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New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL83 DL-PROTEST-JANTAR MANTAR ( 4.44 pm) **** Protesters return to Jantar Mantar after Parliament march, vow to continue stir New Delhi: A day after their Parliament march, hundreds of students and supporters returned to Jantar Mantar on Tuesday, saying the "use of force by police" had only strengthened their resolve to continue the agitation. **** DEL85 CJP-PROTEST-DIPKE ( 4.51 pm) **** Govt wasted our time: Dipke on talks between Nadda, CJP team New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday questioned the government's design behind starting talks with his outfit, saying it was engaging in dialogue with CJP while simultaneously carrying out a police crackdown on protesters. **** DEL74 RAHUL-PM-PROTEST ( 4.02 pm) **** Rahul, Priyanka protest outside PM's residence, demand Modi's resignation New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, accompanied by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, protested outside the Prime Minister's Lok Kalyan Marg residence on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of PM Narendra Modi over the police action against students protesting on the NEET paper leak issue. **** DEL51 NDA-LD MEET ( 2.55 pm) **** Strong action taken to ensure no one plays with future of youth: PM Modi on NEET paper leaks New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that strong action was taken against those involved in the NEET paper leaks so that no one plays with the future of the youth, and said states should join hands with the Centre to tackle the menace in national interest. **** DEL60 RAHUL-PRIYANKA-INJURED STUDENTS (3.29 pm) **** Rahul, Priyanka meet injured students, mother of young woman on ventilator support at RML hospital New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi met students admitted at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital here after being injured in police action during the CJP-led protest march to Parliament over the NEET paper leak issue, and expressed solidarity with them. **** DEL54 2NDLD FIR ( 3.18 pm) **** CJP protest: Delhi Police registers 4 FIRs, more cases likely New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered four FIRs so far and is in the process of filing two more in connection with violence, vandalism and other incidents during the "Sansad Chalo" march organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and farmers' groups on July 20, sources said on Tuesday. **** DEL72 WANGCHUK WIFE-HC (3.57 pm) **** HC order vindicates our stand, Wangchuk's hospitalisation detention: Gitanjali Angmo New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi High Court's order allowing him to be shifted from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital, saying it reaffirmed a citizen's fundamental right to choose their doctors and alleged that Wangchuk's admission to the government hospital amounted to a "detention". **** DEL71 DL-KEJRIWAL-LETTER (3.52) **** Kejriwal seeks release of FIR, detainee lists after CJP protest New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to DCP, New Delhi, seeking immediate release of the lists of FIRs and detained protesters following the Cockroach Janta Party protest. **** DEL70 CJP-CONG-LEGAL AID ( 3.49 pm) **** Students protest: Congress offers legal aid to persons detained, arrested, attacked New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday offered legal assistance to young persons arrested, detained and attacked during the ongoing protests over the paper leak issue. **** DEL77 PB-HR-3RDLD FARMERS ( 4.18 pm) **** Kisan Mahapanchayat: Punjab farmers stopped on way to Delhi as Haryana cops seal Shambhu border Shambhu/Ambala: Around a thousand Punjab farmers on their way to Delhi to take part in the Kisan Mahapanchayat to protest against the proposed India-US trade deal were stopped at the Shambhu border on Tuesday as Haryana Police erected barricades and placed cement blocks at the entry point to the neighbouring state. **** DEL78 DL-AISA-POLICE ( 4.22 pm) **** AISA alleges police brutality during 'Sansad Chalo' march, demands action New Delhi: The All India Students' Association (AISA) on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Police used excessive force against students during the 'Sansad Chalo' march a day earlier, and demanded action against those responsible.**** BOM9 MP-ASSEMBLY-UCC ( 3.42 pm) **** Madhya Pradesh assembly passes UCC Bill amid protest by Congress MLAs Bhopal: Amid a noisy protest by the Opposition Congress, the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly on Tuesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill by a voice vote. **** CAL22 WB-MARTYRS DAY-MAMATA ( 2.33 pm) **** Mamata for INDIA unity against BJP in Bengal, rules out return of TMC rebels Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday appealed to all INDIA bloc constituents, including the Congress and the CPI(M), in West Bengal to bury their differences and unite against the BJP, while drawing a firm line against rebels within her own party, saying "traitors" would never be taken back. **** CAL20 SK-2ND LD TUNNEL COLLAPSE ( 2.12 pm) **** 10 killed in Sikkim tunnel collapse; search, rescue operations underway Gangtok: Ten people were killed after a tunnel under construction collapsed due to a landslide in Sikkim's Namchi district a day ago, police said on Tuesday. **** MDS7 KA-CABINET EXPANSION-DEPUTY CM ( 1.06 pm) **** Karnataka Cabinet expansion: More young faces likely, hints deputy CM Bengaluru: The much-awaited expansion of the Karnataka Cabinet will happen once the Congress high command clears the list of proposed names and gives the go ahead, and young faces may be given priority, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara indicated on Tuesday. **** LEGAL LGD32 DL-COURT-SECURITY BREACH BAIL ( 4.32 pm) **** 2023 Parliament security breach: Court grants interim bail to accused on humanitarian grounds New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) A Delhi court has granted interim bail for 30 days to an accused in the December 2023 Parliament security breach case on humanitarian grounds. **** LGB2 MH-HC-NEET-PLEA ( 4.08 pm) **** Beed student moves Bombay HC alleging mismatch in NEET re-test scores Beed: A NEET-UG aspirant from Maharashtra's Beed has moved the Bombay High Court claiming that the National Testing Agency (NTA) awarded him just 95 marks instead of the 522 he calculated from his OMR sheet and official answer key in the June 21 re-exam. **** LGD29 SC-BRAHMOS-ENGINEER ( 3.54 pm) **** SC agrees to hear UP's plea against Bombay HC order absolving Brahmos engineer of espionage charges New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea of Uttar Pradesh police challenging a Bombay High Court ruling absolving Brahmos aerospace engineer Nishant Agarwal of charges of espionage and the Official Secrets Act. **** LGD28 DL-HC-LD WANGCHUK 9 3.52 pm) **** Delhi HC allows shifting of Sonam Wangchuk to Medanta Hospital New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered immediate shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite fast since June 28 over alleged examination irregularities, from Safdarjung Hospital here to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. **** LGM1 KL-HC-GIRL-PROTECTION ( 2.42 pm) **** Kerala HC orders fresh police protection for viral ‘Kumbh Mela’ girl Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday again ordered police protection for the young girl who shot to fame after a video of her at the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela went viral, after she claimed that different groups of people were following her wherever she went and circulating information about her location. **** LGD13 SC-LD SHIV SENA ( 1.02 pm) **** Shiv Sena (UBT) moves SC challenging merger of six MPs with Shinde-led Shiv Sena New Delhi: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's approval to the merger of its six MPs with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. **** FOREGIN FES21 PAK-SCHOOL-BOMBING ( 4.09 pm) **** Govt school bombed in northwest Pakistan; no casualties reported Peshawar: Unknown militants blew up a government school in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Tuesday. **** FGN33 UK-BURNHAM-LD CABINET ( 3.22 pm) **** UK PM Burnham promotes British Indian AI minister to Cabinet post, sweeps away Starmer supporters London: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham finalised his top team within hours of taking charge at 10 Downing Street and promoted British Indian minister for artificial intelligence (AI) Kanishka Narayan to the Cabinet, and purging allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government. 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