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Following are the top stories at 1700 hours:

DEL15 CONG-2NDLD RAJIV-TRIBUTES Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary: Top Congress leaders pay tributes to former PM

New Delhi: Top Congress leaders, including party president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, and former president Pranab Mukherjee, paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary on Tuesday.

MDS3 KA-CHANDRAYAAN-ORBIT Chandrayaan 2 successfully enters orbit around Moon

Bengaluru: In a major milestone for India's Moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit on Tuesday.

DEL22 JK-SITUATION Barricades removed in Srinagar's commercial hub Lal Chowk

Srinagar: Barricades around the Clock Tower in Srinagar's city centre Lal Chowk were removed after 15 days on Tuesday, allowing the movement of people and traffic in the commercial hub, as restrictions eased in several localities while continuing in others.

DEL39 JK-2NDLD FIRING Army jawan killed as Pak targets forward posts, villages in Poonch

Jammu: An Army jawan was killed and four others were injured as Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said.

DEL7 ED-PURI-LD ARREST ED arrests MP CM's nephew Ratul Puri in fresh PMLA case

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's businessman nephew, Ratul Puri, has been arrested by the ED in a fresh case of money laundering linked to an alleged Rs 354 crore bank loan fraud case, officials said Tuesday.

DEL42 TOURISM-2NDLD VISA India's e-tourist visa fee to be based on tourist footfall

New Delhi: India will introduce a flexible e-tourist visa regime for over 160 countries based on tourist footfall, with higher fee for the peak season of July to March and a considerably lower fee during the lean period of April to June, officials have said.

DEL20 DL-RAJNATH-FORCES Offensive strike in neighbourhood showed reach, lethality of Indian armed forces:

Rajnath New Delhi: In a clear reference to the Balakot air strikes in Pakistan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that the recent offensive action against terrorists in the neighbourhood spoke volumes about the "reach and lethality" of the Indian armed forces.

DEL35 MANMOHAN-2NDLD RAJIV

Unpleasant trends of intolerance, polarisation can damage our polity: Manmohan New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said "unpleasant trends" of growing intolerance, communal polarisation, and incidents of violent crimes propelled by hatred of certain groups will damage our polity.

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Govt tries to allay fears on NRC, says non-inclusion does not mean declared foreigner New Delhi: In an effort to allay fears, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday said non-inclusion of a person's name in the final list of NRC does not by itself amount to him or her being declared a foreigner and assured that adequate arrangements have been made for appeal against it.

LEGAL

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Ayodhya case: Temple destroyed to build mosque, says advocate for Ram Lalla Virajman

New Delhi: The Hindu temple in Ayodhya was destroyed to construct a mosque at the disputed site, said advocate for Ram Lalla Virajman deity, one of the parties in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, on Tuesday while referring to an ASI report.

LGD30 SC-LD CHIDAMBARAM After HC denies protection, Chidambaram meets Sibal, others in SC for discussing further action

New Delh: Congress leader P Chidambaram Tuesday discussed with senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Salman Khurshid the situation after the Delhi High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in corruption and money laundering cases related to the INX Media scam.

LGD10 SC-LD FACEBOOK Linking of user profile with Aadhaar: SC to hear Facebook's plea; issues notice to

Centre, others New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea of Facebook Inc for transfer of cases related to demands for linking of social media profiles of users with Aadhaar number, pending before the high courts of Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh to the apex court.

BUSINESS

DEL40 BIZ-GOLD-CLOSE Gold touches fresh all-time high of Rs 38,770 on jewellers' buying; silver plunges Rs 1,100

New Delhi: Gold prices on Tuesday touched a record high of Rs 38,770 per 10 gram in the national capital after gaining Rs 200 on persistent buying from jewellers even as the precious metal lost steam overseas, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

FOREIGN

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Trump asks Imran Khan to 'moderate' his rhetoric with India over Kashmir Washington: US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to "moderate" his rhetoric with India over Kashmir, as he underlined the need of exercising restraint by both sides and avoid escalation of the "tough situation" in the region. By Lalit K Jha

FGN23 BANGLA-JAISHANKAR-LD TALKS NRC in Assam India's internal matter: Jaishankar

Dhaka: The process of documenting and identifying illegal immigrants in Assam is India's "internal matter", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Tuesday, days after New Delhi voiced its concerns over the illegal immigration from Bangladesh to the Northeast.