HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9.15 pm:

    TOP STORIES
    
    LGD64 SC-3RD LD WAQF ACT
    * SC proposes to stay key provisions of Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025
     New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday proposed to stay certain key provisions of the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including the power to denotify properties declared as waqf by courts and inclusion of non-Muslims in central Waqf councils and boards. *

    DEL58 US-VANCE-2NDLD INDIA-VISIT
    * US Vice President Vance to visit India early next week as part of 2-nation trip
    New Delhi: US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha, the first Indian-American Second Lady, will visit India early next week that will see him hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid increasing global trade disruptions over Trump administration's tariff tussle. *

    NATION

    DEL45 BOOK-ABDULLAH-LD INTERVIEW
    * Cheap stunt: Farooq Abdullah flays ex-R&AW chief Dulat for Article 370 abrogation claims in book
    Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday dismissed ex-R&AW chief A S Dulat's claims that he had "privately backed" the Article 370 abrogation as a "cheap stunt" to boost the sales of the top spy's forthcoming memoir. *

    CAL28 WB-MAMATA-3RDLD-VIOLENCE
    * Mamata claims Murshidabad riots pre-planned, fuelled by BJP, BSF; urges PM to rein in Shah
    Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the recent communal violence in Murshidabad as "pre-planned", accusing a section of the BSF, central agencies under the MHA, and the BJP of orchestrating tension by allegedly facilitating outsiders and enabling cross-border influx from Bangladesh. *

    DEL62 LD HERALD
    * Congress protests against ED chargesheet in National Herald case; BJP says law will take its course
     New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday held protests outside Enforcement Directorate offices across the country over the agency's chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case and alleged that the action against its leaders showed panic and moral bankruptcy of the "despotic" government which wanted to divert attention from public issues and economic crisis. *
    
    DEL44 BJP-NATIONAL HERALD-2NDLD CONG
    * National Herald case: BJP says no one has licence to loot
    New Delhi: Asserting that no one has a "licence to loot", the ruling BJP on Wednesday dismissed the Congress' charge of vendetta after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheeted Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. *

    DEL50 ED-2NDLD VADRA
    * ED grills Robert Vadra for 5 hours for second straight day; called again on Thursday
    New Delhi: Robert Vadra, the businessman brother-in-law of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for the second consecutive day on Wednesday for about five hours in a 2008 Haryana land deal-linked money laundering case. *

    MDS18 AP-PM-VISIT
    * PM Modi to visit Andhra on May 2, relaunch capital city construction work
    Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Andhra Pradesh on May 2 to relaunch the construction work of the greenfield capital city Amaravati, state Chief Secretary K Vijayanand said on Wednesday. *

    BOM40 MH-HC-KAMRA
    * Shinde jibe: HC reserves order on Kamra plea against FIR, says comedian not be arrested till then
    Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on comedian Kunal Kamra's plea seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and said he need not be arrested till then. *

    MDS20 KA-MUSLIMS QUOTA-BILL-GUV
    * Karnataka Guv forwards Bill on 4 pc quota to Muslims in govt contracts to President's assent
    Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has reserved the Bill pertaining to four per cent reservation to Muslims in government contract for the President's assent, Raj Bhavan sources said on Wednesday. *

    BOM42 MH-LD UDDHAV
    * Have not abandoned Hindutva but BJP's 'mouldy' version not acceptable: Uddhav Thackeray
    Nashik (Maharashtra): Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday asserted he has not turned his back on the Hindutva ideology, but his former ally BJP's "mouldy" Hindutva was not acceptable to him. *

    LEGAL

    LGD62 SC-TL-2NDLD TREE FELLING
    * SC raps T'gana over tree felling in Hyderabad, orders govt to submit plan to restore 100 acres of deforested land
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Telangana government over its rushed action to fell trees on a land parcel next to the University of Hyderabad and directed it to submit a specific plan to restore the 100 acres of deforested land if it wanted its chief secretary “to be saved from any severe action.” *

    LGD49 DL-HC-SCHOOL-FEES
    * 'Deserves to shut down': Delhi HC pulls up school for treating students with 'indignity'
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up Delhi Public School Dwarka for treating students over fee with "indignity" by confining them in a library and not allowing them to attend classes. *

    FOREIGN

    FES39 NEPAL-INDIANS-ARREST
    * 9 Indians arrested in Nepal for possessing illegal gold, silver
    Kathmandu: Nepal police on Wednesday arrested nine Indian nationals who were involved in trading illegal gold and silver from different parts of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. By Shirish B Pradhan *

    FGN51 BANGLA-PAK-TALKS
    * Pak's foreign secretary arrives in B'desh to hold foreign office consultation after 15 years
    Dhaka: Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday to hold the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) on Thursday after a gap of 15 years. *

    FGN49 UN-INDIA-GROWTH
    * India to grow by 6.5% in 2025, maintain status as fastest-growing major economy: UN report
    United Nations: India is expected to grow by 6.5 per cent in 2025 on the back of continued robust public spending and ongoing monetary easing, even as the world economy is on a recessionary trajectory, driven by escalating trade tensions and persistent uncertainty, a UN report said. By Yoshita Singh *

    FGN45 PAK-SHARIF-CHINA
    * Pak PM hails China as ‘most sincere friend’, says IMF agreement not possible without Beijing’s support
    Islamabad: Terming China as Pakistan’s “most sincere friend”, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the recent agreement with the IMF would not have been possible without Beijing’s support. By Sajjad Hussain *

    FGN38 UK-INDIAN-DOCTOR
    * Indian-origin doctor elected president of UK’s Royal College of Physicians
    London: Dr Mumtaz Patel has been elected as the 123rd president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), a high-profile role heading the UK’s medical professional membership body representing 40,000 members around the world. By Aditi Khanna *
    
    BUSINESS

    DEL49 BIZ-GOLD-2NDLD PRICE
    * Gold soars Rs 1,650 to scale fresh peak of Rs 98,100 per 10 g; silver jumps Rs 1,900
    New Delhi: Gold prices soared by Rs 1,650 to hit an all-time high of Rs 98,100 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday amid a global rush for the safe-haven asset triggered by an escalated trade war between the US and China. *

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