Highlights at 2100 hours

Following are the top PTI stories at 2100 hours:

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Oppn alliance of 'opportunists' will fail in their mission: PM Kannauj/Hardoi/Sitapur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday slammed the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh, saying the tie-up of "opportunists" wants a helpless government because its mantra is "jaat, paat japna; janata ka maal apna".

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'Foolishness' of demonetisation, 'Gabbar Singh Tax' not done by anyone in 70 years: Rahul Raebareli/Amethi (UP): Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the Congress of doing "nothing" while in power, party president Rahul Gandhi said Saturday nobody had committed the "foolishness" of demonetisation and the "Gabbar Singh Tax" in the last 70 years.

DEL15 TN-2NDLD DEPRESSION

Depression over Bay of Bengal intensifies into cyclonic storm Chennai/New Delhi: A deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal developed into cyclonic storm 'Fani' on Saturday, which will further intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm", the IMD said.

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'Article 370 basis of our relationship with India': Mehbooba on PM's remarks Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that Article 370 and Article 35A have caused "maximum damage" to the state, saying it was the basis of its relationship with the country.

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BJP greatest danger for India, like 440 volts: Mamata Pandua/Joypur/Panchla (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday came down heavily on BJP calling it "the greatest danger for the country like 440 volts" and asked people to prevent it from returning to power.

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India asks citizens not to undertake non-essential travel to Sri Lanka New Delhi: India on Saturday issued an advisory asking citizens not to undertake non-essential travel to Sri Lanka in view of the recent wave of bombings in which over 250 people were killed.

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155 flights delayed as Air India's check-in software shuts down for more than 5 hrs New Delhi: Thousands of Air India passengers had a harrowing time at airports across the world on Saturday as its 155 flights were delayed due to the shutdown of its check-in software for more than five hours due to a technical snag.

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Former PM Manmohan Singh kept 'silent' when terrorists beheaded Indian soldiers: Shah Daltonganj (J'khand): BJP president Amit Shah Saturday slammed the UPA government, alleging that former prime minister Manmohan Singh kept "silent" when terrorists from Pakistan beheaded Indian soldiers.

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Modi works 18 hours a day while Rahul takes leave every 2 months: Amit Shah Morada/Sukinda (Odisha): BJP president Amit Shah Saturday took a potshots at his Congress counterpart Rahul Gandhi saying he is no match to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who works 18 hours a day without taking a leave in the last 20 years,whereas Gandhi takes a break from work every two

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Police lodges complaint against Gambhir for holding public meeting without permission New Delhi: Police Saturday lodged a formal complaint against Gautam Gambhir, BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha seat candidate, for allegedly holding a public meeting in Jangpura without prior permission from authorities, officials said.

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Gadkari faints during campaign rally in Maharashtra Shirdi (Maha): Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari fainted on stage Saturday evening during an election rally near Shirdi in Maharashtra.

LEGAL

LGD3 DL-COURT-THAROOR Tharoor summoned by Delhi court over 'scorpion' remark

New Delhi: A court here Saturday summoned Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on June 7 on a complaint over his remarks that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling".

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Child rights body asks states to stop sale of Johnson's baby shampoo New Delhi: The apex child rights body has asked all states to stop sale of Johnson's baby shampoo after its sample was found to be of substandard quality in a lab test.

FOREIGN

FGN11 CHINA-IMRAN-INDIA Ties with India "only problem" for peace in region: Pak PM Imran Khan

Beijing: Pakistan's relationship with India remains the "only problem" for peace and stability in the region, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said and expressed hope of establishing a "civilised relationship" with New Delhi after the Lok Sabha elections are over. By K J M Varma

SPORTS SPF11 SPO-SHOOT-LD IND

Abhishek Verma shoots gold in first WC final, secures Olympic quota Beijing: Leading the final from beginning to end, Abhishek Verma secured India's fifth Olympic quota place in shooting, winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup here Saturday. PTI

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