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Following are the top stories at 5 pm.NATION BOM15 MH-LD PM My govt inspired by Lord Ram Modi guarantee is to position India among top 3 economies PM Modi Solapur Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government is inspired by Lord Rams principles of governance with honesty and urged people to light Ram Jyoti on January 22, stressing that it will be an inspiration to remove poverty from their lives.

Following are the top stories at 5 pm.

NATION BOM15 MH-LD PM **** My govt inspired by Lord Ram; Modi guarantee is to position India among top 3 economies: PM Modi Solapur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government is inspired by Lord Ram's principles of governance with honesty and urged people to light Ram Jyoti on January 22, stressing that it will be an inspiration to remove poverty from their lives. **** DEL52 CONG-LD SIMULTANEOUS POLLS **** One nation, one election against basic structure; high-powered panel should be dissolved: Mallikarjun Kharge New Delhi: The Congress on Friday strongly opposed the ''undemocratic'' idea of holding simultaneous elections in the country and said it goes against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution. **** DEL50 UP-SP-RLD **** SP, RLD announce Lok Sabha alliance; SP gets 7 seats in UP Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal on Friday announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls, with the RLD saying that the other party will leave seven seats in western Uttar Pradesh for its nominees. **** DEL44 MAHUA-2NDLD BUNGALOW **** Mahua Moitra vacates govt bungalow over a month after expulsion from Lok Sabha New Delhi: Expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Friday vacated her government bungalow here, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea for a stay on eviction proceedings. **** DEL34 UP-AYODHYA-RAM-IDOL **** First look of Ram Lalla's idol inside Ayodhya temple revealed Ayodhya (UP): The first image of the Ram Lalla idol became public on Friday, three days before the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony here on January 22. By Arunav Sinha **** DEL35 HEALTH-COVID-JN.1 **** India logs 1,378 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1: INSACOG New Delhi: A total of 1,378 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been recorded in the country so far with Manipur becoming the latest state to have detected its presence, according to INSACOG on Friday. **** DEL27 AVI-DELHI AIRPORT **** Flight operations to remain suspended for over 2 hours daily at Delhi airport till Jan 26 New Delhi: There will be no flight arrivals or departures at the Delhi airport from 10.20 am to 12.45 pm every day till January 26 in connection with the Republic Day preparations and celebrations, according to an official. **** MDS13 KA-PM-LD BOEING **** PM inaugurates Boeing's global engineering & technology centre campus near Bengaluru Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated Boeing's new global engineering and technology centre campus near here. **** CAL23 AS-YATRA-LD RAMESH **** Did not face anywhere so many difficulties as in Assam: Ramesh on Cong Yatra Majuli (Assam): Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday claimed that the party's first Bharat Jodo Yatra from south to north had not faced as many problems while passing through BJP-ruled states as the second one is encountering in Assam. **** DES13 HR-DERA-CHIEF **** Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 50-day parole, official sources said on Friday. **** LEGAL LGD12 SC-LD BILKIS **** Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses plea by convicts seeking extension of time to surrender New Delhi: Eleven convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in Gujarat will have to surrender on January 21 as the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed their plea seeking an extension of time to surrender. **** LGD10 SC-PLEA-RAHUL GANDHI **** SC rejects plea seeking quashing of notification that restored Rahul Gandhi's LS membership New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took a stern view on the filing of ''frivolous'' petitions and dismissed with a cost of Rs 1 lakh a plea seeking the quashing of an August 7, 2023, notification that restored the Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. **** FOREIGN FGN23 WEF-CLOSING **** WEF says rebuilding trust only possible with cooperation as Davos meet ends Davos: The five-day World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 ended on Friday with an appeal to global leaders to work together for rebuilding trust, reviving economy and address risks of misinformation, societal polarisation, climate change and conflicts. By Barun Jha **** FGN1 WEF-INDIA-GENDER ALLIANCE **** India sets up alliance for Global Good-Gender Equity and Equality Davos: India on Thursday announced here a new alliance for global good, gender equity and equality, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, with the WEF Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab offering to partner this initiative with full support. By Barun Jha **** FGN17 PAK-IRAN-TALKS **** Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Iran to hold telephonic talks amid tension Islamabad: Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Iran are expected to hold talks over telephone Friday evening as the two sides began to pick threads of tattered ties following their missile strikes against alleged militants in each other's land. By Sajjad Hussain ****