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New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm: NATION DEL102 EC-2NDLD ELECTIONS ****3-phase JK elections from Sep 18, Haryana polls on Oct 1; counting on Oct 4 New Delhi: Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after a decade in three phases from September 18, setting the stage for the people of the union territory to elect a government after the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019.**** DEL115 DOCTORS-LDALL PROTEST ****Rape-murder case: Protests intensify; medics seek justice for victim, law to protect health workers New Delhi: The government on Friday said heads of health institutions will have to file an FIR within six hours in case of an incident of violence against a healthcare worker on duty, amid escalating protests across the country over the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata.**** CAL28 WB-LDALL DOCTOR-HOSPITAL ****Cal HC raps police for hospital vandalism; CBI intensifies doc murder probe Kolkata/ New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Friday described the vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as an "absolute failure of state machinery," while the doctor's parents told the CBI that a few interns and physicians of the reputed medical facility were allegedly involved in her rape and murder.**** DEL114 RJ-LD-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE ****Communal tension in Udaipur over stabbing in school, cars burnt Jaipur: A mob set fire to cars and pelted stones amid communal tension in Udaipur after a class 10 student stabbed another boy at a government school on Friday.**** DEL111 MODI-3RDLD YUNUS ****In phone talks with PM Modi, Bangladesh's Yunus says situation in Bangladesh brought under control New Delhi: In his first direct contact with New Delhi over a week after becoming the head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus on Friday conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone conversation that Dhaka would prioritise protection and safety of Hindus and all other minority groups.**** DEL77 MODI-NETANYAHU ****PM Modi stresses need to deescalate situation in call with Netanyahu New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed the need for deescalation of the situation in West Asia during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated their call for immediate release of all hostages and continued humanitarian assistance.**** DEL84 CONG-LD-POLLS ****JK poll dates: Cong says Centre insensitive to statehood restoration demand, will be election issue New Delhi: With the Election Commission declaring the dates for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Friday welcomed the announcement but said it is unfortunate that the BJP-led Centre has been "insensitive" to the demand of restoration of full statehood which would be an election issue.**** DEL122 JK-ELECTIONS-FAROOQ ****Farooq Abdullah to lead National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls Jammu: National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Friday announced he will lead the party in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, which will be held in three phases from September 18.**** DEL86 HEALTH-MONKEYPOX ****Risk of surge in Mpox cases very low in India at present: Official sources New Delhi: The risk for an upsurge of Mpox, once known as monkeypox, infection is very low in India at the moment and there is no need to panic, sources in the health ministry said in the wake of WHO declaring the disease a public health emergency of international concern.**** DEL91 2ND LD NAT FILM AWARDS ****National Awards: Malayalam movie 'Aattam: The Play' is best feature film, Sooraj Barjatya best director New Delhi: Regional cinema dominated the National Film Awards announced on Friday with best feature film going to Malayalam movie "Aattam: The Play" and Rishabh Shetty bagging best actor for the Kannada hit "Kantara". The best actress prize was shared by Nithya Menen, for the Tamil film "Thiruchitrambalam", and Manasi Parekh for the Gujarati movie "Kutch Express".**** DEL80 WB-DOC-IMA-CHIEF-INTERVIEW ****Govt's decision to form panel to mull on law to protect medics too little, too late: IMA chief New Delhi: The health ministry's decision to form a panel for deliberating on a central law to protect healthcare workers is "too little and too late" as it just needs political will to bring a legislation on the matter, IMA chief Dr R V Asokan said on Friday. By Payal Banerjee**** DEL70 DL-SISODIA-INTERVIEW-POLLS ****AAP-Congress alliance for Delhi polls to be discussed after Kejriwal walks out of jail: Sisodia New Delhi: The question of an alliance of the Aam Aadmi Party with the Congress for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls will be decided after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal walks out of the prison, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia said.**** DEL30 UKD-RITU KHANDURI-INTERVIEW ****Sad it happened in state where a woman is CM: U'khand Speaker on Kolkata rape-murder Dehradun: Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri on Friday condemned the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal and said it is "even sadder" that the incident happened in a state governed by a woman chief minister.**** DEL11 PREZ-PM-VAJPAYEE-LD TRIBUTE ****Prez Murmu, PM Modi pay tributes to Vajpayee on death anniversary New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary on Friday.**** DEL18 PM-ISRO ****PM Modi lauds ISRO's successful launch New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the ISRO's successful launch of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle and described it as a matter of immense joy.**** MDS5 LD SSLV ****ISRO completes third and final developmental flight of SSLV Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): ISRO successfully launched its third and final developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle here on Friday whose payloads can be used in applications like satellite-based surveillance, disaster and environmental monitoring, fire detection, volcanic activity among others. By S Vijay Karthik**** BOM26 MH-LDALL-MVA ****MVA meet: Announce CM face first, says Thackeray; Pawar silent, Patole bats for change in govt Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday insisted that MVA decide its chief ministerial face first rather than going by the logic of which party wins most seats, asserting he would back any candidate announced by the Congress and NCP (SP).**** LEGAL LGD15 DL-HC-DAIRIES ****Delhi HC concerned about citizens' health, says cattle can't be made to consume toxic waste New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said on Friday that it is concerned about the health of the city residents and that cattle cannot be allowed to consume toxic waste, which will prevent them from generating healthy milk.**** LGD7 DL-HC-LD WFI ****Delhi HC restores mandate of IOA ad hoc panel for WFI on plea by Bajrang, Vinesh New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday restored the mandate of Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) ad hoc committee constituted for running the affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on a plea by celebrated wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawart Kadian.**** LGD5 DL-COURT-TYTLER ****Anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi court likely to pass order on framing charges against Tytler on Aug 30 New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pass on August 30 an order on whether to frame the charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the killing of three people at Pul Bangash during the 1984-anti Sikh riots.**** FOREIGN FGN65 PAK-BAIG-ARREST ****Punjab's former top prison official arrested for alleged links with ex-ISI chief Hameed Lahore: Law enforcement agencies on Friday arrested former Inspector General of Prisons of Punjab province Shahid Saleem Baig for his alleged links with former ISI chief retired Gen Faiz Hameed, who is facing court-martial proceedings in a housing scam. By M Zulqernain**** FGN57 NEPAL-INDIA-RANA-VISIT ****Nepal Foreign Minister Rana to visit India from Sunday Kathmandu: Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Deuba Rana will embark on a five-day visit to India from Sunday after a cabinet meeting approved the programme which was initially scheduled as a health checkup visit, a minister said on Friday. By Shirish B Pradhan**** FGN47 LANKA-INDIA-FISHERMEN ****13 more Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka Navy repatriated to India Colombo: Thirteen more Indian fishermen, arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy for allegedly fishing in the island nation's waters, were on Friday repatriated to their homes, the Indian mission here said, days after 17 were sent back to India.**** FGN44 PAK-LD MPOX ****Pakistan reports three mpox cases Islamabad: At least three patients with mpox virus have been found so far in Pakistan, it emerged on Friday as the government decided to strengthen the screening system at the airports. By Sajjad Hussain**** FGN34 BANGLA-HASINA-CASE ****Another murder case filed against ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Dhaka: A murder case was filed against Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday over the death of a teacher, the latest in the string of cases filed against her after her ouster.**** PTI HIG