New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION CAL18 WB-LD WAQF **** Amid violent protests, Mamata says Waqf Amendment Act will not be implemented in Bengal Kolkata: The Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday amid violent protests in the state, particularly in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district. **** DEL23 ED-AJL-LD POSSESSION **** National Herald case: ED issues notices to take possession of assets in Cong-linked AJL New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it has served notices to take possession of immovable assets worth Rs 661 crore that it had attached as part of a money laundering probe linked to Congress-controlled National Herald newspaper and the Associated Journals Limited (AJL). **** DEL10 MEA-INDIA-ITALY **** India, Italy resolve to take forward IMEEC initiative New Delhi: India and Italy have decided to expand cooperation in areas of trade, defence, clean energy and high technology while vowing to work jointly in implementing the ambitious India-Middle-East-Europe-Economic Corridor (IMEEC). **** DEL9 JK-ENCOUNTER-LD AKHNOOR **** Army JCO killed leading counter-infiltration operation along LoC in Jammu Jammu: An army Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was killed in an encounter with terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector, but thwarted their attempt to infiltrate into India from across the border, officials said on Saturday. **** BOM17 CG-NAXALS-2ND LD-ENCOUNTER **** 3 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur Bijapur: Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday morning, police said. **** CAL19 JH-LD-CEC **** EVMs ‘safe’, ‘tamper-proof’: CEC Ramgarh: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday said the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are “safe” and “tamper-proof”. **** BUSINESS DEL14 BIZ-UPI-OUTAGE-NPCI **** UPI faces third outage in less than a fortnight, transactions impacted New Delhi: UPI users across the country experienced transaction failures on Saturday as the popular payment system was down due to a technical glitch. **** LEGAL LGD3 SC-TN-GOVERNOR **** President should decide on bills reserved for her consideration by Guv within 3 months: SC New Delhi: For the first time, the Supreme Court has prescribed that the president should decide on the bills reserved for her consideration by the governor within a period of three months from the date on which such reference is received. **** LGD4 UP-HC MAGISTRATE REMAND **** Not informing about reason of arrest in violation of Art 22(1) will be ground for bail: HC Prayagraj: Informing the reason for arrest is a mandatory requirement under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and its violation will be a ground to grant bail even if statutory restrictions on giving bail exist, the Allahabad High Court has ruled. **** FOREIGN FGN15 UN-TRUMP TARIFF-TRADE **** US tariffs could shrink global trade by 3%: UN economist  United Nations: Global trade could shrink by three per cent and exports could see a shift from markets such as the US and China to India, Canada and Brazil due to tariffs imposed by the US, a top UN economist has said. By Yoshita Singh **** PTI RUK RUK