New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL5 JK-RAIN-FLOOD-LD RESCUE **** Three killed, over 100 rescued as heavy rain wreaks havoc in J-K’s Ramban Ramban/Jammu: Three people were killed and more than 100 rescued after heavy rain triggered flash floods at different places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early on Sunday, officials said. **** DEL7 VANCES-INDIA-VISIT **** Modi-Vance talks on Monday; Vances to visit Akshardham temple New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a dinner for US Vice President J D Vance and Indian-origin Second Lady Usha on Monday evening after holding talks with the American leader on a range of key issues, including trade, tariff, regional security and ways to expand the overall bilateral engagement. By Manash Pratim Bhuyan **** DEL15 CONG-PM-VANCE **** Will PM convey India’s concerns on destruction of multilateral trading system: Cong on Vance visit New Delhi: Ahead of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Vice-President JD Vance, the Congress on Sunday asked if the prime minister would convey India’s concerns on the manner in which Indian citizens were being deported and the “complete destruction” of the multilateral rules-based trading system anchored in the WTO. **** DEL13 LAW-GOVT-LITIGATION **** Law Ministry for reducing litigation involving Central government New Delhi: “Ineffective” implementation of decisions aimed at public good may lead to court cases as intended beneficiaries excluded from such actions may take legal recourse, the law ministry has said while highlighting the importance of reducing litigations involving the central government. **** DEL11 CONG-BJP MPs-LD SC **** Entire Political Hypocrisy: Congress slams BJP after it distances itself from MPs’ criticism of SC New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday described the BJP disassociating itself from the criticism of the Supreme Court by its MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma as “damage control” and asserted that the minimum action against them should be their expulsion from the party. **** DEL12 CULTURE-PM SPEECHES-BOOK **** PM Modi’s speeches on culture complied in book New Delhi: From his 2015 Independence Day address in Delhi to the one delivered at an eye hospital opening last year in Varanasi, a set of 34 speeches made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a wide range of cultural subjects has now been complied in a book. **** CAL13 BH-KHARGE **** JD(U)-BJP alliance ‘opportunistic’, Nitish switches sides for ‘kursi’, alleges Kharge Buxar (Bihar): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday termed the alliance between the ruling JD(U) and the BJP in Bihar as “opportunistic” and alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar switches sides for ‘kursi’ (chair) only. **** LEGAL LGD5 DL-COURT-LD SANJAY BHANDARI **** Arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari opposes ED’s plea to declare him ‘fugitive’, calls his stay in UK legal New Delhi: High profile arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari has opposed ED’s plea before a Delhi court seeking to declare him a “fugitive” in connection to a black money case, claiming that his stay in the UK was legal since his extradition to India was denied by the London High Court. By Udayan Kishore **** FOREIGN FGN11 PAK-HINDU-MINISTER-LD ATTACK **** Pakistan’s Hindu minister attacked in Sindh by protesters opposing govt’s canal projects Islamabad: A Pakistani Hindu Minister of State was attacked in Sindh by protestors opposing the federal government’s controversial irrigation canal projects on the pretext that it would reduce the downward flow of rivers that are key for irrigation in the southern province. By Sajjad Hussain **** FGN9 NEPAL-RRP-LD PROTESTS **** Pro-monarchist RPP stage protests in restricted area of Kathmandu to reinstate monarchy Kathmandu: Hundreds of leaders and cadres of Nepal’s pro-monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) staged a protest rally on Sunday near the Prime Minister’s official residence and the Parliament building, demanding reinstatement of the monarchy and establishing the Himalayan nation as a Hindu state. By Shirish B. Pradhan **** PTI HIG HIG