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New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION CAL14 WB-DOCTORS-LD MARCH **** Senior doctors march to Kolkata Police HQ after notice over social media posts Kolkata: Senior doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami appeared before the police on Monday afternoon in connection with posts they shared on social media over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. **** CAL4 WB-DOCTOR-POSTS-ARREST **** 1 arrested for sharing photo of RG Kar Hospital victim, issuing threat to Mamata Kolkata: A person was arrested in Kolkata for allegedly disclosing the identity on social media of the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and issuing threats to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, police said on Monday. **** DEL20 JK-ELECTIONS-CONG-ALLIANCE **** J-K elections: NC, PDP opened channels with Congress leadership for alliance talks, says Karra Srinagar: The National Conference and the People's Democratic Party have opened channels with the Congress' central leadership for talks over an alliance in the assembly polls, the Congress' newly-appointed state unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday. **** DEL13 CONG-KARRA-INTERVIEW **** Cong open to talks with like-minded parties to strike 'respectable alliance' for J-K polls: Karra New Delhi: The Congress is open to talks with like-minded parties to strike a "respectable alliance" for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls but the parameters for such a tie-up would be different from the Lok Sabha elections, party's newly-appointed J&K chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday. By Asim Kamal **** DEL29 RAHUL-GIG WORKERS ***Rahul highlights gig workers' plight, posts video of his ride in Uber cab New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday highlighted the plight of gig workers and asserted that the Congress governments in states would make concrete policies to solve their problems while the INDIA bloc would strive for ensuring their nationwide implementation.*** DEL15 RAHUL-LD LATERAL ENTRY **** Lateral entry attack on Dalits, OBCs, adivasis: Rahul Gandhi New Delhi: Upping the ante over the lateral entry issue, the Congress on Monday accused the BJP of "snatching reserveration" and handing out posts meant for SCs, STs, OBCs, and EWS to people of the RSS. **** DEL24 DL-DOCTORS-LD STRIKE **** Doctors offer elective OPD services outside Nirman Bhawan in Delhi New Delhi: Medics are offering elective outpatient services on the road outside Nirman Bhawan on Monday, calling it a symbolic protest, as they continued their strike for the eighth consecutive day over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. **** MDS9 KA-SCAM-CONG-LD PROTEST **** Political slugfest erupts in Karnataka over Guv''s nod for probe against CM Bengaluru: A political slugfest has erupted in Karnataka over the Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot giving sanction for investigation against the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with irregularities in the allotment of alternative sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority with the ruling Congress and BJP taking to the streets on Monday. **** DEL19 WATER-CLIMATE CHANGE-LD CWC **** Central Water Commission charting new course with its Vision 2047: Chairperson New Delhi: The Central Water Commission (CWC) is charting a new course with its Vision 2047, focusing on addressing the evolving challenges posed by climate change, its Chairperson Kushvinder Vora said. By Uzmi Athar **** DEL28 MEA-INDIA-NEPAL-POWER **** Nepal to export 1,000 MW electricity to India: EAM Jaishankar New Delhi: Nepal will export close to 1,000 megawatt of electricity to India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday after holding comprehensive talks with his Nepalese counterpart Arzu Rana Deuba.**** MDS6 KL-LANDSLIDES-CM-LD LOANS **** Kerala CM urges banks to write off loans of landslide victims, survivors of Wayanad Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Monday expressed strong displeasure over banks deducting monthly installments of loans from the accounts of landslide victims and survivors in Wayanad, and demanded that these loans be written off completely. **** LEGAL LGD1 SC-TRIPLE TALAQ **** Centre defends 2019 law on triple talaq in SC, says practice 'fatal' for marriage New Delhi: Defending its 2019 law criminalising triple talaq, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the practice is "fatal" for the social institution of marriage. **** FOREIGN FGN20 BANGLA-HASINA-CASE **** Fresh murder case filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina over fish trader's death Dhaka: A new murder case has been filed against Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 62 others, including ex-ministers of her cabinet, over the death of a fish trader during the quota reform protests in the country, a media report said on Monday. **** FGN21 PAK-IMRAN-PUNJAB-TRIBUNALS **** Imran Khan’s party decries changes in high court-appointed election tribunals in Punjab Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party has accused Pakistan’s Election Commission of attempting to change election tribunals in Punjab province, appointed by the Lahore High Court chief justice to settle electoral disputes. **** FGN27 THAILAND-SHINAWATRA-MODI **** Thailand’s new PM Shinawatra keen to explore untapped potentials in ties with India Singapore: Thailand’s new prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his greetings and said she looked forward to working closely with him to build upon the existing ties and explore untapped potentials to create even greater opportunities for the two countries. **** PTI OZ OZ MNK MNK