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Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be.

Following are the top stories at 9.20 pm: NATION ELN93 ELECTIONS-LD CURTAINRAISER **** Fifth phase: Voting to be held on Monday on 49 LS seats; Amethi, Rae Bareli among high-profile contests; EC flags urban apathy Mumbai/Lucknow: Polling will be held on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections that will decide the electoral fate of several prominent leaders like former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani and former J-K chief minister Omar Abdullah.**** ELN97 ELECTIONS-DL-KEJRIWAL-LD RALLIES **** To ensure full statehood for Delhi when INDIA bloc forms govt: Kejriwal New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed the BJP is rattled since the INDIA bloc would come to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls and the AAP, a constituent of the alliance, would ensure full statehood for the national capital.**** ELN68 ELECTIONS-JH-2NDLD MODI **** Rahul’s ‘Maoist’ language making companies think 50 times before investing in Cong-ruled states: PM Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, asserting that any industrialist will think 50 times before investing in states ruled by the party, owing to the “shehzada’s use of Maoist language”.**** ELN77 ELECTIONS-WB-2ND LD MODI **** Modi pans Mamata for remarks against RKM, Bharat Sevashram Sangha Purulia/Bishnupur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks against the Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha, alleging that she is ''under pressure from Muslim fundamentalists'' and ''threatened'' these socio-religious organisations to ''appease'' TMC's vote bank.**** ELN105 ELECTIONS-WB-LD ABHISHEK **** Abhishek affirms TMC's respect for saffron amidst monk row Nayagram (WB)/Keshiari (WB): Amid a row over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing some monks of working in favour of the BJP in the elections, senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said his party and the state's people always hold deep respect for saffron, the colour symbolising sacrifice as embodied by Swami Vivekananda.**** ELN102 ELECTIONS-BJP-2NDLD KEJRIWAL **** Kejriwal should stop theatrics, break silence on Maliwal assault case: BJP New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should not indulge in theatrics and instead break his ''silence'' on the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal by his aide Bibhav Kumar.**** DEL13 DL-POLICE-KEJRIWAL HOME **** Delhi Police team at Kejriwal residence, seizes CCTV digital video recorder New Delhi: A Delhi Police team reached the official residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Sunday in connection with its investigation in the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, sources said.**** ELN74 ELECTIONS-UP-RALLY-RUCKUS **** UP: Rahul, Akhilesh leave stage without addressing rally amid 'stampede-like' situation Prayagraj: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday abandoned a joint poll meeting in Phulpur area here without delivering speech as their supporters broke through barricades trying to reach the dais.**** ELN90 ELECTIONS-CPIM-EC **** 'More and more BJP leaders using anti-Muslim tropes': CPI-M complains to EC New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission alleging poll code violations by BJP leaders, and claimed more and more leaders of the saffron party are now ''resorting to inciting hatred using anti-Muslim tropes''.**** DEL21 LD HEAT **** Unrelenting heat disrupts daily life in swathes of India New Delhi: The unrelenting heat turned daily activities into an arduous task in large parts of India on Sunday, with Najafgarh in southwest Delhi reaching a sweltering 47.8 degrees Celsius -- the highest in the country so far this season.**** DEL14 JK-RALLY-STABBING **** Three National Conference workers injured in stabbing incident at poll rally in JK's Poonch Mendhar/Jammu: Three National Conference (NC) workers were injured when unidentified persons attacked them with knives at an election rally in Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Sunday, officials said.**** MDS1 KA-PRAJWAL-WARRANT **** Arrest warrant against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna Bengaluru: A special court for MPs and MLAs here has issued an arrest warrant against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in the sexual assault case. **** BOM12 CG-TRAIN-2ND LD POLE **** Three injured as big drill machine head hits moving train in Chhattisgarh; probe ordered Raipur: Two passengers and a sanitation staffer were injured after the head of a big drilling machine crashed into a moving train on the outskirts of Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Sunday, officials said.**** DEL19 RUSKIN-INTERVIEW QNA **** I am a family man without getting married: Ruskin Bond Landour (Uttarakhand): Ruskin Bond's warmth, wit, and wisdom shine through as India's beloved author, who turned 90 on Sunday, walks down the memory lane in his interview to PTI -- spilling beans on the smile-inducing tale of his attempt at driving a car in Delhi to reflecting on his foray into writing with the bestselling ''The Room on the Roof'' back in 1956. By Manik Gupta**** LEGAL LGD2 DL-COURT-LD-CM-AIDE REMAND **** Court allows 5-day police custody of Bibhav Kumar in Swati Maliwal assault case New Delhi: A Delhi court allowed five-day custodial interrogation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal assault case, sing the police remand was a ''necessity'' in the matter.**** FOREIGN FGN52 IRAN-9THLD HELICOPTER **** Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says, and rescue is underway Dubai: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be.