PTI highlights at 9 pm.

The following are PTI's top stories at 9 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.

CAL3 TR-BHAGWAT

Agartala: Anybody living in India is a Hindu, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says, asserting that the meaning of Hindutva is to unite all communities.
 

MDS6 KA-LD RAJNATH

Bengaluru: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi a day after he accused BJP of spreading hatred, Union Home Minister Rajanth Singh says it was his party which has been trying to douse the fire "lit by Congress" on issues such as Kashmir and communal tensions.

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".

BOM13 MP-CONVERSION-PRIEST-ARREST

Satna: A Catholic priest and a Bajrang Dal activist have been arrested from Satna in Madhya Pradesh, police say, three days after suspected workers of the right-wing group had allegedly beaten up priests and seminarians over forced conversion of Hindus to Christianity.

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

DEL25 HAJ-DRAW

New Delhi: The draw of lots for next year's Haj will be conducted in the second week of January with more than three lakh people applying for the pilgrimage through the the Haj Committee of India till now, a senior official says.

DEL24 NIA-NAIK

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will file a fresh request before the Interpol for issuing Red Corner Notice against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, after its previous plea was rejected on the grounds that the agency had not filed any charge sheet against him, officials say.

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:

FGN18 PAK-4THLD ATTACK

Karachi/Islamabad: Two suicide bombers attacked a packed church during a Sunday service in the restive 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".