New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9.30 pm: NATION DEL31 LDALL LADAKH (8.35 pm)

Curfew relaxed for few hours in Leh town; DGP says Wangchuk being probed for alleged Pak links Leh: Authorities allowed a four-hour relaxation in curfew on Saturday in violence-hit Leh in Ladakh, the first easing of restrictions after three days, while an uneasy calm prevailed in the region with authorities stepping up security a day after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained under the NSA and lodged in a Jodhpur jail.

CAL49 OD-LDALL PM (7.59 pm)

PM says BJP brought era of 'double savings double income', saved India from Cong’s ‘loot’ Jharsuguda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that the BJP-led government at the Centre ensured “double bachat (saving) and double kamai (income)” for people through its polices and the recent GST rate rationalisation, and saved the nation from the "culture of loot" prevalent during the Congress regime.

DEL20 UP-MUHAMMAD-LD CONTROVERSY (5.19 pm)

UP: Tensions escalate in Barabanki, Mau districts after Bareilly clashes; forces deployed Bareilly/Barabanki/Varanasi: Tensions escalated in Barabanki and Mau districts as protests over the "I Love Muhammad" campaign turned violent in Bareilly with police carrying out overnight house-to-house raids to nab the culprits and arresting a prominent cleric.

MDS53 TN-VIJAY-RALLY CASUALTIES (9.23 pm)

Vijay's rally: At least 10 feared dead Karur: At least 10 persons, including children, were feared dead due to a stampede-like situation in actor-politician Vijay's heavily crowded rally here on Saturday.

DEL19 UP-CLERIC-2NDLD ARREST (5.18 pm)

'I Love Muhammad' row: Cleric Tauqeer Raza, 7 others sent to judicial custody over violence in Bareilly Bareilly: Police have arrested eight persons, including local cleric and chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council Tauqeer Raza Khan, whose call for a protest supporting the 'I love Muhammad' campaign led to a violent clash between demonstrators and police after Friday prayers in Bareilly, officials said on Saturday.

DEL12 CONG-PM-BIHAR (4.02 pm)

PM now indulging in 'vote revdi' along with 'vote chori': Cong dig on Rs-10,000 to Bihar women New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government's scheme to provide Rs 10,000 to 75 lakh women of Bihar, alleging that along with "vote chori" he is now indulging in "vote revdi" too.

BOM20 MH-RAIN-LD ADVISORY (8.35 pm)

Heavy rainfall warning issued for Maharashtra till Sep 30 Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has issued an advisory urging people to remain cautious amid a forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall across several parts of the state till September 30.

DEL30 UNESCO-BIOSPHERE-INDIA (8.26 pm)

India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve designated by UNESCO Shimla/New Delhi: India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, perched high in the trans-Himalayan region, is among the 26 new biosphere reserves across several countries, designated by UNESCO, the world body announced on Saturday.

DEL33 CBI-LD BUILDERS (8.47 pm)

CBI crackdown on builders, officials of financial institutions nexus: 6 FIRs, searches New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday conducted searches at 12 locations in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Mumbai after registering six fresh cases against builders and officials of financial institutions for allegedly cheating and defrauding homebuyers, officials said.

CAL48 DEF-ARMY-MOUNTAIN (6.43 pm)

Armymen scale Arunachal's highest peak Mt Gorichen Itanagar: Soldiers of the Indian Army's Spear Corps successfully scaled the 6,488-metre-high Mount Gorichen, the highest scalable peak in Arunachal Pradesh.

DEL9 PAR-COMMITTEES (3.13 pm)

Government mulling two-year tenure for parliamentary committees New Delhi: Government is mulling extending the tenure of parliamentary standing committees to two years, after some lawmakers complained that the current one-year term was too short to make any meaningful contribution.

CAL40 BH-SHAH-LD BJP (4.44 pm)

Rahul, Lalu want to secure voting rights for infiltrators: Shah to BJP workers in Bihar Patna/Araria: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday charged the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his allies like RJD president Lalu Prasad with trying to "secure voting rights for infiltrators".

BOM10 CG-NAXAL-WEAPONS FACTORY (2.11 pm)

Major Maoist arms and explosives manufacturing unit destroyed in Chhattisgarh's Sukma Sukma: A Maoist "ordnance factory" engaged in manufacturing weapons and explosives to target security forces has been destroyed in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, a police official said on Saturday.

BOM11 MH-LD BHAGWAT (2.29 pm)

RSS prayer a collective resolve of devotion to motherland: Bhagwat Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that the organisation's 'prarthana' is a prayer to Bharat Mata and a collective resolve of Sangh volunteers towards the country and god.

CAL44 AS-ZUBEEN-LD HIMANTA (5.39 pm)

Lookout notices issued against NE fest organiser, manager in Zubeen's death case: Himanta Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that lookout notices have been issued against North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Zubeen Garg's manager Siddharth Sharma in the singer's death case.

CAL32 MG-KOM-BURGLARY (2.32 pm)

Burglary reported at boxer Mary Kom's Delhi home while she was in Meghalaya for marathon Shillong: Thieves struck at the Delhi residence of six-time world boxing champion Mary Kom on Saturday while she was away in Meghalaya attending a marathon event at Sohra, officials said.

LEGAL LGD11 DL-COURT-2NDLD BMW ACCIDENT (8.09 pm) BMW accident: Delhi court bail to accused, says allegation of culpable homicide on weak footing New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) A court here on Saturday granted bail to Gaganpreet Kaur, the key accused in the BMW incident, saying the accident's CCTV footage showed the allegation of culpable homicide was on a "fragile foundation." LGM2 KA-HC-RUSSIAN WOMAN (4.14 pm)

Karnataka HC allows Russian woman, daughters found in cave to return home Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday permitted the Union Government to issue travel documents to facilitate the return of a Russian woman and her two minor daughters who had been discovered living in a cave in coastal Karnataka.

FOREIGN FGN14 UN-LD INDIA (8.58 am)

Pak military pleaded for cessation of fighting during Operation Sindoor: India United Nations: Pakistan’s military “pleaded” for a cessation of fighting during Operation Sindoor in May, India has said in a hard-hitting response from the United Nations General Assembly, asserting that there is “no room for any third party” to intervene in issues between New Delhi and Islamabad. By Yoshita Singh

FGN30 US-BRICS-STATEMENT (5.56 pm)

BRICS nations express concern over indiscriminate rising of tariffs, coercive measures that threaten global trade United Nations/New York: The BRICS nations have expressed concern over the proliferation of trade-restrictive actions in the form of “indiscriminate rising" of tariffs, particularly measures used as a means of “coercion”, cautioning that such practices risk marginalising the Global South countries. By Yoshita Singh

FGN38 NEPAL-OLI (8.22 pm)

Deposed PM Oli speaks publicly for first time since ouster, denies giving shooting order during 'Gen Z' protest in Nepal Kathmandu: Nepal's deposed prime minister K P Sharma Oli on Saturday denied giving shooting orders during the 'Gen Z' protests, as he spoke publicly for the first time since his ouster earlier this month. By Shirish B Pradhan

FGN32 IBSA-ISRAEL-GAZA-CONDEMN (6.15 pm)

IBSA strongly condemns Israeli attack on Gaza; deplores 'use of starvation' as method of warfare New York: India, Brazil and South Africa have strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza and expressed grave concern over the situation in the "occupied" Palestinian territory.

FGN27 PAK-SAUDI-DEFENCE (4.50 pm)

Pak says defence pact with Saudi 'formalised' relationship that was 'transactional' Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the recently signed strategic mutual defence pact with Saudi Arabia has “formalised” a relationship between the two countries that was previously “a bit transactional”. By Sajjad Hussain

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