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Following are the top stories at 2100 hours:

DEL27 MODI-ELECTION Modi elected NDA parliamentary party leader

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unanimously elected leader of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on Saturday at a meeting attended by its newly elected MPs and senior leaders in Parliament's Central Hall.

DEL14 PREZ-LD-EC EC submits list of elected candidates to Prez; process for formations of 17th LS initiated

New Delhi: The Election Commission Saturday submitted a list of newly-elected MPs to President Ram Nath Kovind, an official statement said, Setting in motion the process for constituting the 17th Lok Sabha.

DEL47 LD CWC Rahul's offers to resign as Cong chief after poll debacle, CWC unanimously rejects

New Delhi: Taking total responsibility for the Lok Sabha poll debacle, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign as Congress president, which the Congress Working Committee (CWC) unanimously rejected and authorised him to overhaul and restructure the party at all levels.

NATION

DEL10 PREZ-LS-DISSOLVE President dissolves 16th Lok Sabha

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.

CAL11 WB-MAMATA Mamata offers to quit as CM, party rejects

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday offered to quit as chief minister of West Bengal following her party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls but the TMC rejected it.

BOM8 GJ-FIRE-LD-ARREST Surat fire: Toll climbs to 22, coaching class owner held, 2 on the run

Surat: The toll in the devastating fire that engulfed a commercial complex in Surat's Sarthana area has gone up to 22 with two more students succumbing to burn injuries, a senior police official said Saturday.

DEL41 MP-BEEF-2NDLD ARREST 3 beaten up for carrying beef in MP, cops arrest them and 5 attackers

Seoni/Bhopal: Suspected cow vigilantes thrashed three persons in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni for allegedly carrying beef, following which the police arrested the assailants as well as the victims of the attack.

CAL12 MHA-JMB-BASES Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh planning to set up permanent bases in eastern states: MHA

Agartala: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sounded an alert about plans of terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) making permanent bases within 10 kilometres of the India-Bangladesh border in the eastern states of Tripura, Assam and West Bengal.

DEL46 UP-MUSLIM-MODI Muslim woman names newborn 'Narendra Modi'

Gonda (UP): Impressed with the prime minister, a Muslim woman has decided to name her newborn 'Narendra Damodardas Modi'.

DEL44 MODI-SPEECH We will now begin a new journey to build a new India: Modi

New Delhi: All set for a second term as prime minister, Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government will now begin "a new journey to build a new India with new energy" and asked newly elected MPs of the NDA to work without any discrimination, including on the basis of faith and castes.

DEL31 DEF-ENCOUNTER-INDOMYANMAR Two Assam Rifles personnel killed in encounter along Indo-Myanmar border

New Delhi: Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and four others injured during a gunfight with a group of militants in Mon area along the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland on Saturday, military sources said.

CAL6 POLL-WB-VIOLENCE 1 dead, several injured in post-poll clashes between TMC, BJP across Bengal

Kolkata: Violent incidents were reported from across West Bengal on Saturday in which one person died and many were injured, officials said, as a face-off brewed between the ruling Trinamool Congress and a surging BJP after the Lok Sabha results were declared.

CAL7 SK-SKM-STAKE CLAIM SKM leaders meet Sikkim Governor, stake claim to form government

Gangtok: A Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) delegation led by its president P S Golay on Saturday called on Governor Ganga Prasad and staked claim to form the next government in the state.

DEL2 JK-CURFEW Musa killing: Curfew continues in parts of Kashmir for second day

Srinagar: Curfew continued in parts of Kashmir for a second day Saturday following killing of Zakir Musa, the so-called chief of an Al-Qaeda afiliated group, in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district Friday.

DEL42 RJ-LD COOPERATIVE-ARREST Raj police arrests 11 officials of Mukesh Modi's firm

Jaipur: The Rajasthan police Saturday conducted raids at several places in the country and arrested 11 current and former office bearers of Mukesh Modi’s Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Ltd in connection with a multi-crore fraud, officials said.

DEL29 DRI-PAK-SMUGGLING DRI arrests 6 Pakistani men for smuggling 218 kg of narcotic at Gujarat's Jakhau port

New Delhi: Six Pakistani nationals have been arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for smuggling 218 kg of narcotics at Gujarat's Jakhau port, according to an official statement issued Saturday.

FOREIGN

FGN14 US-TRUMP-MODI-G20

President Trump and PM Modi to meet at G-20 Summit in June Washington: US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to meet at the G-20 Summit in Japan next month as both the leaders pledged to further strengthen the US-India strategic partnership and build on the achievements of the last two years. By Lalit K Jha IND

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