Top news at 1pm on Sept 6: Rahul Gandhi's Kisan Yatra from Deoria, Rajnath meets PM Modi and more

New Delhi:

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has commenced his 'Kisan Yatra' from Deoria in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The agenda of this 2500km long door-to-door campaign is to help 'secure rights of the poor, farmers and labourers in government resources', Gandhi said in a tweet. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief him on the situation in Kashmir after the two-day visit of an all party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, curfew has been lifted from entire Srinagar city. Here are the top 5 stories of the hour: 

1) UP polls: Rahul Gandhi begins 2500-km Kisan Yatra from Deoria; Meets farmers, prays at temple

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has commenced his 'Kisan Yatra' from Deoria in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The agenda of this 2500km long door-to-door campaign is to help 'secure rights of the poor, farmers and labourers in government resources', Gandhi's office said in a tweet.

2) Rajnath meets PM Modi, briefs him on all-party delegation visit to Kashmir

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief him on the situation in Kashmir after the two-day visit of an all party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir.

3) Sex tape row: Police cases can't scare me, I am born in free India, says Ashutosh in series of tweets on NCW summon

In a series of tweets, AAP leader Ashutosh on Tuesday said the police case against him was an "infringement" on his right to freedom of expression.

4) Curfew lifted from entire Srinagar city; death toll rises to 72 in J-K

Curfew has been lifted from entire Srinagar city following improvement in the situation hours ahead of Home Minitser Rajnath Singh’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for briefing him on the all-party delegation meet in Jammu and Kashmir on September 4 and 5.

5) Provide details of AAP ministers' foreign tours, purpose of visits by Sept 12: LG Jung to Delhi Govt

Delhi's Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has directed the General Administration Department (GAD) of Delhi Government to provide details of all foreign tours undertaken byAAP ministers, their personal staff and other officials in the last one-and-a-half years.

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