HIGHLIGHTS AT 9 PM

New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm:

     NATION
    
     DEL38 DEF-ARMY-JK-3RDLD BAT
     *Soldier killed, captain among 4 injured as Army foils BAT attack along LoC in J&K's Kupwara
     New Delhi/Srinagar: A soldier was killed and four others, including a captain, were injured as the Indian Army foiled an attack on Saturday by Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) in the Kamakari sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, military sources said.

     DEL57 2NDLD NITI-COUNCIL MEETING
     NITI meeting: PM Modi calls for zero poverty, Mamata stages walkout
     New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for setting zero poverty targets starting at village level at a meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council that witnessed high drama with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walking out in a huff alleging her mic was switched off.
    
     DEL44 CONG-LD NITI AAYOG
     NITI Aayog 'blatantly partisan', treatment meted out to West Bengal CM unacceptable: Cong
     New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday said the treatment meted out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a NITI Aayog meeting here was "unacceptable" and alleged that the government think-tank has been "blatantly partisan" in its functioning, muzzling all divergent and dissenting viewpoints.

     DEL41 PAR-DHANKHAR-LD DISRUPTIONS
     Dhankhar laments opposition walkout in Rajya Sabha during PM's speech
     New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday criticised the opposition walkout during the speech of the prime minister, asserting that he does not belong to any political party but to the entire country.

     DEL22 CONG-GOVT-GOLD
     Congress questions logic of overall taxes on gold being effectively halved
     New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday questioned the economic logic of the overall taxes on gold being effectively halved in the budget.
    
     DEL16 SECURITY-BATTALIONS
     Govt moves two BSF battalions from Odisha to terror-hit Jammu
     New Delhi: The government has ordered the extraction of two BSF battalions, comprising more than 2,000 personnel, from Odisha to beef up security in the terror-hit Jammu region along the India-Pakistan border, official sources said on Saturday. By Neelabh Srivastava
    
     DEL12 RJ-AGNIVEER-RESERVATION
     Rajasthan announces reservation for Agniveers in recruitment of jail and forest guards, state police
     Jaipur: The Rajasthan government will provide reservation for Agniveers in the recruitment of jail and forest guards and state police, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has said.
    
     DEL60 LD RAIN
     4 dead as rains pound parts of north India
     New Delhi: Four people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Saturday as rains lashed parts of northwest and north India including Delhi where evening downpours brought relief from humid conditions but caused waterlogging and traffic snarls.
    
     BOM17 MH-3RDLD BUILDING COLLAPSE
     3 dead after 4-storey building collapses in Navi Mumbai; 2 rescued from under rubble
     Mumbai: Three persons were killed and two others injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Navi Mumbai's CBD Belapur area early on Saturday, officials said.
    
     DEL51 CONG-LS-GOGOI-BIRLA
     Cong's Gogoi writes to Birla; flags ministers' 'unparliamentary', 'objectionable' remarks in LS
     New Delhi: Congress' deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, expressing deep concern over "deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct" in the House as he cited instances of ministers allegedly making objectionable remarks against opposition leaders.
    
     BUSINESS

     DEL56 BIZ-TOMATO-SALE
     NCCF to sell subsidised tomatoes at Rs 60/kg in Delhi-NCR from Monday
     New Delhi: To provide relief from soaring tomato prices, the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) will begin selling the commodity at a subsidised rate of Rs 60 per kg in the Delhi-NCR region from Monday.
    
     LEGAL
    
     LGD5 SC-ED-HEMANT SOREN
     SC to hear on Jul 29 ED plea challenging bail to Hemant Soren in money laundering case
     New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 29 an Enforcement Directorate plea challenging the Jharkhand High Court's order granting bail to Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

     FOREIGN
    
     FGN59 LANKA-ELECTION-LD WICKREMSINGHE
     President Wickremesinghe officially announces candidacy for Sri Lankan presidency
     Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who steered the cash-strapped island nation to a semblance of stability from bankruptcy in 2022, on Saturday declared his candidacy to contest the presidential election on September 21.
    
     FGN57 MALDIVES-INDIA
     Maldives resume medical evacuations with India-gifted Dornier & helicopters; Prez Muizzu thanks Delhi
     Male: The Maldives has resumed using a Dornier aircraft and two helicopters gifted by India for medical evacuations after the two countries reached an understanding over the repatriation of Indian military personnel operating the three aviation platforms in the archipelagic nation, media reports said on Saturday.
    
     FGN53 ASEAN-JAISHANKAR-LD BILATERALS
     Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties with Turkiye counterpart, meet scholars in Laos
     Vientiane (Laos): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan here during which the two leaders discussed bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and global issues.
    
     FGN16 US-TRUMP-HARRIS
     Harris will be most extreme radical liberal president in American history: Trump
     Washington: Kamala Harris will be the "most extreme radical liberal president in American history" if she is elected, Donald Trump has said, as he intensified his attacks on his Democratic rival in the presidential polls in November. By Lalit K Jha*
    
    

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