HIGHLIGHTS

Following are the top stories at 1715 hours:

DEL37 LD SHIELA DIKSHIT Sheila Dikshit passes away

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and three-time former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here, her family and the party said.

DEL18  UP-2NDLD PRIYANKA Sonbhadra clash: Bereaved families meet Priyanka at UP guesthouse

Mirzapur/Lucknow: Expressing anger over members of the aggrieved families from Sonbhadra being stopped from meeting her, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Saturday said they have come here in "great grief" and should at least be allowed a meeting.

DEL35 CONG-SHEILA DIKSHIT Sheila Dikshit was a beloved daughter of Congress: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said he was devastated to hear about the passing away of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and called her a "beloved daughter" of the party.

DEL29 GOVERNORS-LD APPOINTMENT Govt appoints four new governors, Jagdeep Dhankar now in-charge of WB

New Delhi: The government Saturday appointed new governors in four states, including in the politically restive West Bengal where former MP and noted Supreme Court lawyer Jagdeep Dhankhar has been named for the post.

DEL38 IRAN-TANKER-LD MEA India in touch with Iran to secure release of Indians on board seized British ship

New Delhi/London: Eighteen Indians were among 23 people onboard a British oil tanker seized by Iran, and India said it is in touch with Tehran to secure early release and repatriation of its nationals.

DEL24 CPI-RAJA D Raja to replace Sudhakar Reddy as CPI general secretary

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP D Raja will take over as the general secretary of the Communist Parry of India (CPI) after incumbent S Sudhakar Reddy resigned on health grounds, party sources said Saturday.

DEL25 JK-RAJNATH-KARGIL Rajnath pays tribute to soldiers killed in Kargil war, will inaugurate two bridges

Srinagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday paid tributes to soldiers killed in the 1999 Kargil War at a memorial in Jammu and Kashmir's Dras sector as the nation commemorated 20 years of 'Operation Vijay'.

DEL15 PB-CM-LD SIDHU Punjab CM accepts Navjot Sidhu's resignation

Chandigarh: Days after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the state cabinet, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday accepted his "one-line" resignation.

DEL26 CONG-SONBHADRA UP govt trying to protect accused in Sonbhadra clash: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Saturday that the Uttar Pradesh government was trying to protect the accused in the Sonbhadra clash and instead of ensuring justice, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was targeting party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was detained on her way to meet the victims.

DEL22 PRIYANKA-VADRA Respect you more for standing up against atrocities on villagers: Robert Vadra to Priyanka

New Delhi: Robert Vadra Saturday lauded his wife and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for meeting family members of the Sonbhadra clash victims, saying he respects her even more for standing up against atrocities on the villagers.

MDS6 TN-NIA-LD RAID 'Ansarulla' terror module case: NIA conducts searches across TN

Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 14 locations in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as part of its probe into the 'Ansarulla' terror module case, officials said.

BOM2 MH-LD ACCIDENT 9 students killed in car-truck collision on Pune-Solapur highway

Pune: Nine students were killed after their car collided with a truck on the Pune-Solapur Highway here in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

CAL2 AS-ENCEPHALITIS JE claims four more lives, death toll increases to 101

Guwahati: Four more people in Assam died due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE), taking the toll to 101 in the state, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said.

CAL1 AR-QUAKE Earthquake jolts Arunachal again, tremors felt in Assam

Itanagar/Guwahati: An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude hit Arunachal Pradesh Saturday, a day after three quakes shook the state within minutes of each other, the MeT Department said.

FOREIGN

FGN11 IRAN-TANKER-LD INDIANS 18 Indians aboard British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran

London: Eighteen Indian nationals are among the 23 crew members of a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz amid fresh escalation of tensions in the Gulf, according to a media report.

FGN5 US-PAK-LD IMRAN Will ensure Pakistan's action against terror outfits not 'window dressing': US

Washington: The US is not taking at face value Pakistan's actions against terrorists outfits, including the arrest of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and will ensure that these steps are made "irreversible and sustainable" and not just "window dressing", the White House has said ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's first meeting with President Donald Trump. By Lalit K Jha

FGN8 CHINA-INDIA-TRADE China asks New Delhi to join fight against unilateralism, protectionism amid trade war with US

Beijing: China has said it values India's concerns on the bilateral trade imbalance and is willing to discuss new approaches to address the issue and asked New Delhi to join Beijing in its fight against "unilateralism and protectionism" amidst a bruising trade war with the US. By K J M Varma.

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)