Following are the top stories at 1.30 pm: NATION DEL34 JK-LD TERROR ****Pahalgam attack: PM holds meeting in Delhi, Shah meets survivors amid shutdown in Valley Srinagar/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Delhi airport upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia to take stock of the situation following the terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead.**** DEL47 JK-TERROR-SHAH ****Bharat won’t bend to terror: Amit Shah on Pahalgam attack New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the country will not bend to terror and that those responsible for the killing of tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir will not be spared.**** DEL51 JK-TERROR-LD SKETCHES ****Pahalgam attack: Security agencies release sketches of three men Srinagar: Security agencies on Wednesday released the sketches of three men suspected to be involved in the terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, near Pahalgam in south Kashmir.**** DEL38 JK-TERROR-EXGRATIA ****Pahalgam attack: J-K govt announces Rs 10L ex-gratia for each deceased’s family; Rs 2L for seriously injured Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the families of each of those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday.**** DEL55 UP-VANCE-LD AGRA ****’Testament to true love’, says US VP Vance after visiting Taj Mahal with family Agra: US Vice-President J D Vance on Wednesday visited the Taj Mahal along his Usha Vance wife and their three children, officials said.**** DEL54 JK-TERROR-CANCELLATIONS ****Tourists flee Kashmir after Pahalgam attack, CM says heartbreaking to see exodus of guests Srinagar: Thousands of tourists have begun leaving Kashmir after the gruesome terror attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday, with authorities making all efforts for the safe return of the visitors to their respective home states.**** DEL53 SHEKHAWAT-JK-ATTACK-TOURISM ****Keeping an eye, doing our best to minimise dent on tourism in J-K: Union Minister Shekhawat New Delhi: Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said some people with nefarious intentions have tried to again “incite separatism and terrorism” in the Valley and asserted that his ministry will do the best to “minimise the dent” on tourism in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.**** DEL41 JK-TERROR-CWC MEET ****Pahalgam attack: Cong calls emergency CWC meeting in Delhi Thursday New Delhi: An emergency meeting of the Congress Working Committee will be held here on Thursday in the wake of the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said.**** LEGAL LGD5 SC-BPSC-PLEA ****SC refuses to stay BPSC mains exam scheduled for Apr 25 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stay the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) mains examination scheduled for April 25 and rejected pleas alleging paper leak during a preliminary test on December 13 last year.**** LGD3 SC-SHIVRAJ-DEFAMATION ****SC asks Shivraj Chouhan, Cong MP Vivek Tankha to amicably settle defamation case New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha to amicably settle the defamation case lodged by the Congress lawmaker against the senior BJP leader.**** LGM2 TN-HC-TASMAC ****HC dismisses pleas by TASMAC against ED’s raid on its premises Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petitions filed by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) and the state government, which challenged the raids conducted by the ED on the premises of the state-run liquor retailer in March.**** FOREIGN FGN42 INDIA-TERROR-UK-REAX ****UK PM Keir Starmer condemns ‘utterly devastating’ Kashmir terror attack London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the terrorist attack in Kashmir, joined by Foreign Secretary David Lammy who described it as a “cowardly” act. By Aditi Khanna**** FGN41 VATICAN-POPE-PUBLIC VIEWING ****Ceremony begins to transfer Pope Francis’ body to St Peter’s Basilica for 3 days of public viewing Vatican City: Catholic cardinals on Wednesday performed the ritual ceremony to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing. (AP)**** FGN30 RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-MEET ****Officials from Ukraine, US and UK meet in London in latest push to stop war London: Diplomats and defence chiefs from Britain, the US, European nations and Ukraine will meet in London on Wednesday to push for a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv. (AP)**** PTI RHL