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The Supreme Court on Wednesday shielded two academicians, belonging to the Kuki-Zo community, from any coercive action of the Manipur Police after they were booked for editing a book allegedly twisting the state’s history.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for a status report on recovery of arms, which were allegedly looted during sectarian violence and strife in Manipur, from "all sources".

Delhi High Court has observed that the consistent and persistent act of a wife pursuing false litigation against her estranged husband and his family members constitutes cruelty.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 1164.53 crore as an additional fund requirement under the Industrial Development Scheme, 2017 for Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said. 

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Delhi on Tuesday evening to attend the G20 Summit, which is scheduled to take place in the national capital on September 9-10. Tinubu is the first foreign dignitary to arrive for the multi-lateral event.

Along with the post , he also shared the itinerary which read, "Visit of Prime Minister of Bharat Narendra Modi to the Republic of Indonesia (20th ASEAN-India Summit and 18th EAS Summit) September 7, 2023."

The principal bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) here has held an order against former NCB Mumbai Zone Director Sameer Wankhede, against whom certain allegations were raised regarding the "conduct of the raid/investigation" in connection with the Aryan Khan drugs case. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, while commenting on Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remark on Sanatan Dharma that sparked a widespread controversy, said "we should respect other's religion". 

The letter stated that Stalin Jr.'s comments amount to hate speech against a large population of India and strikes at the very core of the Constitution of India which envisages Bharat as a secular nation.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing on the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to cleric Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, who is charged by the state anti-terrorist squad (ATS) for allegedly running a mass religious conversion racket.

On the eve of Teachers' Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met the teachers who will be conferred national awards for their invaluable contributions to the education sector.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Home Minister Amit Shah here, and discussed about complete withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the northeastern state. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not availed a single leave in the last nine years, since he assumed office for the first time in May 2014, the PMO has said in response to a RTI query.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who represented Akbar Lone, said that the petitioners did not challenge the sovereignty of India and at the outset, he had said that J&K is an integral part of India.

The concept of simultaneous elections is in-fact not new to the country. Post adoption of the Constitution, elections to Lok Sabha and all State Legislative Assemblies were held simultaneously over the period 1951 till 1967 when the cycle of synchronized elections got disrupted, the note said.

After days of uncertainty, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning confirmed Jinping's unavailability for the G20 summit in a statement on Monday. It said that Chinese premier Li Qiang will attend the summit in Jinping's place.

The Delhi High Court has observed that simply entering into a second marriage by a father, following the loss of his first wife, should not automatically disqualify him from being a natural guardian of his child.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, pleaded before the Constitution Bench that Akbar Lone is the one of the main petitioners in the pleas filed against abrogation of Article 370.

The Central government's target of scaling up its renewable energy capacity to 500 Gigawatt (GW) by 2030 will require an investment of Rs 17 lakh crore for long-term commitments, and it may explore green masala bonds and infrastructure investment trusts (InVITs).

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday slammed Udhayanidhi Stalin for his statement against the Sanatana Dharma and termed it as "parasitic" behaviour.

In the absence of any major triggers from the domestic market, sentiments will be driven by global cues, including the release of US payroll and PMI data, says Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.

With just days left for the commencement of the G20 summit in New Delhi, Canada is said to have paused talks on a free trade agreement with India, according to media reports.

The Supreme Court, on the 14th day of the hearing of the pleas against the abrogation of Article 370 on Friday, was told that the decision to revoke the constitutional provision was not solely made by the political executive but had the backing of the Parliament.

The sources said that Goyal was arrested at around 10 p.m. on Friday after a marathon interrogation in connection with causing Rs 538 crore loss to Canara Bank. He will be produced before a PMLA court in Mumbai on Saturday.

The Supreme Court on Friday said that children born from void or voidable marriages can claim rights in their parents' ancestral property in joint Hindu families following the Mitakshara system of law.