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New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 PM: NATION: DEL10 TERROR-IAF CHIEF-PM IAF chief meets PM Modi New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the backdrop of increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack.

DEL1 JK-CEASEFIRE-VIOLATION Pakistani troops violate ceasefire along LoC in J-K for 10th day Jammu: Pakistani troops continued unprovoked small arms firing in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting effective retaliation by the Indian army, officials said on Sunday.

DEL5 CONG-SOCIAL JUSTICE-CAMPAIGN Cong asks state units to highlight '??BJP opposition to caste census', Rahul's sustained efforts New Delhi: In a bid to ramp up pressure on the government over the caste census issue and amplify its social justice agenda, the Congress has asked its state units to highlight the BJP's opposition to the caste survey in the past and Rahul Gandhi's sustained efforts for it.

DEL7 CASTE-CONG-PM PM Modi made '??desperate U-turn' on caste census: Cong New Delhi: Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a "desperate U-turn" on the caste census, the Congress on Sunday asked whether he will have the honesty to acknowledge that his government has officially changed its policy on the subject and commit to a timeline for such a survey.

CAL2 AS-TERROR-ARREST Assam: 39 arrested for ''defending Pakistan'' after J&K terror attack Guwahati: Two more persons have been apprehended in Assam for "defending Pakistan on Indian soil", taking the total number of arrested people to 39 since the Pahalgam terror attack last month, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

CAL4 JH-HOSPITAL COLLAPSE-TOLL Toll rises to 3 in Jharkhand's hospital corridor collapse Jamshedpur: The toll rose to three in the collapse of a state-run hospital corridor in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district as one more body was recovered from there, an official said on Sunday.

FOREIGN: FGN19 PAK-INDIA-PORTS-LD BAN Pahalgam attack: Pakistan shuts ports for Indian ships after New Delhi bans imports from Islamabad Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan has banned Indian-flagged ships from entering its ports with immediate effect after New Delhi imposed fresh punitive measures, including a ban on the import of goods and entry of Pakistani vessels into its ports, against Islamabad amid heightened tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack.

FGN13 SINGAPORE-LD POLLS Singapore's ruling party secures landslide victory in general election; PM Wong gets strong mandate Singapore: Singapore's long-ruling People Action Party (PAP) led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has returned to power in a landslide victory in the country's general election held amid global economic uncertainties. By Gurdip Singh PTI VN VN

Source: PTI