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Following are the top stories at 6.40 pm: NATION DEL77 HR-CM-OATH ****Nayab Saini sworn in as Haryana chief minister, 5 others take oath as ministers Chandigarh: BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Haryana's new chief minister on Tuesday, hours after Manohar Lal Khattar and his Cabinet ministers resigned from their posts.**** DEL78 DEF-IAF-TEJAS-3RDLD-CRASH ****Tejas crashes in Jaisalmer in first incident involving indigenous LCA, no casualties Jaisalmer/New Delhi: A Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) of the Indian Air Force crashed near a residential colony in Jaisalmer on Tuesday during an operational training sortie, the first such incident involving the indigenously-built jet since its induction around eight years back. There were no casualties.**** DEL61 PM-LD BHARAT SHAKTI ****Pokhran witness to trinity of India's 'aatmanirbharta', belief, self-pride: PM at Bharat Shakti Pokhran: As awestruck spectators watched the 'Bharat Shakti' exercise here in Rajasthan on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Pokhran has become witness to the trinity of India's 'aatmanirbharta', belief and self-pride. By Kunal Dutt**** MDS19 TL-CAA-LD SHAH ****No Indian loses citizenship due to CAA; Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, Owaisi lying, Amit Shah attacks Oppn Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has honoured Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain refugees by giving them citizenship through CAA, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday and maintained there is no provision of stripping of anyone's citizenship in the new law.**** CAL26 WB-2ND LD MAMATA ****Mamata ups ante on CAA, links Act to NRC Barasat (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stepped up her attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, claiming that the notified rules were ''ambiguous, unconstitutional and discriminatory''.**** DEL70 GADKARI-THACKERAY ****Gadkari rebuffs Uddhav's invitation, says MVA need not worry about who BJP fields New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday described the invitation of Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray to contest Lok Sabha elections as Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate as ''immature and ridiculous'', saying the BJP has a system of selecting candidates for the elections.**** CAL18 OD-RAIL-LD PROJECTS ****PM unveils over 270 railway projects in Odisha, flags off 3rd Vande Bharat Express for state Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday virtually unveiled over 270 railway projects in Odisha and flagged off the state's third Vande Bharat Express train.**** DEL56 CONG-HR-LD GOVT ****It's time for change in country: Cong after BJP replaces Haryana CM New Delhi: With the BJP removing Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, the Congress on Tuesday said the ''chaos'' in the state was a reflection of the ''growing people's angst'' against the saffron party and it was time for change in the country.**** DEL15 INDIA-CHINA-REJECT ****India strongly rejects China's objection to PM Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly rejected China's objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that the state ''was, is, and will'' always be an integral and inalienable part of India.**** MDS3 AP-NDA-BRAINSTORMING ****NDA finalises seat-sharing in Andhra Pradesh: BJP gets 6 LS, 10 assembly seats; TDP 17 and 144 Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh NDA partners finalised their seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha and state polls following a marathon discussion on Monday, under which the BJP will contest six Lok Sabha and 10 assembly seats while the TDP will fight 17 parliamentary and 144 state seats.**** LEGAL LGD13 SCBA-ELECTORAL BONDS ****SCBA chief urges President Murmu to seek reference of SC verdict on electoral bonds New Delhi: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) chief Adish C Aggarwala on Tuesday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu urging her to seek presidential reference of the apex court judgement in the electoral bonds scheme case and not to give effect to it unless the top court has reheard the matter.**** LGD11 UP-COURT-LD MOB LYNCHING ****10 people get life term in 2018 Hapur mob lynching case Hapur (UP): A local court here on Tuesday convicted all 10 people accused in the 2018 mob lynching case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.**** FOREIGN FGN44 CHINA-MALDIVES-INDIA ****China says it backs Maldives to safeguard sovereignty as first batch of Indian military personnel leaves Beijing: China said on Tuesday that it supports the Maldives in safeguarding its sovereignty, as the first batch of Indian military personnel operating a helicopter left the island nation and was replaced by a civilian crew. By K J M Varma**** FGN32 MAURITIUS-MURMU-OCI ****India approves special provision to make 7th-generation Indian-origin Mauritians eligible for OCI Card: President Murmu Port Louis: In a goodwill gesture, India has approved a special provision to make 7th-generation Indian-origin Mauritians eligible for the Overseas Citizen of India Card to reconnect them with the land of their ancestors, President Droupadi Murmu has announced. **** FGN55 US-BIDEN-CLASSIFIED-LD DOCUMENTS ****Biden says he never meant to keep classified documents, Hur stands by report on president's memory Washington: Over five hours of interviews, President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel that he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency, but he was at times fuzzy about dates and said he was unfamiliar with the paper trail for some of the sensitive documents he handled. AP****