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A sense of urgency gripped the meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Mumbai on Thursday as leaders from 28 opposition parties attempted to hammer out strategies for poll preparations for the first time, hours after the government announced a surprise special session of Parliament in two weeks. At the meeting, Mamata Banerjee suggested that the alliance should identify an agenda and start the poll campaign by announcing those issues from Rajghat on October 2. Nitish Kumar and Uddhav Thackeray too, advised leaders to act fast as they speculated that the elections might take place early.

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00:00 Hello and welcome to National Headlines. I am Aamina Ansari and I will be taking you
00:22 through the top headlines from the leading newspapers of the country.
00:25 Let's start with the Times of India Adani stocks fall after new report
00:31 GRP denies charges The stock prices of all Adani groups were
00:36 on hit on Thursday after a collective of foreign journalists backed by billionaire George Soros
00:42 published a report alleging that over several years, the group had routed money to two foreign
00:48 individuals to invest in its own stock using Mauritius and Bermuda-based funds.
00:55 Next headline is from the Indian Express China yet to confirm if Xi Jinping will attend
01:00 the G20 meeting With Beijing yet to confirm if Chinese President
01:05 Xi Jinping will travel to India for G20 summit, New Delhi is preparing to host Chinese Premier
01:11 Li Keqiang in case the former is unable to attend the meet on September 9 and 10.
01:17 Xi Jinping last came to India in October 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister
01:23 Narendra Modi. Let's move on to the headlines from the Hindu
01:28 Unable to give exact date when J&K statehood would be restored, Centre tells Supreme Court
01:35 The Centre on Thursday conveyed to the Supreme Court its inability to commit to an exact
01:40 time period within which the Union territory of J&K would be restored to full statehood.
01:46 The Union government, however, said J&K was ready to hold elections any time now.
01:53 Strong start Quarter 1 GDP growth at 1-year high of 7.8%
01:59 India's economy expanded 7.8% in June quarter from earlier year, accelerating further from
02:06 the 6.1% growth recorded in the preceding quarter. The smart recovery in the service
02:11 drove the economy as the numbers released on Thursday provided evidence of an investment
02:15 revival with gross fixed capital formulation rising 8% in the quarter from a year earlier.
02:22 Next headline is from the Telegraph Modi government calls special session of
02:27 parliament from September 18 but no words on agenda
02:32 The Narendra Modi government on Thursday made a surprise announcement that a five-day special
02:37 session of parliament would be convened in the second half of September but remained
02:41 tight-lipped on the agenda, leaving the field open to speculations over its political intention
02:46 ahead of the elections next year. The special session announcement was timed
02:51 with the third meeting of the opposition INDI parties in Mumbai and the fresh revelations
02:57 on the Adani group, leading to many suspects that apart from the undisclosed agenda, the
03:03 immediate motive was to divert attention from the event.
03:08 Finally our last headline is from the Hindustan Times
03:11 Sense of urgency at India alliance meeting A sense of urgency gripped in the meeting
03:17 of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Mumbai on Thursday as
03:22 the leaders from the 28 opposition parties attempted to hammer out strategies for poll
03:26 preparation for the first time, hours after the government announced a special surprise
03:31 session of parliament in two weeks. At the meeting, Mamata Banerjee suggested
03:37 that the alliance should identify an agenda and start the poll campaign by announcing
03:41 those issues from Rajghat on October 2. Nitish Kumar and Abdul Haftakre too advised
03:47 the leaders to act fast as they speculated that elections might take place earlier.
03:52 That's all for national headlines. To stay updated on the latest headlines from leading
03:58 newspapers do join us on National Headlines from Monday to Saturday at 11 am.
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