HIGHLIGHTS AT 1930 HOURS

Following are the top PTI stories

at 1930 hours:

NATION:

DEL 25 JK-CABINET-2NDLD MINISTERS

Speaker, BJP state chief among eight sworn in as JK ministers

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta, state BJP chief Sat Paul Sharma and six others were today sworn in as ministers in the state's PDP-BJP government led by Mehbooba Mufti.

DEL28 AIIMS-LALU-LD DISCHARGE

Lalu Prasad leaves AIIMS on wheelchair, RJD alleges 'conspiracy' behind his discharge

New Delhi: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, serving a jail term in fodder scam cases, left AIIMS on a wheelchair this afternoon after being discharged by the hospital, which said his condition had improved significantly, even as his party termed the move a "conspiracy to murder him".

 

DEL33 PM-BUDDHA

India makes no distinction between religions: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India made no distinction between religions and had no history of attacking other countries or schools of thought.

DEL36 POL-CASTE-LD PARTIES

Rahul, Maya slam BJP after caste marked on chests of MP police aspirants

New Delhi/Lucknow: The incident of police aspirants in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh having caste categories written on their bare chests sparked condemnation today from the chiefs of the Congress and the BSP who alleged this reflected the "casteist attitude" of the saffron party.

DEL34 JK-MADHAV

No coalition without hiccups, BJP-PDP will deliver on

promises: Ram Madhav

Jammu: No coalition is easy and there are bound to be 'hiccups', BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said today as he expressed confidence that his party and ally PDP would be able to deliver on the promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

DEL30 KA-POLL CASH SEIZURE

Karnataka polls: EC says 3-times higher cash, jewellery

seizure this time

New Delhi: As Karnataka gears up for assembly polls, the value of cash and jewellery seizure by the Income Tax Department there has gone up three times to about Rs 25

crore in the state as compared to the last elections, the

Election Commission (EC) said today.

DEL16 PAR-DOKLAM-RAHUL

Parl panel to visit border areas Sikkim, Arunachal next month

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and including Rahul Gandhi, will visit border areas in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh next month to take stock of the situation following the Doklam crisis with China, sources said.

BOM1 MH-MODI-CHINA-SENA

Modi avoided critical issues during 'casual' China visit: Sena

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his just-concluded China visit, claiming it was a "casual" tour during which he avoided taking up crucial bilateral issues with President Xi Jinping in view of the next year's general elections.

CAL4 BH-MOLESTATION

Four youths arrested in Bihar for molesting girl after video goes viral

Patna: Four youths, including a minor, were arrested in Bihar's Jehanabad district in connection with the alleged molestation of a girl, after a video of the incident went viral on social media, a top police official said here today.

MDS2 KA-YEDDYURAPPA

'Modi wave' sweeping Karnataka, says Yeddyurappa

Shikaripura (K'taka): Riding a 'Modi wave', the BJP will form the next government in Karnataka with absolute majority, its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa said today, and ruled out a post-poll alliance with the JD(S) "as of now". By Laxmi Devi

BOM2 GJ-RUPANI NARAD GOOGLE

Narad Muni was like Google who had all information: Guj CM

Ahmedabad: Days after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb caused a flutter with his 'internet existed in the Mahabharata era' comments, his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani has equated mythological sage Narad with internet giant Google for having all information from across the world.

DEL29 BIZ-LD STOCKS

Sensex soars to 3-mth high on earnings boost, banks, IT stocks rally

Mumbai: Market continued its winning run for a third straight session, with the BSE benchmark Sensex rising 191 points to a near three-month high of 35,160, led by intense buying mainly in banking and IT stocks amid positive global cues and high optimism on corporate earnings.

DCM49 BIZ-RESULTS-HDFC

HDFC Q4 Net rises 29% at Rs 3,961 cr

New Delhi: Mortgage lender HDFC today reported 28.63 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,961.17 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.

FOREIGN:

FGN10 US-INDIANS

Indian-origin woman, grandparents killed in fire: report

New York: An Indian-origin woman and her grandparents died and her two children were injured after a fast-moving blaze swept through their home in the US as they celebrated a relative's upcoming wedding, a media report said. By Yoshita Singh

FGN22 UK-IMMIGRATION-LDALL MINISTER

Pak-origin MP appointed new UK home secretary

London: Pakistani-origin MP Sajid Javid was today appointed as Britain's new Home Secretary, hours after his predecessor Amber Rudd resigned after admitting that she had "inadvertently misled" Parliament over the existence of deportation targets for immigrants. By Aditi Khanna

FES34 SKOREA-TRUMP-NOBEL

Trump can have Nobel Peace Prize: S Korea president

Seoul Apr 30 (AFP) South Korean President Moon Jae-in today played down the prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his historic summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, saying Donald Trump can have it instead.