New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.13 pm: NATION DEL37 PM-MAURITIUS **** India, Mauritius to work towards facilitating bilateral trade in local currencies: PM Modi Varanasi: India and Mauritius will work towards enabling bilateral trade in local currencies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam. **** DEL16 MEA-INDIA-RUSSIA **** End practice of recruiting Indians into Russian military: India to Russia New Delhi: India on Thursday demanded that Russia end its practice of recruiting Indian nationals as support staff in the Russian military. **** DEL27 CONG-PM-LD BHAGWAT **** Desperate bid to curry favour with RSS leadership: Cong on PM’s praise for Bhagwat New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his article on Mohan Bhagwat, saying the “over-the-top tribute” to the RSS chief on his 75th birthday was a “desperate bid” to curry favour with the Sangh leadership. **** DEL61 MHA-LD IMMIGRATION **** Amit Shah launches faster immigration clearance programme at 5 more airports, says will enhance travellers’ convenience New Delhi: The Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP), which accelerates the immigration process of pre-verified Indian nationals and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders, has been launched aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “speed, scale and scope”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. **** DEL21 DEF-TATA-RADARS **** Tata Advanced Systems delivers advanced naval air surveillance radar to Indian Navy New Delhi: The Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), in collaboration with engineering major Indra, has manufactured an advanced naval air surveillance radar which is being billed as a major milestone. **** BOM16 MH-FADNAVIS-ST MARY-STATION **** Fadnavis slams Karnataka govt over St Mary metro station plan; says it is insult to Shivaji Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday slammed the Congress government in neighbouring Karnataka for its move to rename Shivajinagar metro rail station in Bengaluru after St Mary. **** CAL11 MN-SECURITY-LD MEASURES **** Security measures beefed up in Manipur ahead of PM’s likely visit on Saturday Imphal: Security measures have been tightened in Imphal and Churachandpur district headquarters town ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to Manipur on Saturday, officials said. **** CAL19 MN-BJP-RESIGNATION **** BJP members resign en masse in Manipur’s Phungyar constituency Imphal: At least 43 BJP members on Thursday resigned in Phungyar constituency of Manipur’s Ukhrul district, days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to the northeastern state, a party functionary said. **** MDS8 AP-NEPAL-EVACUATION **** Over 150 Telugu people cleared for boarding in Nepal Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday said over 150 Telugu people have been cleared for boarding at the Kathmandu airport, while a group of 12 from Simikot has safely entered India through Nepalganj. **** LEGAL LGD16 DL-HC-LD AISHWARYA RAI **** Delhi HC protects Aishwarya Rai’s personality rights, bars websites from illegally using name, image New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, barring online platforms from illegally using her name, images for commercial gain. **** LGD11 SC-SENTENCE-SUSPENSION **** ‘Pendency of criminal appeals in HCs quite high’: SC suspends sentence of 6 New Delhi: The Supreme Court has suspended the three-year sentence of six convicts observing the pendency of criminal appeals in the high courts was “quite high” with hearings not taking place any time soon. **** LGD14 SC-ASSENT- BILLS **** Prez reference on assent to bill: SC asks can it sit idle if guv fails in duty, reserves verdict New Delhi: Calling itself the “custodian of the Constitution”, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked if it could “sit idle” if a constitutional functionary like Governor failed to discharge duties as it reserved the verdict on the presidential reference on grant of assent to bills. **** FOREIGN FGN33 NEPAL-PRESIDENT **** Nepal’s President appeals for peace, says making efforts to find solution to current crisis Kathmandu: Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel Thursday appealed to all sides to cooperate in maintaining peace and said he was making efforts to find a solution to the current political situation within the constitutional framework. **** FGN30 NEPAL-LEADERSHIP **** Nepal: Gen Z leaders hold talks with President Paudel at Army HQ for interim govt formation Kathmandu: Representatives of the protesting ‘Gen Z’ group, Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel and Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel were holding talks at the army headquarters in Bhadrakali on Thursday to pick a leader to run an interim government, sources said. **** FGN7 US-INDIA-GOR-ENVOY **** Sign of importance of India-US ties: Indian Amb Kwatra on Gor’s nomination as US envoy to Delhi New York/Washington: US ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor is one of President Donald Trump’s “most trusted aides” and his nomination to serve in Delhi is viewed as a sign of “importance and priority” of bilateral ties, India’s Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra said. **** PTI OZ OZ OZ