New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL49 RAHUL-LD EC (2.52 PM)

Haryana polls 'stolen', EC colluded with BJP: Rahul claims 25 lakh fake entries in state poll list New Delhi: The Haryana assembly polls last year were "stolen", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday, citing electoral list data to claim that 25 lakh entries were fake and the Election Commission colluded with the BJP to make the party win.

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Why did Congress not flag flaws earlier: EC on Rahul's claim on Haryana vote fudging New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's vote manipulation charge is "unfounded" as no appeals were filed against the electoral rolls in Haryana, nor was any multiple voting flagged when it happened, Election Commission officials said on Wednesday.

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Rahul Gandhi trying to create anarchy by demanding reservations in defence forces, alleges Rajnath Jamui/Banka: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was "trying to create anarchy" in the country by "demanding reservation in the armed forces".

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Bihar: NDA wants to form govt in Bihar through 'vote chori': Priyanka Bettiah (Bihar): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday alleged that the NDA wants to form the government in Bihar through 'vote chori' and claimed that the names of 65 lakh people, including women, have been deleted from the electoral rolls through SIR.

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Phase 1 of Bihar assembly polls: 3.75 cr voters to decide electoral fate of 1,314 candidates Patna: The stage is set for the crucial first phase of the assembly elections in Bihar on Thursday, as 3.75 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of 1,314 candidates, including top leaders such as INDIA bloc's chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav and Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary of the BJP.

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Man dies by suicide in Bengal over 'fear of exclusion from voter list' Kolkata: A middle-aged man allegedly died by suicide in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, with his family claiming he was terrified of being struck off the voter list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

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NISAR to be declared operational on Nov 7: ISRO chief New Delhi: NASA and ISRO are all set to declare their first-ever jointly developed NISAR satellite operational on Friday, ISRO chairman V Narayanan said here on Wednesday.

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Monorail train tilts in Mumbai during test run; no passengers inside Mumbai: A coach of a monorail train suffered severe damage after it apparently hit a beam during a test run at Wadala depot in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, with officials saying that there were no passengers inside the train.

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India to cut direct Russian crude imports from December amid US sanctions New Delhi: India is set to reduce its direct imports of Russian crude from late November, following new US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, effective November 21.

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SC to examine law which bars surrogacy for second child New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether a law banning married couples facing secondary infertility from using surrogacy to have a second child amounts to a restriction by the State on the reproductive choices of citizens.

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Zohran Mamdani scripts history; wins historic New York Mayoral election New York: Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old Indian-origin democratic socialist, pulled off a stunning victory in the fiercely contested New York city mayoral elections, riding on an electrifying campaign to become the first South Asian, Muslim and youngest in a century to helm the administration of the world's financial capital. By Yoshita Singh

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India consistently protects interests of vulnerable sectors in FTAs: Goyal Auckland: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said India consistently protects the interests of vulnerable sectors like dairy and MSMEs in free trade agreements.

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Electoral roll revisions prompt allegations of mass deletions and collusion, raising scrutiny of voter registration integrity. Allegations of large-scale irregularities in electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision include claims of improper additions and deletions, with political actors alleging collusion and election authorities noting that procedural challenges were not pursued and no multiple voting was recorded; related legal themes include administrative oversight of voter registration and procedural remedies for contesting rolls, and separately the examination of statutory restrictions on surrogacy as potential limits on reproductive choice.