HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Nov 12 (PTI) Following are the top stories of the day at 9.30 pm:
    
    NATION
    DEL34 PM-LDALL DIWALI
    * India safe as long as its brave soldiers stand guard at borders: Modi to security forces on Diwali
    Lepcha (HP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said security forces have a big role in maintaining peace and keeping India's borders safe at a time of rising global expectations from the country, as he flew to Lepcha in Himachal Pradesh to spend his Diwali with soldiers. *

    DEL33 PM-AYODHYA-DEEPOTSAV
    * 'Amazing, unforgettable': PM Modi on Ayodhya Deepotsav
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday termed as divine and unforgettable the lighting of more than 22 lakh 'diyas' during the Deepotsav in Ayodhya, and said the energy emanating from there is spreading new zeal and enthusiasm across India. *

    DEL28 LD DIWALI
    * People across India revel in Diwali; Delhi sees best air quality in last eight years
    New Delhi: Buildings were decorated with earthen lamps and colourful lights as people across the country celebrated Diwali with pomp on Sunday and a relatively better air quality than in previous years brought much relief to revellers in Delhi. *

    DEL32 CONG-RJ-MEDIA REPORTS
    * BJP-sponsored media spreading canards about Cong leadership's activity in Rajasthan: K C Venugopal
    New Delhi: The Congress asserted on Sunday that it is working unitedly to ensure its government is repeated in Rajasthan and alleged that a section of the "BJP-sponsored" media is spreading "canards" about the party's top leadership's activity in the desert state. *

    DEL25 DL-LD AIR QUALITY
    * Delhi records best Diwali day air quality in eight years
    New Delhi: Delhi recorded its best air quality on Diwali day in eight years on Sunday, though pollution levels may rise due to burning of firecrackers and low night temperatures. *

    DEL26 UKD-4THLD TUNNEL
    * Uttarakhand: 40 workers trapped as part of under-construction tunnel on Yamunotri NH collapses
    Uttarkashi (U'khand): A portion of an under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed early on Sunday, trapping around 40 workers inside, officials here said. *

    BOM13 ELECTIONS-MP-CHOUHAN-NATH
    * Nath an outsider for MP, can't be trusted: CM Chouhan
    Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that senior Congress leader Kamal Nath is an "outsider" for the state and can't be trusted. *

    BOM7 ELECTIONS-MP-NATH
    * Kamal Nath targets MP CM Chouhan, says he's a 'good actor'
    Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Sunday claimed people will bid farewell to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after the upcoming state polls, but Chouhan will not be jobless as he is a "good actor". *

    MDS6 ELECTIONS-TELANGANA-MODI-RAMA RAO
    * PM Modi 'hoodwinking' people with promise of panel on SC sub-quota: BRS leader Rama Rao
    Hyderabad: Ruling BRS Working President and Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "hoodwinking" people with his promise of constituting a committee for empowering Madigas, an SC community, over their demand for categorisation of Scheduled Castes. *

        
    LEGAL
    LGD1 SC-CASE-DISPOSAL
    * Unless extraordinary, Constitutional Court should avoid fixing time-bound schedule for cases: SC
    New Delhi: Constitutional Court should avoid fixing a time-bound schedule for disposal of any case before any court unless the situation is extraordinary, the Supreme Court said while refusing to entertain a plea seeking a direction for disposal of a criminal matter within a fixed time. *
    
    
    BUSINESS
    DEL29 BIZ-LD-STOCKS-MAHURAT
    * Sensex rises by 354 pts, Nifty closes above 19,500 in Mahurat session
    Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher by more than half a per cent in the special Mahurat trading session on Sunday driven by across-the-board buying by investors. *
    
    
    FOREIGN
    FGN16 UK-JAISHANKAR
    * EAM Jaishankar arrives in London on 5-day UK visit
    London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has arrived in London at the start of a five-day visit to the UK with an aim to review various aspects of bilateral ties and give "new impetus to the friendly ties". By Aditi Khanna *
    
    FGN24 UN-INDIA-VOTES
    * On resolutions relating to situation in W.Asia, India votes in favour of 5, abstains on one
    United Nations: India voted in favour of five resolutions relating to the situation in the Middle East, including one that condemned Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and abstained on one resolution. By Yoshita Singh *
    

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