HIGHLIGHTS AT 1730

Following are the top PTI stories at 1700 hours:
STORIES IN THE PIPELINE:
-Updates on Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha bypolls and Bihar bypolls
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UP-6THLD-LS-BYPOLLS
SP consolidates leads in Gorakhpur, Phulpur LS seats; BJP talks of redrawing strategy

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BH-BYPOLLS-RESULTS
Bihar bypolls: RJD retains Jehanabad, BJP holds on to Bhabhua
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LD PARLIAMENT
LS passes budget without debate; both Houses adjourn amid din
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AVI-FLIGHTS-2NDLD CANCELLATION
IndiGo, GoAir cancel 50 flights
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ED-NIRAVMODI-INTERPOL
ED seeks Interpol warrant against Nirav Modi, Choksi
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MHA-RAJNATH-CYBERCRIME
Cyber crime becoming industry, may occur 'very often': Rajnath
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UP-SP-COMPLAINT
Massive irregularities in vote-counting in Gorakhpur: SP to EC

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CUSTOMS-GOLD-SMUGGLING
Customs for one-year detention of habitual gold smugglers
New Delhi: Delhi Customs decides to invoke a stringent provision of the anti-smuggling law to ensure that habitual gold smugglers get at least one-year detention to prevent them from illegally ferrying the yellow metal, official sources say.By Ashwini Shrivastava
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RSQ-COMMUNAL
UP tops the list of communal violence hit states in 2017: Govt
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BIZ-GROWTH-WORLD BANK
World Bank projects India's FY19 GDP growth at 7.3 pc
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PM-HAWKING
PM Modi condoles demise of Stephen Hawking
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HAWKING-RAHUL
Congress chief pays tributes to Stephen Hawking
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LSQ-LAW-WOMEN JUDGES
Out of over 600 HC judges, only 73 are women

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RSQ-STUDENT SUICIDES
26,500 students committed suicide in 2014-16: Govt tells RS
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MH-PAK NATIONAL-DEPORTATION
Pak national, who stayed in India for 27 yrs, deported
LEGAL:
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SC-AYODHYA
SC rejects all interim pleas to intervene as parties in Ayodhya dispute
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UK-3RDLD HAWKING
British theoretical scientist Stephen Hawking dies at 76