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Following are the top stories at 1215 hours:

DEL5 CHANDRAYAAN-LAUNCH Chandrayaan-2 launch rescheduled for July 22: ISRO

Bengaluru: India's second mission to the Moon Chandrayaan-2, which was called off due to a technical snag, has been rescheduled for launch on July 22, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday.

MDS7 KA-CONFIDENCE Kumaraswamy moves confidence motion in Karnataka Assembly

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Thursday moved the confidence motion in the state Assembly with the 14-month old Congress-JDS government headed by him hanging by a thread after a rebellion by a section of ruling coalition lawmakers.

DEL6 NEWSALERT-MAYAWATI-BROTHER IT Dept attaches Rs 400 cr 'benami' plot in Noida belonging to BSP chief Mayawati's brother and his wife: Official order.

MDS3 TN-SARAVANA BHAVAN RAJAGOPAL-DIES

Saravana Bhavan founder Rajagopal dead Chennai: Saravana Bhavan founder P Rajagopal, convicted in a murder case, died at a private

hospital here Thursday, sources said.

PAR7 RS-ADJOURN Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon amid uproar by Cong,SP members

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were Thursday adjourned for almost an hour after opposition Congress and Samajwadi Party members created an uproar over the Supreme Court ruling on the Karnataka issue and the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.

PAR5 RS-JAISHANKAR-JADHAV Detention of Jadhav in Pakistan illegal: Jaishankar in RS

New Delhi: Describing the detention of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan as "illegal" and under "fabricated" charges, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday urged Islamabad to release and repatriate him immediately.

DEL3 UP-CLASH ARREST UP clash: 24 arrested; toll climbs to 10

Sonbhadra (UP)/Lucknow: Twenty-four people have been arrested in connection with Wednesday's clash over a land dispute in Sonbhadra, even as the death toll in the incident rose to 10 with one more person succumbing to injuries, officials said on Thursday.

LEGAL LGD13 SC-LD AYODHYA

Ayodhya land dispute case: SC allows mediation process to continue, seeks report on outcome by Aug 1 New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed mediation process to continue in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case and sought a report on its outcome by August 1.

FOREIGN

FGN9 UK-MALLYA Mallya’s UK High Court extradition appeal to be heard in February 2020

London: Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya’s appeal in the UK High Court against his extradition order has been listed for a three-day hearing from February 11 next year, the UK court said on Thursday.

FGN8 US-INDIA-TRUMP-PAK President Trump "walked the talk" in maintaining pressure on Pak to end terrorism: Amb Shringla

New York: President Donald Trump has "walked the talk" in maintaining pressure on Pakistan to end terrorism emanating from its soil, India's envoy to the US has said, insisting that Islamabad's actions against terror outfits should be "irreversible" and not a "revolving door" where terror masterminds are arrested from one door and taken out through the other. By Yoshita Singh

BUSINESS DEL7 BIZ-TIKTOK-HELO-NOTICE

Govt issues notice to Tiktok, Helo; asks them to answer queries or face ban New Delhi: Government has issued notices to social media platforms Tiktok and Helo along with a set of 21 questions threatening to ban these apps if it does not receive appropriate response, official sources said. AAR

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