HIGHLIGHTS AT 1700 HRS

Following are the top stories at 1700 hours:

NATION

DEL35 RAIL-LD PAK-SAMJHAUTA Pak stops Samjhauta Express at Wagah, Indian crew escorts train to Attari

New Delhi: Pakistan stopped the Samjhauta Express at the Wagah border on Thursday, citing security concerns, following which an Indian crew and guard escorted the train to Attari on the Indian side, a railway spokesperson said.

DEL18 JK-CONG-AZAD Ghulam Nabi Azad stopped at Srinagar airport, being sent back: Cong leaders

Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has been stopped at the Srinagar airport and is being sent back by a flight, party leaders said on Thursday.

DES15 JK-PROTEST-RESTRICTIONS Protesters detained for defying restrictions in Kargil

Kargil: Several people were detained after they defied restrictions and took out a rally to protest against the revoking of Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

DEL17 MEA-LD PAK India accuses Pak of presenting 'alarming picture' on bilateral ties, says J-K internal matter

New Delhi: India on Thursday termed Pakistan downgrading diplomatic ties with it as an attempt to present an alarming picture to the world about bilateral relations, and urged Islamabad to review its decision.

DEL16 ART370-KARAN SINGH Don't agree with blanket condemnation of govt's J-K move: Cong's Karan Singh

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Thursday said he does not agree with a blanket condemnation of the government's move on Jammu and Kashmir, pointing out what he called were its several positives.

DEL5 AZAD-DOVAL-BJP Azad's remark on NSA's JK visit will be used by Pak, he should apologise: BJP

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for alleging that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's visit to Jammu and Kashmir was orchestrated with money, and demanded his apology, saying that the remarks could be used by Pakistan on global forums.

BOM3 MH-BOAT-DROWN Nine drown, four missing after rescue boat overturns in Maha

Sangli: Nine people drowned and four were missing after a boat engaged in rescue work overturned in a water body in Maharashtra's flood-hit Sangli district on Thursday, an official said.

LEGAL

LGD11 SC-LD ARTICLE 370 SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against Article 370 move

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea challenging the Presidential Order on Article 370 which revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status.

LGD12 SC-LD AYODHYA Ayodhya case: SC asks how birth place can be made party to land dispute

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday asked 'Ram Lalla Virajman', one of the parties in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute at Ayodhya, as to how the birth place of the deity can be regarded as a "juristic person" having stakes in the case.

BUSINESS

DCM14 BIZ-PANDEY-SKILL J&K youth to get world-class job opportunities after abrogation of Article 370: Pandey

New Delhi: The decision to abrogate Article 370 will open up world-class job opportunities for the youth in Jammu & Kashmir, and Pakistan itself will appeal to open bilateral trade with India in the coming days, Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said on Thursday.

DCM13 BIZ-ENERGY-MODI

PM Modi to inaugurate 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investors meet on Oct 30 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the third Global Renewable Energy Investors' Meet on October 30, an official said on Thursday.

FOREIGN

FGN22 PAK-KARTARPUR

Pakistan says work on Kartarpur corridor will continue Islamabad: Pakistan said on Thursday that it remains committed to complete the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor despite its decision to downgrade the diplomatic ties with New Delhi. By Sajjad Hussain

FGN21 MALAYSIA-LD INDOPAK

Malaysian PM hopes India, Pak would exercise 'utmost restraint' to prevent further escalation Putrajaya: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday expressed hope that India and Pakistan would exercise "utmost restraint" to prevent further escalation that could be detrimental to the peace and stability in the region after the Indian government revoked the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir.

FGN19 PAK-MARYAM-2NDLD ARREST

Maryam Nawaz arrested by Pak's anti-graft body Lahore: Maryam Nawaz, Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter, was arrested from the Kot Lakhpat jail here on Thursday in a money laundering case while she was on her way back from visiting her father, who is lodged in the same prison, an official said. By M Zulqernain

FGN9 UK-MALALA-LD KASHMIR

We can all live in peace: Malala on Kashmir London: Nobel Peace Prize winner and Pakistani education rights activist Malala Yousafzai on Thursday appealed for the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue, saying "we can all live in peace" and there is no need to "hurt each other".