NEWS SCHEDULE

National news schedule for Saturday, Aug 17: National: * PM Modi, other leaders at Voice of Global South Summit * BJP's office bearers meeting * Other political developments and party briefings West: * Raipur: Union Minister Virendra Kumar to inaugurate 'Divya Kala Mela' at 11 am .

* Bhopal: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take part in Tiranga Yatra in Budhni town in Sehore district from 12 pm onwards * Doctors protest against the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata from states * Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath shinde in pune 2 pm for promotion and launch of Laadki Bahin Yojana East: * Bengal: - Ninth day of doctors protest and related stories - CBI investigation updates into the doctor death case - Left-Cong rally to protest doctor murder * Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Assam, Bihar, Tripura, Odisha: Doctor protest stories * Odisha: - Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to inaugurate the 2-day orientation programme for newly elected Odisha MLAs.

- Heavy rain lashes state. Govt. issues alert in 14 districts.

South: * Tamil Nadu - CM to launch the Athikadavu-Avinasi project aimed at replenishing ground water by filling water bodies and supplying water for irrigation purposes.

North: * Kanpur train accident updates * Doctors’ strike over Kolkata rape-murder * UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s event in Ambedkar Nagar NCR: * Power Minister Atishi's press conference * Developments related to doctors' strike * Congress press conference PTI SKY SKY