New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.12 pm: NATION DEL28 VP-ELECTION **** Radhakrishnan versus Sudershan Reddy in Tuesday’s vice presidential election New Delhi: The stage is set for a direct contest between ruling NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy for Tuesday’s vice-presidential election, with the BJP-led alliance having a clear edge in the poll necessitated due to the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar. **** DEL15 BJP-REDDY **** Reddy talking of saving country’s soul and meeting Lalu Yadav is hypocrisy in extreme: BJP New Delhi: The BJP on Monday slammed joint opposition’s vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy for meeting RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav in his campaign, claiming that reaching out to a leader convicted in corruption cases has exposed his hypocrisy. **** DEL36 OPPN-VICE PRESIDENT-POLLS **** Oppn MPs meet to display unity on eve of vice presidential election New Delhi: Leaders of several opposition parties on Monday held a meeting in Parliament complex in a show of unity on the eve of the vice presidential election. **** DEL20 VP POLL-BJD **** BJD to abstain from vice presidential polls New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday said it will abstain from voting in the vice presidential polls, and asserted that the party remains “equidistant” from both the NDA and the INDIA bloc. **** DEL27 JK-2NDLD ENCOUNTER **** Two terrorists killed, 3 soldiers injured in encounter in J-K’s Kulgam Srinagar: Two unidentified terrorists were killed and three soldiers injured in an encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said here. **** MDS11 KA-DHARMASTHALA-PROBE **** Human skeletal remains found during spot inspection in Dharmasthala case Mangaluru (Karnataka): The SIT probing the alleged case of multiple rapes, murders, and burials in Dharmasthala recovered human skeletal remains during a spot inspection at Bangale Gudde on September 6, police said on Monday. **** DEL30 JK-MLA-PSA **** AAP MLA Mehraj Malik detained under PSA in JK’s Doda Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir AAP chief and MLA Mehraj Malik was on Monday detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Doda district, officials said. **** BOM10 MH-QUOTA-2ND LD JARANGE **** Enforce GR, start giving Kunbi certificates to Marathas before Sep 17: Jarange to govt Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Quota activist Manoj Jarange on Monday demanded that the Maharashtra government implement a GR issued last week for issuing Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas before September 17, or else he will take a “tough decision” again. **** BUSINESS DEL23 BIZ-GST-ITC **** CBIC to engage with insurers to work out transition mechanism for ITC on exempt policies: Sitharaman New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) will be engaging with the insurance industry to work out a transition mechanism for the accumulated input tax credit (ITC) of those policies which have been exempted from tax with effect from September 22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. By Joyeeta Dey & Kumar Dipankar **** DEL31 BIZ-GOYAL-GST **** Full benefits of GST rate cuts must be passed on to consumers, says Piyush Goyal New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asked the industry to pass on the full benefit of GST rate cuts to consumers, thereby increasing the demand of domestic products and strengthen the foundation of India’s economy. **** DEL16 BIZ-TRAI-SMS-CONGRESS **** TRAI rejects Congress’s charges of SMS censorship on Maharashtra ‘poll fraud’ allegations New Delhi: TRAI on Monday said it did not receive any application that pertained to sending SMS to a political party’s Maharashtra cadre on how the 2024 Assembly election was allegedly ‘stolen’, as the regulator asserted that it doesn’t even approve individual SMS templates. **** LEGAL LGD21 SC-BIHAR-ELECTORAL ROLL **** SC directs EC to include Aadhaar as 12th prescribed document for Bihar SIR New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to include Aadhaar as a 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of a voter in special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar. **** LGD22 SC- KHANDU-PIL **** SC seeks Centre’s reply on PIL alleging Arunachal CM gave govt contracts to kin New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to file within three weeks its stand on a PIL alleging Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu awarded contracts to his family members. **** LGD19 ADVOCATES-LD STRIKE **** Bar body ends strike after Delhi top cop assurance New Delhi: The Delhi district courts bar body on Monday called off its strike after receiving an assurance from the Delhi Police commissioner’s office that police officials will appear physically in courts to present evidence. **** FOREIGN FGN27 NEPAL-YOUTH-2NDLD PROTEST **** 14 killed as youths clash with police over social media ban in Nepal; Army deployed to control situation Kathmandu: At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government’s decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the army in Kathmandu to control the situation. By Shirish B Pradhan **** FGN19 UKRAINE-ZELENSKYY-TARIFFS **** ‘Right idea’ to impose tariffs on countries making deals with Russia: Zelenskyy New York/Washington: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that it is the “right idea” to impose tariffs on countries making deals with Russia, without naming India. **** FGN9 SINGAPORE-MINISTER-INDIA-ASEAN **** ASEAN benefits when China, India engage: Singapore minister Singapore: Describing India and China as “drivers of Asia’s growth”, a senior Singaporean minister on Monday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gain when New Delhi and Beijing engage. By Gurdip Singh **** PTI MPL MPL