New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm: NATION: DEL63 JK-TRAIN-PM **** PM Modi flags off Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express Katra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off a Vande Bharat train service between Katra and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, the first train connection between the Kashmir valley and the Jammu region. **** DEL56 JK-BRIDGE-PM **** PM Modi inaugurates world’s highest railway bridge over Chenab in J-K Katra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab river, which was completed at a cost of Rs 1,486 crore in more than eight years. **** DEL39 JK-BRIDGE-PM **** PM Modi visits Chenab bridge; interacts with engineers, workers Katra (J-K): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday walked to the viewpoint near the world’s tallest railway bridge over the Chenab river and was briefed about the project which is key in connecting Kashmir to the rest of the country by train. **** DEL9 CONG-JK-LD USBRL **** Kashmir rail link example of continuity in governance which PM never acknowledges: Cong New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) is a powerful example of continuity in governance which it claimed is “consistently denied” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his “perennial desire for self-glory”. **** MDS4 KA-STAMPEDE-KSCA **** KSCA officials moves High Court, seeks quashing of FIR in stampede case Bengaluru: Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) President Raghu Ram Bhat and a few other office bearers moved the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking to quash the FIR filed against them in the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede case. **** MDS3 KA-STAMPEDE-LD CUSTODY **** Bengaluru stampede: Police take officials of RCB, event management firm into custody Bengaluru: Four officials of RCB and event management firm DNA entertainment private limited were taken into custody in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium here that claimed lives of 11 people and injured another 56, police sources said on Friday. **** DEL52 ED-MITHI RIVER-LD SEARCHES **** Mithi river case: ED raids actor Dino Morea, others Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches at the premises of actor Dino Morea and some others in Maharashtra apart from some locations in Kerala as part of a money laundering investigation linked to the Mithi river desilting “scam”, official sources said. **** CAL7 SK-LANDSLIDE-LD RESCUE **** 17 more people evacuated from north Sikkim as rescue operations resume Gangtok: Rescue teams evacuated 17 out of the 64 tourists stranded at Chaten in north Sikkim, as operations to bring them back from the landslide-hit area resumed on Friday morning, officials said. **** BUSINESS: DEL33 BIZ-RBI-GROWTH **** RBI says Indian economy shows strength, stability, opportunity; retains FY26 GDP forecast at 6.5 pc Mumbai: Reserve Bank on Friday retained GDP growth projections for the current fiscal at 6.5 per cent, saying the Indian economy presents a picture of strength, stability and opportunity in the backdrop of global uncertainty. **** LEGAL: LGD10 SC-NBE-LD NEET-PG **** SC allows NBE to hold NEET-PG 2025 exam on Aug 3 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct on August 3, the NEET-PG 2025 exam in one shift in line with the top court’s directions. **** LGD9 DL-COURT-MUMBAI ATTACKS **** 26/11 Mumbai terror attack: Delhi court extends Tahawwur Rana’€™s judicial custody till July 9 New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana till July 9. **** LGD7 SC-ANIMAL-SLAUGHTER **** SC refuses to urgently hear plea against order allowing animal slaughter for Eid-ul-Azha at ‘dargah’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea challenging the Bombay High Court order which permitted animal slaughter for Eid-ul-Azha and Urs at a ‘dargah’ at Vishalgad fort in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. **** FOREIGN: FGN15 GERMANY-INDIA-DELEGATION **** All-party delegation in Germany to convey India’s policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism Berlin: An all-party parliamentary delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has reached Germany to convey India’s united and resolute stand against terrorism. **** FGN7 US-DELEGATION-THAROOR-PAK **** Designation without much practical consequence: Tharoor on Pak helming UNSC anti-terror committees Washington: India is not friendless in the UN Security Council and Pakistan chairing its Taliban Sanctions Committee and being named vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee is a designation without much practical consequence, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said. By Yoshita Singh **** FGN5 US-DELEGATION-THAROOR-CHINA **** China absolutely impossible factor to ignore in India’s confrontation with Pakistan: Tharoor Washington: China is an “absolutely impossible factor to ignore” in India’s latest confrontation with Pakistan, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, emphasising that a thaw in relations between Delhi and Beijing over the past few months was “seemingly making good progress” before the conflict. By Yoshita Singh **** MPL