Top 5 news at 1 pm on Oct 7: India to build fortress wall along porous Line of Control with Pakistan, say sources

Home Ministry of India on Friday decided to build a wall along the porous border with Pakistan in four Indian states, sources said. The news came after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met the state home ministers of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in Jaisalmer.

1) Watch: India to build fortress wall along porous Line of Control with Pakistan, say sources

Home Ministry of India on Friday decided to build a wall along the porous border with Pakistan in four Indian states, sources said. The news came after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met the state home ministers of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in Jaisalmer.

2) “The uproar that is happening in Pak is enough proof of surgical strike” says Amit Shah

BJP President Amit Shah on Friday slammed Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for his ‘dalali remark’ at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi  addressing a public meeting in the national capital on Thursday, had said “jinhone Hindustan ke liye surgical strike kiye hain, unke khoon ke peeche aap chhupe hain. Unki aap dalali kar rahe ho. 

3) Jayalalitha's illness: Swamy urges Rajnath to impose President's rule in TN; Rahul Gandhi visits her in hospital

BJP leader Subramanian Swamywrote a letter to home minister Raj Nath Singh and urged to impose President’s rule in Tamil Nadu, due to indefinite hospitalization of state's Chief Minister Jayalalitha.

4) BCCI vs Lodha Panel: Board fails to comply with recommendations; SC to give order today

The Supreme Court is expected to give order on Lodha Panel issue on Friday. The court is to issue directive against BCCI to implement Lodha Panel recommendations.

5) Nawaz Sharif Govt rejects report of any directive to army; calls it ‘speculative and misleading’

The Nawaz Sharif government on Thursday night dismissed the reports of an undisclosed meeting between Pak govt and its army, in which it might have directed the military leadership to act against anti-India militants to save the country from international isolation.