00:00 Hello and welcome to National Headlines. I am Aamina Ansari and I will be taking you
00:22 to the top headlines from the leading newspapers of the country.
00:25 Let's start with the Times of India. PM dials Abbas to condole deaths in hospital blast.
00:32 India's delicate balancing act on the Gaza conflict saw PM Modi on Thursday speaking
00:38 to the Palestinian Authority President Mahmood Abbas and condoling loss of lives in the Gaza
00:44 hospital bombing. India will continue to provide humanitarian aid, he said.
00:48 Next headline is from the Indian Express.
00:51 "Mohitra gave me her parliament login password, Hiranandani, to Lok Sabha panel," she claims
00:57 PMO drafted his letter. The cash for query allegations involving Trinamool MP Mahua Mohitra
01:04 took a serious turn on Thursday with Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of Hiranandani Group, claiming
01:10 in an affidavit to the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha that she provided him her parliament
01:16 login and password so that he could pose the questions directly on her behalf when required.
01:22 Mohitra called the letter a joke and said the draft of the letter was sent by the PMO
01:27 and Darshan was forced to sign it.
01:30 Let's move on to the headlines from The Hindu.
01:32 Supriya Sule takes off Himanta Biswasarma for Israel Hama Shrimad.
01:37 Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Supriya Sule on Thursday hit back at Assam Chief Minister
01:43 and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Himanta Biswasarma for suggesting that her father,
01:48 NCP chief Sharad Pawar, would send Ms. Sule to Gaza to fight for the Palestinian extremist
01:54 outlet Hamas. Speaking in Mumbai, Ms. Sule took a swipe at the Assam CM, a former congressman,
02:01 by remarking that she was surprised at how Mr. Sarma's attitude toward women had changed
02:06 once he went over the ruling BJP.
02:09 Next, let's move on to the headlines in the Economic Times.
02:12 Adani Group set to refinance $3.5 billion debt taken for ACC Ambuja Buy.
02:18 The Adani Group is all set to sign a definitive agreement to refinance $3.5 billion of loans
02:25 taken for last year's acquisition of ACC Limited and Ambuja Cement, people aware of the discussions told ET.
02:32 Let's move on to the headlines from The Telegraph.
02:35 Wheat MSP increased by 119% during Manmohan government.
02:40 Only 57% during Modi regime.
02:43 Congress.
02:44 The Congress on Thursday questioned PM Narendra Modi's silence on granting legal guarantee
02:49 for minimum support price and claimed that the government has raised the MSP for wheat
02:54 by Rs. 150 as stocks are depleting.
02:57 Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a dig at Modi for taking credit for this
03:03 big increase and said while the MSP for wheat went up by 119% during Manmohan Singh government
03:09 and it has increased only by 57% under NDA regime.
03:13 Finally, our last headline is from The Hindustan Times.
03:17 Modi asks MP voters for direct support in letter.
03:21 PM Narendra Modi on Thursday sought direct support of the people of Madhya Pradesh in
03:26 the upcoming assembly elections and hailed the effort by the state government and CM
03:31 Shivraj Singh Chauhan in developing the heartland state over the last two decades.
03:36 That's all for national headlines.
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