PTI highlights at 6.30 pm.

The following are PTI's top stories at 6.30 pm:

STORIES ON WIRE

Nation:

DEL1 DEF-BRAHMOS

New Delhi: Work begins to integrate the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile on 40 Sukhoi combat aircraft which is expected to fulfil critical needs of the Indian Air Force in the wake of evolving security dynamics in the region.

BOM11 MP-VP-WOMEN-BILL

Bhopal: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu says all parties should reach a consensus to clear the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill.

MDS2 KA-RAJNATH

Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh lashes out at the Congress government in Karnataka on the law-and- order front, citing the killings of right-wing activists and journalist Gauri Lankesh.
 

DEL9 JK-LD CIVILIAN

Srinagar: Defence spokesperson says a civilian was killed in an exchange of fire between Army personnel and terrorists in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

DEL5 INSURGENT CAMPS-BANGLADESH

New Delhi: In a major development reported after decades of cross-border insurgency along India's eastern frontier, the BSF says that camps and hideouts of Indian Insurgent Groups across the country's frontier on the Bangladeshi soil have been reduced to "almost zero".

BOM4 GJ-POLLS-COUNTING

Ahmedabad: Counting of votes will be held tomorrow for the Gujarat Assembly polls, considered a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

DEL4 HP-POLL-COUNTING

Shimla: The fate of 337 candidates including Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his predecessor Prem Kumar Dhumal will be known tomorrow as counting of votes is taken up in Himachal Pradesh where traditional rivals BJP and Congress have contested all 68 seats

DEL14 UP-2NDLD EX-MLA-SON KILLED

Lucknow: The son of a former BJP MLA was shot dead at a spot close to the Uttar Pradesh legislature complex and the law and order issue is again likely to rock the state Assembly and the Legislative Council tomorrow.

DEL8 HEALTH-EUTHANASIA BILL

New Delhi: Hospitals have to set up approval committees for considering cases of passive euthanasia, and any distortion of facts before such panels may lead to a maximum of 10 years in jail and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore, a redrafted bill states. By Payal Banerjee

FOREIGN:

FGN8 PAK-3RDLD ATTACK

Karachi/Islamabad: Heavily-armed terrorists strike a church during a Sunday midday service in the restive southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing eight people and injuring 44 others in a targeted assault on the minority Christian community ahead of Christmas in the Muslim nation. By Sajjad Hussain

FGN1 PAK-JADHAV

Islamabad: Pakistan says the visa applications of Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav's family had been received and were being "processed".