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New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm.

NATION DEL111 UKD-TUNNEL-HALT **** Setback at Silkyara tunnel, drilling to rescue trapped workers put on hold again Uttarkashi: Drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel was put on hold again Thursday after the platform on which the equipment is mounted developed some cracks, in yet another setback to the effort to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside. **** DEL82 ELECTIONS-EC-2NDLD RAHUL **** EC issues notice to Rahul Gandhi for 'panauti', pickpocket remarks targeting PM Narendra Modi New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) issued a show-cause notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday for his 'panauti', 'pickpocket' and 'loan waiver for the super rich' jibes at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and asked him to respond by Saturday. **** DEL100 JK-3RDLD ENCOUNTER **** 2 terrorists, including LeT commander, soldier killed in encounter in J-K's Rajouri Rajouri/Jammu: Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, and a soldier were killed in a gunfight during an operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. **** DEL105 UP-LD PM **** In 'Amritkaal' of India's independence, country has come out of mentality of slavery: PM Mathura (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said for the first time in the 'Amritkaal' of India's independence, the country has come out of the mentality of slavery and is moving ahead with the feeling of pride for its heritage. **** DEL96 RJ-2NDLD CAMPAIGNING ENDS **** Campaigning in Rajasthan ends, polling on Saturday Jaipur: The high-pitch electoral campaign in Rajasthan for the November 25 assembly elections came to an end Wednesday evening with the BJP going all out to wrest power from the Congress, which is trying to end the state's anti-incumbency trend. **** DEL93 PB-2NDLD FIRING  **** Punjab: Home guard jawan killed, 4 cops injured after Nihangs open fire at gurdwara Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala): A home guard jawan was killed while four policemen suffered injuries when a group of Nihangs resorted to 'unprovoked' firing at them in Punjab's Kapurthala early Thursday, officials said. **** DEL98 ED-PRAKASH RAJ-LD SUMMONS **** ED summons actor Prakash Raj in Rs 100 crore ponzi-linked money laundering case Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned actor Prakash Raj for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 100-crore ponzi and fraud case against a Tiruchirapalli-based jewellery group, official sources said Thursday. **** DEL101 CBI-LD INTERPOL-RCN **** Murder accused facing Interpol Red Notice brought back from Saudi Arabia New Delhi: A murder accused facing an Interpol Red Notice was brought back from Saudi Arabia on Thursday in an operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), officials said. **** CAL28 WB-LDALL-MAMATA **** Central agencies targeting opposition will be after BJP post-2024 polls: Mamata Kolkata: Central agencies currently targeting opposition leaders will be after the BJP post-2024 Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Thursday, asserting that the government at the Centre will last for three more months. **** CAL38 SK-TOLL-FLASH FLOODS **** Sikkim flash flood death toll goes up to 46 Gangtok: The death toll in the Sikkim flash flood has gone up to 46 with the recovery of four more bodies of army personnel, according to the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) on Thursday. **** MDS24 KL-FATHIMA BEEVI-2NDLD DEAD **** First woman judge of Supreme Court, former Tamil Nadu Governor Justice Fathima Beevi dead Kollam (Ker): Justice Fathima Beevi, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, died at a private hospital here on Thursday, official sources said. **** LEGAL LGD8 SC-SAME SEX MARRIAGE-LD REVIEW **** Plea for review of same-sex marriages verdict mentioned in SC for open court hearing New Delhi: A petition seeking review of the October 17 verdict refusing to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriages by queer couples was on Thursday mentioned before the Supreme Court for an open court hearing. **** LGD26 UP-HC-BEEF **** UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit transportation of beef: HC Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit transportation of beef. **** BUSINESS DEL71 BIZ-LD DEEPFAKES **** New regulation, penalties for both creator and platform in offing to deal with deepfakes New Delhi: The government is planning new regulations that may impose penalties on both creator and platform hosting deepfakes as it looks to clamp down on what IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishaw described as 'a threat to democracy'. **** FOREIGN FGN41 MALDIVES-INDIA **** Indian High Commissioner Mahawar meets Maldives Foreign Minister Zameer; holds 'productive discussion' on a special partnership Male: High Commissioner of India to the Maldives Ambassador Munu Mahawar on Thursday called on Moosa Zameer, the Foreign Minister of the strategically located archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean, and had a “productive discussion” on a special partnership between the two countries. **** PTI RPA