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Following are the top stories at 5.15 PM:

TOP NEWS:

DEL37 DL-2ND LD PROTEST-POLICE Delhi Police faces virtual revolt, cops take to streets against attack on colleagues

New Delhi: Delhi Police was facing a virtual revolt from its rank and file on Tuesday as thousands of personnel laid siege outside the Police Headquarters, rejecting their chief's pleas to go back to work.

BOM4 MH-RAUT-CM Next Maharashtra CM will be from Shiv Sena: Raut

Mumbai: Amid the deadlock over government formation in Maharashtra, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday reiterated that the state's next chief minister will be from his party.

DEL33 CBI-2NDLD BANKFRAUD-SEARCHES Rs 7,000-cr bank fraud: CBI registers 35 cases, searches 169 places

New Delhi: The CBI is conducting searches in 169 locations across the country in connection with 35 bank fraud cases, which were registered by it and involve funds of over Rs 7,000 crore, officials said on Tuesday.

NATION: DEL19 UP-LD EPF ARREST

EPF scam: Former UPPCL MD AP Mishra arrested Lucknow: Former managing director of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited AP Mishra was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the investment of over Rs 2,600 crore of the state power employees' provident fund in scam-hit housing finance firm DHFL.

DEL24 CONG-LD POLICE

Police on the streets a 'new low', says Congress questioning Amit Shah's silence New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said the police protesting on the roads in the national capital is a "new low" for India since independence and questioned Home Minister Amit Shah's silence on the issue.

BOM15 MH-LD GADKARI-RSS

Gadkari can resolve Maha tangle in 2 hours: Sena man to RSS Nagpur: Amid the impasse over government formation in Maharashtra, farm activist Kishore Tiwari, who joined the Shiv Sena ahead of the Assembly polls, has said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat should depute Union minister Nitin Gadkari to resolve the power-tussle between the BJP and the Sena.

CAL8 MN-LD-BLAST

Imphal IED blast injures 5 policemen, a civilian Imphal: Six people - five police commandos and a civilian - were injured in an IED blast at Imphal town of Manipur on Tuesday, police said.

DEL34 AYODHYA-RSS-BJP

RSS, BJP reach out to Muslims ahead of Ayodhya verdict; meeting with clerics, intellectuals held New Delhi: As part of the RSS and the BJP's efforts to reach out to Muslims ahead of the Ayodhya verdict, a meeting with the community's clerics, academics and prominent persons was organised here on Tuesday, with participants stressing on maintaining social harmony and unity.

LEGAL:

LGD17 DL-HC-LD LAWYERS CLASH Order of no coercive action against lawyers not be applicable to subsequent incidents: Centre to HC

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday rushed to the Delhi High Court urging that its order for no coercive action against advocates, passed on Sunday following the lawyers-police clash at Tis Hazari Courts Complex, should not be applicable on the subsequent incidents.

LGD16 SC-LD KASHMIR JUVENILE SC asks J&K HC Juvenile Justice Committee to examine fresh allegations of detention of minors

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the 4-member juvenile justice committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to examine afresh the allegations of detention of minors by security forces in the state after the abrogation of provisions of Article 370.

BUSINESS

BCM8 MH-SITHARAMAN Now, FM hints at booster dose for realty sector

Mumbai: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government and Reserve Bank are working to resolve the issues being faced by realty sector.

DEL4 BIZ-WGC-INDIA-DEMAND India's gold demand falls 32 pc in Q3 on high prices, economic slowdown: WGC

New Delhi: India's gold demand slumped 32 per cent to 123.9 tonnes in the September quarter as higher prices and economic slowdown reduced the appetite for the yellow metal, according to a report.

FOREIGN FGN25 CHINA-INDIA-RCEP

Will resolve outstanding issues raised by India for not joining RCEP:China Beijing: China said on Tuesday that it will follow the principle of "mutual understanding and accommodation" to resolve the outstanding issues raised by India for not joining the Beijing-backed mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). By K J M Varma

FGN10 US-UN-2NDLD CLIMATE

US notifies UN of its withdrawal from landmark Paris climate accord Washington: The US has formally notified the UN of its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord, a landmark global agreement which brought together 188 nations, including India, to combat global warming. By Lalit K Jha ABH

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