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....IGHLIGHTS<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 4-12-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL25 PUTIN-INDIA-LD-VISIT (1.17 PM) Putin arrives this evening; both sides to ink several agreements to boost partnership New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a private dinner for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, hours after he lands in New Delhi to further expand a nearly eight-decade partnership that has remained steadfast notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. DEL34 AVI-INDIGO-LD FLIGHTS (3.14 PM) IndiGo cancels over 300 flights at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, other airports Mumbai: The country's largest airline IndiGo on Thursday cancelled more than....
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.... 300 domestic and international flights at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and other airports, as operational disruptions continued for the third day, impacting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers. BOM11 GJ-FLIGHT-THREAT (1.32 PM) IndiGo Madinah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Ahmedabad following bomb threat Ahmedabad: An IndiGo flight from Madinah in Saudi Arabia to Hyderabad was diverted to Ahmedabad on Thursday following a bomb threat, a police official said. DEL38 RAHUL-GOVT-2NDLD PUTIN (3.55 PM) Govt tells visiting dignitaries not to meet LoP, it's insecurity: Rahul ahead of Putin's visit New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that the government tells visiting foreign dignitaries not to meet the Lead....
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....er of the Opposition due to its "insecurity". CAL17 JH-GAS LEAKAGE-EVACUATION (2.05 PM) J'khand: Over 1,000 people to be evacuated after 'poisonous' gas leak from Dhanbad underground mines Dhanbad, Dec 4 (PTI) Over 1,000 residents in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district will be shifted to safer locations, following the incident of a "poisonous gas leak" from underground mines, officials said on Thursday. DEL31 NORTHEAST-SCINDIA (2.28 PM) Projects worth Rs 5700 crore sanctioned for northeast under PM-DevINE: Scindia New Delhi: As many as 44 projects worth about Rs 5,700 crore have been sanctioned under the Prime Minister's Development Initiative for the North East Region, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said, adding that the ....
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....ministry was set to utilise the scheme outlay. BOM15 MH-HC-2ND LD ELGAR-BAIL (4.02 PM) Elgar case: Prolonged incarceration without trial; HC grants bail to ex-DU prof Hany Babu Mumbai: Former Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the high-profile Elgar Parishad case, was granted bail on Thursday by the Bombay High Court on grounds of prolonged incarceration of over five years without trial. MDS15 KL-CONG-MAMKOOTATHIL-REAX (4.15 PM) Congress leaders welcome Rahul Mamkoottathil’s expulsion, demand resignation from MLA post Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leaders on Thursday welcomed the expulsion of Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil from the party and urged him to resign from his Assembly seat as well. ....
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.... PAR15 LS-LD FM-CESS BILL (4.09 PM) Health, National Security Cess not on essential goods; revenues to be shared with states: FM New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the proposed Health and National Security Cess will be levied only on demerit goods, like pan masala, and not on essential commodities, and revenue from the levy will be shared with states for spending on health schemes. DEL26 KHARGE-RUPEE (1.28 PM) Falling value of rupee shows country's real economic situation: Kharge New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the rupee crossing the 90-mark against the US dollar, recalling that as Gujarat chief minister he had questioned....
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.... the UPA government over the declining value of the rupee. DEL32 OPPN-POLLUTION-LD PROTEST (2.32 PM) Sonia urges govt to take action to tackle air pollution in Delhi as opposition protests New Delhi: Leaders of various Opposition parties on Thursday staged a protest in Parliament complex over the issue of air pollution in the national capital, with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi asking the government to take action. DEL27 CLIMATE-LA NINA-WMO (1.30 PM) UN weather agency reports 55 pc likelihood of La Nina this winter New Delhi: There is a 55 per cent chance of a weak La Nina affecting global weather and climate patterns over the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. CAL19 WB-MAMATA-....
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....SIR (2.42 PM) Mamata claims more than half killed in SIR incidents Hindus, vows no NRC in Bengal Berhampore: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday tore into the BJP over SIR, claiming that more than half of those who died in incidents linked to the enumeration exercise across the country were Hindus, and warning the party against "cutting the very branch it was sitting on". MDS14 TN-AVM SARAVANAN-2NDLD DEAD (3.15 PM) Veteran film producer AVM Saravanan dies Chennai: Veteran producer and owner of iconic AVM Studios, M Saravanan, died in Chennai due to age-related ailments on Thursday, sources said. LEGAL LGD13 SC-SIR-LD BLOS (3.20 PM) SC asks states to provide more staff to EC for SIR duty to ease pres....
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....sure on BLOs New Delhi: Taking note of a plea alleging extreme work pressure faced by the booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in the time-bound special revision of the electoral rolls, the Supreme Court directed the states on Thursday to consider deputing additional employees for reducing their working hours. LGC1 JH-HC-CM (3.47 PM) HC issues notice to ED to file response in Soren's petition challenging summons Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday directed the Enforcement Directorate to file its response in a petition filed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, challenging the summons issued to him in an alleged land scam case. FOREIGN FGN22 LANKA-DISASTER-LD INDIA (1.55 PM) India airlifts movable bridge system, water u....
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....nits to Sri Lanka; shares disaster-response toolkit Colombo: India has airlifted a movable modular bridge system and hundreds of water-purification units to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka as part of its ongoing humanitarian support to reconnect isolated communities and restore essential services in the island nation, the Indian mission here said on Thursday. FES23 CHINA-INDIA-TEA India seeks bigger slice of China's expanding tea market at buyer-seller meet Beijing: India has pitched for boosting its tea exports to China, where varieties such as Darjeeling and Masala tea have been gaining popularity among consumers traditionally inclined towards green tea. By K J M Varma PTI SHS SHS<BR> News - Press release - PIB....