Highlights at 5:30 PM

Following are the top stories at 5:30 PM:
PAR33 RS-2NDLD MOTION-PM Modi breaks silence on Jharkhand lynching, says it pained him
BOM5 MP-VIJAYVARGIYA-2ND LD SON MP BJP leader's MLA son assaults official with bat; arrested
DEL23 LD INDOUS India will do what is in its national interest: Jaishankar to Pompeo on S-400 deal
DEL19 PM-LD POMPEO Pompeo meets PM Modi, discusses key strategic issues
DEL12 ITX-LOAN DEFAULTER-BANKS CBDT directs I-T dept to share assets, accounts info of loan defaulters with banks

LGD7 SC-LD CHOPPER Chopper scam: SC stays HC order allowing Rajeev Saxena to go abroad for treatment
DEL10 ED-STERLING-ATTACH Bank Fraud: ED attaches assets worth over Rs 9,000 cr in Sterling Biotech PMLA case

DEL28 GOVT-SPY CHIEFS-APPOINTMENTS
Arvind Kumar appointed new IB chief, Samant Kumar Goel to head R&AW
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GOVT-KANT-LD APPOINTMENT Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gets two-year extension
DEL29 UGC-HINDI-COMPULSORY Universities are autonomous bodies, no compulsion on them to teach any particular subject: UGC
CAL3 AS-LD NRC 1.02 lakh more excluded from draft NRC in Assam
MDS5 TL-BJPMP-CASE Adilabad BJP MP booked over 'beheading Muslim youth' remarks
Hyderabad: A case has been registered against Adilabad BJP MP Soyam Bapu Rao over his alleged remarks that any Muslim youth who stalks tribal girls would be "beheaded."
MDS2 TL-BILL-TRS TRS may abstain during voting on triple talaq bill in Lok Sabha

TOP FOREIGN STORIES:
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US-INDIA-LD TRADE
US wants India to embrace fair and reciprocal trade, lower barriers
Washington: The Trump Administration wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower the trade barriers and embrace "fair and reciprocal" trade, the US said Tuesday as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reached New Delhi for crucial talks with the new government. By Lalit K Jha
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UNSC-LD INDIA
India's candidature for UNSC non-permanent seat endorsed by Asia Pacific group
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US-INDIA-PANAGARIYA
US-China trade war "opportune time" for India to attract multinationals: Panagariya