HIGHLIGHTS AT 5.10 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.10 pm:
    
     NATION
    
     DEL59 EC-LD ELECTIONS
    *Three-phase J&K elections from Sep 18; Haryana polls on Oct 1
     New Delhi: Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after nearly a decade in three phases from September 18, setting the stage for the people of the union territory to elect a government after the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019.

     DEL51 DL-DOCTORS-PROTEST
     Kolkata rape horror: Delhi doctors' indefinite strike enters fifth day
     New Delhi: Doctors in Delhi, who had been demonstrating inside their respective hospitals, united for a massive protest outside Nirman Bhawan as their indefinite strike, following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, entered its fifth day on Friday with all elective services remaining suspended.
    
     CAL15 WB- DOCTOR-MAMATA PROTEST
     Mamata leads protest rally in Kolkata, demands justice for 'raped and murdered' woman doctor
     Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday led a protest rally from Moulali to Dorina crossing in Kolkata, demanding justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital last week.
    
     DEL30 UKD-RITU KHANDURI-INTERVIEW
     Sad it happened in state where a woman is CM: U'khand Speaker on Kolkata rape-murder
     Dehradun: Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri on Friday condemned the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal and said it is "even sadder" that the incident happened in a state governed by a woman chief minister.

     DEL11 PREZ-PM-VAJPAYEE-LD TRIBUTE
     Prez Murmu, PM Modi pay tributes to Vajpayee on death anniversary
     New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary on Friday.
    
     DEL18 PM-ISRO
     PM Modi lauds ISRO's successful launch
     New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the ISRO's successful launch of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle and described it as a matter of immense joy.
    
     MDS5 LD SSLV
     ISRO completes third and final developmental flight of SSLV
     Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): ISRO successfully launched its third and final developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle here on Friday whose payloads can be used in applications like satellite-based surveillance, disaster and environmental monitoring, fire detection, volcanic activity among others. By S Vijay Karthik
    
     DEL61 MODI-YUNUS
     In call to Modi, Yunus assures safety, protection of Hindus in Bangladesh
     New Delhi: Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government in Bangladesh, called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, assuring protection, safety and security of Hindus and all other minorities in his country.

     DEL29 ED-PONZI-ATTACH
     ED attaches assets of Ponzi scheme running company Pearlvine
     New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said assets worth more than Rs 29 crore have been attached under the anti-money laundering law as part of an investigation against a fraud investment website that ran a Ponzi scheme across the country.

     DEL15 RAHUL-FOXCONN
     Rahul Gandhi meets Foxconn chairman, discusses future of tech innovation in India
     New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Foxconn chairman Young Liu met here on Friday and discussed the future of technological innovation in India and the world.
    
     DEL12 CONG-ADANI
     Hindenburg tip of iceberg, only JPC probe can unravel truth of Adani 'scam': Cong
     New Delhi: The demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani issue goes beyond the Hindenburg Research's revelations, the Congress said Friday and claimed the "irregularities and wrongdoings" relating to the business conglomerate span every dimension of the political economy.
    
     BOM19 MH-2NDLD MVA
     MVA meet: Thackeray insists on freezing CM candidate first; Pawar, Patole bat for change in govt
     Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday insisted that MVA decide its chief ministerial face first rather than going by the logic of which party wins most seats, asserting that he would back any candidate announced by the Congress and NCP (SP).
    
     DEL53 LD NAT FILM \RAWARD S
     National Awards: Malayalam movie 'Aattam: The Play' is best feature film, Sooraj Barjatya best director
     New Delhi: Regional cinema dominated the National Film Awards announced on Friday with best feature film going to Malayalam movie "Aattam: The Play" and Rishabh Shetty bagging best actor for the Kannada hit "Kantara". The best actress prize was shared by Nithya Menen, for the Tamil film "Thiruchitrambalam", and Manasi Parekh for the Gujarati movie "Kutch Express".

     LEGAL
    
     LGD5 DL-COURT-TYTLER
     Anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi court likely to pass order on framing charges against Tytler on Aug 30
     New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pass on August 30 an order on whether to frame the charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the killing of three people at Pul Bangash during the 1984-anti Sikh riots.

     LGD4 DL-HC-WFI
     Delhi HC restores mandate of IOA ad hoc panel on plea seeking stay on WFI's functioning
     New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday restored the mandate of IOA's ad hoc committee for Wrestling Federation of India on a plea seeking a stay on the functioning of the WFI in its present form and prevent it from undertaking any activity as a national federation for the sport.
    
    FOREIGN

     FGN38 US-INDIA-VERMA
     US Deputy Secretary of State Verma to visit India on August 17
     Washington: Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will visit India from August 17 to advance and support a prosperous, secure, and resilient future for both countries, the US state department has announced.
    
     FGN34 BANGLA-HASINA-CASE
     Another murder case filed against ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina
     Dhaka: A murder case was filed against Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday over the death of a teacher, the latest in the string of cases filed against her after her ouster.*

    

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