New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1:30 pm: NATION: DEL8 UKD-TUNNEL-LD PM Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: PM Modi speaks to Dhami on rescue efforts, says need to maintain workers' morale Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over phone to take stock of the rescue operations being carried out at the Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped for over a week.

DEL12 ELECTIONS-RJ-PM Dynastic politics everything for Congress, they can't think of anything except appeasement: PM Modi Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Rajasthan needs a government which gives top priority to development, while for the Congress there is nothing more important than corruption and dynastic politics.

DEL1 DL-AIR QUALITY Air pollution levels creep up in Delhi New Delhi: Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs deteriorated again overnight after a marginal improvement a day ago with forecasts suggesting that a major relief is unlikely in the coming days.

CAL3 JH-CHHATH Chhath devotees pay obeisance to rising sun Ranchi: Lakhs of men and women across Jharkhand paid tributes to the rising sun on Monday as part of Chhath, the state's most popular festival.

MDS2 AP-FIRE-LD BOATS 35 boats destroyed in fire at Visakhapatnam jetty area Visakhapatnam: A fire broke out in a jetty area here in the early hours of Monday in which at least 35 fishing boats were gutted, officials said.

LEGAL: LGD3 SC-KERALA-GOVERNOR SC seeks reply of Centre, Kerala governor's office on state govt's plea alleging delay in granting assent to bills New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the office of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on a plea of the state government accusing him of not granting assent to several bills cleared by the legislative assembly.

BUSINESS: DEL6 BIZ-RUPEE-OPEN Rupee trades in narrow range against US dollar Mumbai: The rupee was trading in a narrow range against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, amid a negative trend in domestic equities.

DEL5 BIZ-STOCKS-OPEN Markets decline in early trade amid foreign fund outflows Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices fell in early trade on Monday, extending their previous day's decline, amid fresh foreign fund outflows. PTI DIV DIV