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These are the top stories at 1200 hrs: DEL8 CBI-UNNAO CBI books BJP MLA Sengar, 10 others in Unnao case New Delhi: The CBI has booked BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and 10 other under murder charges in the accident case of Unnao rape survivor, officials said Wednesday. According to the normal procedure, the CBI has taken over investigation in the accident case from Uttar Pradesh re-registering its FIR.

MDS5 KA-2NDLD SIDDHARTHA Karnataka: Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha's body found Mangaluru: The body of Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who had gone missing, was found on Wednesday in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka after 36 hours of intense search, officials said. The body had washed ashore near Ullal and was fished out by local fishermen.

DEL2 CG-NAXAL-LD JAWAN KILLED CRPF jawan killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh Raipur: A CRPF jawan was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxals in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials said. BOM1 MH-MLAS-BJP Day after resignations, four Maha opposition MLAs join BJP Mumbai: In a major blow to Opposition unity in Maharashtra, three MLAs from the NCP and one from the Congress joined the ruling BJP on Wednesday, a day after they tendered their resignations from the Legislative Assembly.

LEGAL LGD6 SC-UNNAO SC seeks report from its secretary general on Unnao rape victim's letter New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from its secretary general as to why a letter written by the Unnao rape victim to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, apprehending threat to her life, was not placed before him. FOREIGN FGN14 US-INDIA-TIES-EXPERT India-US relationship needs urgent attention, faces risk of downward spiral: expert Washington: The bilateral relationship between India and the US, which has continuously experienced an upward trajectory for the last two decades, faces the risk of a downward spiral unless urgent steps are taken by both the countries to resolve their trade differences, an eminent Indian-American community leader has cautioned. By Lalit K Jha FGN1 PAK-2NDLD BLAST 5 killed, 38 injured in blast targeting police vehicle in Pakistan Karachi: A powerful blast targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province has killed five people, including two security personnel, and injured 38 others, a top police official said on Wednesday..