New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL16 NADDA-SHAH-MEETING

Nadda meets Shah as BJP gets down to picking new Delhi CM New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday as the party's exercise to pick the new Delhi chief minister gathered pace, a day after it won the assembly polls and ended a more than 26-year spell out of power.

DEL22 PREZ-MAHAKUMBH

President Murmu to visit Maha Kumbh Mela on Monday, take holy dip at Sangam New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will visit the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Monday and take a holy dip at the Sangam, her office said.

DEL8 DL-POLLS-CM-LD RESIGN

Atishi resigns as Delhi CM, LG asks her to continue till formation of new govt New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi handed over her resignation to Lt Governor V K Saxena on Sunday, a day after her Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) faced a crushing defeat in the assembly polls.

BOM13 CG-NAXAL-3RD LD ENCOUNTER

31 Naxalites, 2 cops killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): In a major operation against Left Wing Extremism, security forces gunned down 31 Naxalites during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.

DEL19 NAXAL-SHAH

No Indian citizen will lose life after end of Naxalism by March 31, 2026: Amit Shah New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that Naxals will be eradicated by March 31, 2026 and no citizen of the country has to lose his life due to it.

DEL26 DL-POLLS-ADR

Delhi polls: Fewer MLAs with criminal cases; average asset value surges New Delhi: Thirty-one of the 70 candidates elected to the eighth Delhi Assembly have declared criminal cases against their names, according to poll rights body ADR.

DEL13 RAJNATH-AERO INDIA

Looking forward to witness future of aerospace sector: Rajnath on Aero India 2025 New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said he will be attending the 15th edition of 'Aero India' in Bengaluru that will showcase cutting-edge defence technologies and global aviation excellence.

MDS11 AERO INDIA-IAF-SORTIE

Aero India: Air Chief Marshal A P Singh and Army Chief Dwivedi take sortie in Tejas Bengaluru: Air Chief Marshal A P Singh and Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday set the tone for the grand Aero India-2025 by flying in the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas here at Yelahanka based Air Force Station.

DEL9 PANEL-REPORT-MEA

Par panel recommends 'comprehensive security assessment' of all Indian missions, posts New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) should conduct a "comprehensive security assessment" of all missions and posts of India taking into account the geopolitical situation, potential threats and vulnerabilities in host countries.

DEL25 TMC-MARITAL RAPE

Exception to marital rape undermines autonomy, equality of women: Derek O'Brien New Delhi: The exception given to marital rape under Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita (BNS) undermines the autonomy and equality of women, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien said on Sunday.

DEL7 CUSTOMS-COCAINE

Three foreigners held for smuggling cocaine worth nearly Rs 40 cr at Delhi airport: Customs New Delhi: Three foreign nationals have been arrested for smuggling cocaine worth nearly Rs 40 crore at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, the customs department said on Sunday.

DEL21 DL-POLLS-LD SAINI

Delhi polls: People endorsed PM Modi's guarantees, says Haryana CM Saini New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said the people of Delhi endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantees, and asserted that the national capital would now stride firmly towards a "Viksit Bharat".

BOM18 MP-KHATTAR-YAMUNA-KEJRIWAL

AAP rout in Delhi polls: Yamuna poisoning statement cost Kejriwal dear, says Khattar Bhopal: The Aam Aadmi Party would have won 5-7 seats more in the Delhi assembly polls if its supremo Arvind Kejriwal had not levelled allegations of the Yamuna river being poisoned, Union minister and former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday.

BOM14 MH-RAUT-HAZARE-KEJRIWAL

Hazare happy at Kejriwal's defeat, silent on allegations against Modi govt, claims Raut Mumbai: Veteran social activist Anna Hazare is happy at the defeat of Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi assembly polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Sunday.

CAL8 WB-PRADHAN-RG KAR

R G Kar incident proves system rotten in Bengal: Pradhan Kolkata: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday alleged that the rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here proves that the system is rotten in West Bengal where 'goondas' are inducted into social policing initiatives like civic police.

CAL3 WB-HAM RADIO-BANGLA BORDER

Ham radio users detect suspicious signals in Urdu, Arabic along India-Bangladesh border Kolkata: Amateur Ham Radio operators have picked up suspicious late-night radio signals in coded Bengali, Urdu and Arabic along the Indo-Bangladesh border in South Bengal over the last two months, raising concerns about possible extremist activities, officials said. By Pradipta Tapadar

BUSINESS DEL2 BIZ-CBIC-GOLD

Significant reduction in gold smuggling post July import duty cut: CBIC Chief New Delhi: Gold smuggling has reduced significantly since July 2024 when the government slashed import duty on the precious metal to 6 per cent, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said.

LEGAL LGD4 SC-ROHINGYA REFUGEES

SC to hear on Feb 10 plea seeking access to public schools and hospitals to Rohingya refugees New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of an NGO seeking direction to the Centre and the Delhi government to grant Rohingya refugees based in the national capital access to public schools and hospitals.

FOREIGN FGN8 BANGLA-SECURITY OPERATION-ARRESTS

40 arrested in Bangladesh after violence, vandalism at Awami League leader's house Dhaka: Forty people have been arrested in Bangladesh in an operation launched following a violent attack on a student group's activists during vandalism at an Awami League leader's house on the outskirts of Dhaka that left several people injured, according to a media report.

FGN17 PAK-POLITICS

Imran Khan's PTI rules out possibility of resumption of dialogue with govt Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Leader of Opposition in National Assembly, Omar Ayub Khan, has ruled out the possibility of resumption of the dialogue between the party and the government, a news report said on Sunday.

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