HIGHLIGHTS

Following are PTI's top stories at 1700 hours:

ELN23 2NDLD POLL Violence on polling day in Kashmir, West Bengal, voters turn out in good numbers

New Delhi: A grenade attack on a polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, violence in West Bengal and EVM glitches were reported during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls Monday across seven states in which voters turned out in considerable numbers till the afternoon.

ELN30 HR-LD-RAHUL Modi, a 'boxer' who punched Advani, failed to fight unemployment: Rahul

Bhiwani (Har): Congress President Rahul Gandhi Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "boxer" who entered the ring to fight unemployment but ended up punching his "coach" and veteran BJP leader L K Advani.

ELN17 WB-MODI-TAMLUK Didi politicising cyclone Fani, refused to talk to me: Modi

Tamluk (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of pursuing "cheap politics" over cyclone Fani, claiming that she did not speak to him when he tried to contact her to talk about the calamity.

ELN8 UP-LD AMETHI

Smriti accuses Rahul of 'booth capturing' in Amethi, 21.83 pc polling till 11 am Amethi (UP): Polling for the keenly watched contest in Amethi, long considered a Gandhi family turf, began on a contentious note on Monday with BJP candidate Smriti Irani alleging that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was "ensuring booth capturing".

ELN3 POLL-JK-GRENADE

Grenade attack on polling station in Pulwama Srinagar: Militants Monday lobbed a grenade towards a polling station in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir where polling is underway for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, police said.

DEL12 DL-CBSE-LD RESULTS

CBSE declares Class 10 results, girls outshine boys New Delhi: With a pass percentage of 92.45 in the Class 10 CBSE results, which were announced on Monday, girls outperformed boys by a margin of 2.31 per cent.

CAL2 OD-CYCLONE-LD MODI

PM conducts aerial survey of Odisha's cyclone-hit areas, announces assistance Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-ravaged areas of Odisha and announced an additional central assistance of Rs 1000 crore for relief works in the state.

BOM1 MH-LD SUBMARINE

Navy launches 4th Scorpene-class submarine Vela Mumbai: The Navy on Monday launched the Scorpene-class submarine Vela, the fourth of six underwater warships being built in India with French collaboration, with an aim to boost Indian capability to defend and secure the strategic sea lanes.

Legal: LGD29 SC-LD RAFALE

SC to hear Rafale review pleas and contempt petition against Rahul Gandhi together on May 10 New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear together on May 10 the pleas seeking review of its verdict on the Rafale fighter jet case and the contempt petition against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the apex court the "chokidar chor hai" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

LGD21 SC-LD J&K SC dismisses plea challenging J-K order restricting civilian traffic on national highway

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government's order restricting civilian traffic for a day in a week on a stretch of the national highway from Udhampur to Baramulla for the movement of security forces.

LGD19 SC-LD MODEL CODE SC asks Cong MP to bring on record EC orders giving clean chit to PM Modi, Amit Shah

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked Congress MP Sushmita Dev to bring on record the Election Commission's orders giving clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on complaints of Model Code violations.

LGD18 SC-LD CJI SC to hear in due course PIL for probe into 'conspiracy' to fix CJI on sexual harassment allegations

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said a plea seeking direction to CBI to lodge an FIR into alleged conspiracy to fix Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a "concocted, false sexual harassment" case will be heard in due course.

Foreign: FGN33 TRUMP-ISRAEL-LD PALESTINE

End rocket attacks on Israel, they will bring more misery: Trump warns Palestinians Washington: The US supports Israel "100 per cent" in its defence against a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by militant groups in Gaza, US President Donald Trump has said, warning Palestinians that such actions would bring them "nothing but more misery". By Lalit K Jha

FGN32 US-CHINA-2NDLD TRADE

China says trade envoy preparing to go to US for talks to end tariff war despite Trump's new threat Washington/Beijing: China's top trade envoy is preparing to travel to Washington for crucial talks, a Chinese official said Monday despite US President Donald Trump threatening to impose more punishing taxes on USD 200 billion worth of Chinese products, citing slow progress in negotiations. By Lalit K Jha & K J M Varma

FGN26 LD LANKA

Sri Lanka lifts curfew in Negombo; police says situation under control Colombo: Sri Lanka on Monday lifted an overnight curfew in the western coastal town of Negombo where clashes erupted between two groups of people over the weekend, days after the Easter bombings by Islamist extremists that killed more than 250 people in the island nation. AQS