Top 5 stories at 1PM on Aug 5: Told Pakistan not to patronise terrorists, says Rajnath Singh and more

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who returned from Islamabad on Thursday evening after attending the seventh SAARC Home Ministers conference, on Friday briefed the Parliament on his visit. Check out top 5 stories at 1 PM on August 5:

1.Told Pakistan not to patronise terrorists, says Rajnath Singh in Parliament

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who returned from Islamabad on Thursday evening after attending the seventh SAARC Home Ministers conference, on Friday briefed the Parliament on his visit.

2. Govt to bring GST Bill in Lok Sabha on August 8

The government is all set to bring the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Lok Sabha on August 8, reports said on Friday. The BJP has issued three-line whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs, asking them to be present in the house on August 8.

3. Dalit man dies in police custody under suspicious circumstances in Kanpur

A 26-year-old dalit man on Thursday died in police custody under suspicious circumstances in Kanpur following which twelve police personnel have been suspended. Kamal Valmiki, a resident of Shiv Katra village, was found dead at Ahirwan police station this afternoon after he was picked up along with another man, Raju Mistri, yesterday in a case of loot.

4. Controversial Punjab SP Salwinder Singh, questioned in Pathankot probe, booked for sexual harassment

Controversial Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh was on Thursday booked for sexual harassment charges for allegedly harassing five women personnel of the force. Singh is one the run and Police teams have been dispatched to various places to nab him.

5. Leander Paes refuses to stay with Rohan Bopanna in Olympic village: Report

Tennis vetran Leander Paes has refused to share a room with Rohan Bopanna and he has informed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) about it, according to reports. Paes was to partner Rohan Bopanna in the doubles event but he arrived late in Brazil. This caused his doubles partner to train with Sania Mirza and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic instead.