna: Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the Centre's crop insurance scheme is aimed at taking away farmers income to fill up pockets of big businessmen.

DEL32 BJP-CITIZENSHIP BILL

Citizenship Bill very important, Rajnath talking to different parties: Amit Shah New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will talk to different political parties, including those from the Northeast, on the Citizenship Bill, BJP president Amit Shah said Sunday, asserting the legislation is "very important" for the country.

DEL31 WB-LD ADITYANATH-RALLY

UP CM's rallies: Permission denied for chopper to land in WB Balurghat (WB)/Lucknow (UP): The tussle between the TMC and the BJP got uglier Sunday, with the West Bengal government denying permission to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's chopper to land in the state to let him address two scheduled rallies.

NATION

CAL11 BH-TRAIN-6THLD ACCIDENT 6 killed as 11 coaches of Seemanchal Express derail in Bihar

Sonpur (Bihar): At least six passengers died and 29 others were injured early Sunday when a rail fracture caused 11 bogies of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express to jump the tracks in Bihar's Vaishali district, railway and police officials said.

CAL24 OD-SHAH Shah woos tribals, says NDA govt increased allocation of funds for their welfare

Puri: BJP president Amit Shah Sunday projected his party as the champion of tribals, saying the Narendra Modi government has raised budgetary allocation for their welfare to Rs 50,000 crore from Rs 30,700 crore made during by the Congress-led UPA dispensation.

BOM1 MH-HAZARE-AGITATION Hazare's fast enters 5th day, villagers block state highway

Ralegan Siddhi (Maha): Social activist Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday even as villagers blocked a state highway in support of his agitation in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, leading to traffic jams in the area.

DEL32 BJP-CITIZENSHIP BILL Citizenship Bill very important, Rajnath talking to different parties: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will talk to different political parties, including those from the Northeast, on the Citizenship Bill, BJP president Amit Shah said Sunday, asserting the legislation is "very important" for the country.

LEGAL LGB1 MH-COURT-TERROR-NBW

26/11 case: Court issues NBW against two Pak Army officials Mumbai: A sessions court here has issued non-bailable warrants against two Pakistan Army officials - Major Abdul Rehman Pasha and Major Iqbal - in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case.

FOREIGN

FGN1 PAK-INDIA-QURESHI Pak has no intention to interfere in India's internal matters: Qureshi after phone call to Mirwaiz

Lahore: Pakistan has no intention to interfere in India's internal matters and New Delhi should not make an issue out of his telephonic conversation with Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said.

FGN2 BIZ-JAITLEY-FARMERS Jaitley hints at raising Rs 500 a month cash support to farmers in future

New York: Union Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday hinted that the Rs 500 a month cash dole to small farmers may be increased in the future as the government's resources grow and said states can top up this amount with their own income support schemes. By Yoshita Singh

FGN3 VENEZUELA-RALLY Venezuelans rally for and against embattled Maduro on revolution anniversary

Caracas: Buoyed by the defection of a top general, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido predicted Saturday the month of February would be "decisive" in determining the future of the nation as he and socialist leader Nicolas Maduro held competing mass rallies in the capital.

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