New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL73 JK-2NDLD FIRING **** 12 tourists injured in terror attack in J-K’s Pahalgam Srinagar: At least 12 tourists were injured in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. **** DEL71 VANCE-ADDRESS **** US, India can accomplish much more together: Vance Jaipur: US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called on India to give greater access to its markets, buy more American energy and defence hardware as he outlined the vision for stronger ties between the two countries. **** DEL51 VP-LD CONSTITUTION **** Every word spoken by constitutional functionary guided by national interest: Dhankhar New Delhi: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday asserted that every word spoken by a constitutional authority is guided by supreme national interest, as he hit out at his critics for questioning his remarks on a recent Supreme Court order. **** BOM16 MH-FARMERS-SUICIDE **** Marathwada records 269 farmer suicides in Jan-March 2025, up by 65 in same period last year Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maharashtra’s Marathwada region has recorded 269 farmer suicides between January and March 2025, up from 204 such deaths registered in the same period last year, according to a report from the divisional commissioner office here. **** BOM11 GJ-AIRCRAFT-CRASH **** Trainer aircraft crashes in Gujarat’s Amreli district, pilot killed Amreli (Gujarat): A trainee pilot was killed when a trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in a residential area in Gujarat’s Amreli district on Tuesday afternoon and caught fire, a police official said. **** DEL62 UPSC-LD RESULTS **** Shakti Dubey tops civil services exam; Harshita Goyal, Dongre Archit Parag get 2nd, 3rd ranks New Delhi: Shakti Dubey has topped the civil services examination 2024, with Harshita Goyal and Dongre Archit Parag getting the second and third ranks, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Tuesday. **** MDS7 KA-IAF-LD ASSAULT **** IAF officer booked for assault on call centre employee in Bengaluru’s road rage incident Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered against a 40-year-old IAF officer on charges of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and voluntarily causing hurt based on a counter-complaint by a call centre employee, who was previously arrested on the officer’s complaint in a road rage incident, police said on Tuesday. **** LEGAL LGD15 SC-NISHIKANT DUBEY-LD PLEA **** BJP MP’s judiciary remarks: SC agrees to hear next week plea to remove videos from social media New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a plea which flagged BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s recent criticism of the apex court and Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, and sought removal of derogatory videos from social media platforms. **** LGD19 SC-HC-POWER **** Can’t allow high courts to exercise power under Article 142: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea which sought the power of the top court under Article 142 of the Constitution to be granted to the high courts. **** FOREIGN FGN35 SAUDI-MODI-LD ARRIVAL **** Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Jeddah for two-day visit Jeddah: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived here for a two-day visit on the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. **** FGN33 BANGLA-INDIA-HINDUS (RPT) **** Bangladesh rejects India’s allegation over Hindu leader’s death Dhaka: Bangladesh has rejected New Delhi’s charge that the recent killing of a Hindu leader was part of a “pattern of systematic persecution” of minorities in that country. **** BUSINESS DEL72 BIZ-ADANI-HINDENBURG Operation Zeppelin — Inside Adani’s Counter to Hindenburg **** New Delhi: Hindenburg Research, the forensic financial firm that challenged the Adani Group, took its name from the infamous airship that burst into flames upon arriving in New Jersey in 1937. And the counter to its damning report against the conglomerate was dubbed ‘Operation Zeppelin,’ named after the German dirigible airships used for reconnaissance and bombing during the First World War. By Ammar Zaidi **** DEL67 BIZ-GOLD-LD PRICE Gold surges Rs 1,800 per 10 gram to breach Rs 1 lakh-mark in Delhi **** New Delhi: Gold prices surged by Rs 1,800 to zoom past the crucial Rs 1 lakh-mark for 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid buying rush by local jewellers and stockists in anticipation of increased demand during Akshaya Tritiya and wedding season even as global macroeconomic uncertainties continued to fuel safe-haven chase. **** PTI AMJ AMJ AMJ