Following are top stories at 1700
hours today:
DEL17 CONG-SONI
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Ambika Soni dismisses reports of her resignation from the party, saying she had asked the leadership to lighten her duties due to her health.
DEL6 RAHUL-KASHMIR
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi charges that the Narendra Modi government's policies are "burning" Jammu and Kashmir and flayed any attempt for third party intervention to resolve the issue, saying "Kashmir is India".
BOM5 GJ-VAGHELA
Gandhinagar: Leader of opposition in Gujarat assembly Shankarsinh Vaghela says that he was expelled from the Congress "24 hours back".
CAL8 NL-ZELIANG TRUSTVOTE
Kohima: T R Zeliang wins the trust vote in the Nagaland Assembly, two days after he was reappointed the chief minister amid high drama.
CAL7 WB-MAMATA BJP
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee gives 'Oust BJP from India' call and says Bengal would stand by all political parties which would fight the saffron one.
MDS2 KL-MLA-RAPE CASE
Thiruvananthapuram: A Congress MLA is booked on the charge of rape based on a statement given by a 51-year-old woman, who attempted suicide after she was allegedly harassed by him, say the police.
LGD21 DL-COURT-SUNANDA ROOM
New Delhi: A Delhi court orders de-sealing of a suite in a five-star hotel where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014 under mysterious circumstances.
LGD4 SC-AYODHYA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court says it will take a decision to list for early hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid land dispute case.
LGD13 SC-COW VIGILANTISM
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asks the Centre and the states not to protect any kind of vigilantism and sought their response on violent incidents of cow vigilantism.
FGN10 PAK-PANAMA-LD SHARIF
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court concludes hearing the high-profile Panama Papers case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family for alleged corruption, but reserves its verdict that could jeopardise his political future. By Sajjad Hussain
FGN8 UN-AIDS-INDIA
United Nations: India, China and Pakistan are among the 10 countries that accounted for more than 95 per cent of all new HIV infections in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2016, according to a UN report. By Yoshita Singh
FGN7 US-LD SIKKIM
Washington: The US is "closely and carefully" following the border standoff between India and China, the Trump administration says, urging the two countries to engage in direct dialogue to reduce the tension. By Lalit K Jha
FGN4 US-KOVIND
Washington: The United States congratulates president- elect Ram Nath Kovind on his electoral victory and says that it "looks forward" to working with him on regional and global issues.
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