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New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.15 pm: NATION DEL19 DEF-RAJNATH-INDIRA Rajnath hails Indira Gandhi New Delhi: Former prime minister Indira Gandhi not only led the country for a number of years, but she also did so during the times of war, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, in an apparent reference to her role in the 1971 war with Pakistan.
BOM4 GA-POLLS-SHAH BJP will win absolute majority in Goa Assembly polls and form govt again, says Amit Shah Panaji: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed confidence that the ruling BJP would win "absolute majority" in the Goa Assembly elections due in February next year and form the government in the state once again.
DEL27 DEF-RAJNATH-TERRORISM Terrorism weapon of choice of non-state actors, irresponsible states: Rajnath New Delhi: Terrorism has been employed as a weapon of choice by non-state actors and irresponsible states to advance their political objectives in the region, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday in a thinly-veiled attack on Pakistan.
DEL17 VARUN-VAJPAYEE In apparent message to govt, Varun Gandhi shares clip of Vajpayee"s speech in support of farmers New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday posted on Twitter a short clip of a speech of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1980 in which he warns the then Indira Gandhi government against repressing farmers and extends his support to them.
DEL12 INDO-MYANMAR MILITANTS NSCN-K (YA) militants nabbed by Assam Rifles in Mon town near Indo-Myanmar border New Delhi: Three hardcore militants of the banned NSCN-K (YA) outfit were nabbed from Mon town of Nagaland in an intelligence-led counter-insurgency operation by the Assam Rifles after the ultras crossed over to India from Myanmar, sources in the security establishment said on Thursday.
DES18 UP-LAKHIMPUR-PROBE Lakhimpur violence: SIT takes Union minister"s son, 3 others to recreate sequence of events Lakhimpur Kheri: The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Thursday took Union Minister Ajay Mishra"s son and three others arrested in the case to recreate the sequence of events leading to the incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Tikonia village.