Highlights at 2230 hours

Following are the top stories at 2230 hours:

NATION CAL17 WB-LDALL DOCTORS

WB doctors in no mood to relent despite Mamata offer Kolkata: Agitating doctors Saturday turned down West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's offer for talks at the state secretariat saying they fear about their security and rejected her appeal to end their stir, which entered the fifth day.

BOM3 GJ-LD HOTEL

Seven die while cleaning hotel sewer in Gujarat's Vadodara Vadodara: Seven persons, including four sanitation workers, died on Saturday after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning sewer of a hotel in Vadodara district of Gujarat, officials said.

DEL41 BSF-DHAKA TALKS

We fire only when situation turns ugly on border: BSF DG at Dhaka talks New Delhi: Frontier guarding forces of India and Bangladesh Saturday decided to undertake joint efforts to reduce border killing incidents, as the BSF said it fires only when a situation turns "ugly" and lives of its troops are in danger.

DEL15 VIJAYAN-MODI

Kerala chief minister meets Modi, raises issue of Thiruvananthapuram airport's privatisation New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence here Saturday and expressed the state's reservation on the privatisation of Thiruvananthapuram international airport.

DEL18 KA-KUMARASWAMY-CAUVERY

K'taka CM seeks Centre's early nod for Mekedatu project on Cauvery river New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Saturday met Union Water Resources Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and sought early nod for the proposed Rs 5,912-crore reservoir in Mekedatu on the Cauvery river.

MDS5 TL-AIRCRAFT-LD PROBE

Will go into AN-32 crash, ensure such incidents don't reoccur: IAF chief Hyderabad: The Indian Air Force would ascertain the cause of the recent crash of an AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh and take steps to ensure that such incidents do not recur, IAF chief B S Dhanoa said Saturday.

CAL5 AR-AIRCRAFT

Inclement weather hampers operation to retrieve bodies of IAF aircraft crash victims Itanagar: Inclement weather on Saturday hampered rescue efforts to retrieve the mortal remains of 13 air-warriors who were on board the Indian Air Force aircraft that crashed in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh, an IAF spokesman said.

BES14 GJ-CYCLONE VAYU

Cyclone Vayu to weaken, set to reach Guj coast as depression Ahmedabad, Jun 15 (PTI) A gradually weakened cyclone Vayu is likely to reach coastal Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat as a depression by Monday evening, the latest bulletin of the India Meteorological Department stated Saturday.

MDS15 KL-LD POLICEWOMAN

Kerala police woman burnt alive;traffic cop held Mavelikkara (Ker): A 34-year-old woman police constable died after she was allegedly hacked and set ablaze in broad daylight by a policeman here Saturday.

DEL33 BH-CHILD DEATHS-LD VARDHAN

Harsh Vardhan to visit Muzaffarpur to review situation in wake of child deaths New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will visit Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Sunday to take stock of the situation there in view of rising cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) there.

BUSINESS

DEL47 BIZ-LD US-DUTY-HIKE India imposes higher customs duty on 28 US products

New Delhi: India on Saturday announced a hike in customs duties on as many as 28 US products, including almond, pulses and walnut, in response to higher tariffs imposed by Washington on Indian products like steel and aluminium.

DEL48 BIZ-NITI-LD CMS CMs demand more central funds to deal with agri distress

New Delhi: More central assistance to deal with farm sector distress and natural calamities, and compensation against loss of revenue on account of GST implementation beyond the five-year period were among the key demands raised by the states during the fifth Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog here Saturday.

DEL46 BIZ-NITI-2NDLD PM Making India USD 5 trn economy challenging but surely achievable: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the goal of making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024 is challenging but surely achievable, as he asked states to focus on their core competencies and work towards increasing the GDP right from the district level.

FOREIGN FGN17 CHINA-HK-2NDLD BILL

China supports suspension of Hong Kong's controversial extradition bill after massive protests Beijing: China on Saturday said it supports the Hong Kong leader's decision to suspend a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to China, following massive protests. By K J M Varma

SPORTS

SPD8SPO-HOCK-FIH-IND India beat South Afroica 5-1 to win FIH Series Finals

Bhubaneswar: India lived up to their billing and thrashed South Africa 5-1 in the summit clash to win the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament here Saturday. By Saumojyoti S Choudhury PTI HMB