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Following are the top stories at 1700 hrs:

DEL19 RAJNATH-LD PAK Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir: Rajnath

Leh: Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and no country is backing it on the "current issue", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday amid Islamabad's efforts to internationalise the Centre's move to abrogate provisions of Article 370.

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India condemns provocative statements against it by Imran Khan New Delhi: India on Thursday strongly condemned "highly irresponsible" statements by Pakistani leadership on withdrawal of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

BOM11 MH-HC-LD TOLSTOY

After war, peace: Judge says he knew Tolstoy book was classic Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it knew that Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' was a literary classic and that it didn't mean to suggest that all the books

seized by Pune police in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case were incriminating.

DEL30 JK-YECHURY Srinagar: Armed with an order of the Supreme Court, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury arrived here on Thursday to meet his ailing comrade Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami who has been in detention since August 5.

DEL18 JK-SITUATION Normal life remains disrupted in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Normal life remained disrupted across the Kashmir Valley for the 25th consecutive day on Thursday, with markets closed and public transport off the roads.

DEL21 GOVT-JK-TEAMS

Teams of Personnel, DoNER ministries to visit J-K next week New Delhi: A high-level team of the Ministry of Personnel will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to look into issues related to staff and administrative reforms as two the Union territories carved out of the state will come into existence on October 31, officials said.

SPD6 SPO-PM-LD FITINDIA

PM launches 'Fit India Movement', says it will lead country towards healthy future New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Fit India' Movement' on Thursday, saying the initiative is the need of the hour and will take the country towards a healthier future.

BOM9 GJ-2ND LD SHAH-PLASTIC

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to women not to use plastic bags to help protect the environment and suggested that they carry cloth bags, which are long-lasting, for shopping.

FGN21 PAK-PMO-ELECTRICITY-DUES

Company threatens to cut off power supply of Pak PM's office over non-payment of bills Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faces an embarrassing situation as an electricity company has threatened to disconnect the power supply to his sprawling office in Islamabad if the bills worth lakhs of rupees were not paid by his cash-strapped government. By Sajjad Hussain

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Pak test-fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Ghaznavi': Army Islamabad: Pakistan has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Ghaznavi' with a range of up to 290 kms, the Army said on Thursday, amid fresh Indo-Pak tensions after India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status. By Sajjad Hussain. PTI

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