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Ladakh Protest: The District Magistrate, Leh, has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Ladakh violence that erupted on September 24, 2025, which resulted in the deaths of four people during security forces' action. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nubra, Mukul Beniwal has been designated as the Inquiry Officer to ascertain the detailed facts and circumstances of the incident. An order issued by the DM said that the inquiry will ascertain the detailed facts and circumstances leading to the serious l ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala], October 2 (ANI): The Sabrimala gold-plating controversy has intensified, with investigators struggling to trace key records linked to the 30.3 kg of gold and 1,900 kg of copper donated by industrialist Vijay Mallya in 1998 for cladding the sanctum sanctorum and wooden carvings of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala. Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan, in response to ANI, said a detailed probe was underway under High Court supervision. "The pedestal was recovered fro ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Congress on Monday urged all political parties to submit affidavits in the Telangana High Court supporting the state government's decision to provide 42 per cent reservation to the Backward Classes communities in local bodies, saying it was time for them to prove their sincerity on social justice. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Vakiti Srihari, along with other Congress BC community leaders, said the government had taken every step t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and others on an appeal filed against the High Court order, which declined permission to perform religious and cultural activities such as Urs and Namaz at a Dargah near the tomb of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Ghaus in Gwalior. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued notice to the ASI, Centre and state government on the appeal. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Sl ...Read More >
Dehradun, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday reached out to the students and youth protesting at the city's Parade Ground and assured them of a detailed investigation into the alleged paper leak, including a CBI enquiry, in the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC)'s examinations, held recently. The UKSSSC test for filling graduate-level posts in various departments was held on September 21. However, the alleged paper leak l ...Read More >
New Delhi: Microblogging platform X plans to challenge the recent Karnataka High Court ruling, regulating its content, along with other social media platforms in the Supreme Court. The High Court had upheld the Government of India's content takedown effort. X has warned that this would enable millions of police officers across India to issue arbitrary directives for content removal. In a post on the platform, X described the ruling as "deeply concerning," adding that it would defend free expre ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary for election campaign management Aadhav Arjuna will move the Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday seeking a direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the Karur stampede tragedy that claimed 41 lives. The plea is expected to be taken up for hearing by Friday, October 3. According to party sources, the petition will be filed through senior counsel before the Madurai Bench -- will seek a detailed investigation ...Read More >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal ...Read More >
TVK president Vijay on Sunday announced that Rs 20 lakh would be given to the families of those who lost their lives at a stampede during his party's rally in Karur on September 27. IMAGE: TVK chief and actor Vijay greets gathering before stampede during a public event in Karur, Tamil Nadu, September 27, 2025. Photograph: TVK/ANI Photo The actor-politician said he is deeply anguished over the incident, which claimed more than 30 lives and left many others injured. Expressing his condolences t ...Read More >
Karur, September 29: The death toll from the devastating stampede at actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) campaign rally in Karur has risen to 41 after a woman succumbed to her injuries. The woman, 65-year-old Sukuna from Velusamipuram, succumbed to injuries late Sunday night. Sukuna, who worked for a private company, had gone missing after the rally. Her relatives later found she had been admitted to the Karur Government Hospital's intensive care unit but could not be saved d ...Read More >
Karur, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll from the devastating stampede at actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) campaign rally in Karur has risen to 41 after a woman succumbed to her injuries. The woman, 65-year-old Sukuna from Velusamipuram, succumbed to injuries late Sunday night. Sukuna, who worked for a private company, had gone missing after the rally. Her relatives later found she had been admitted to the Karur Government Hospital's intensive care unit but could not ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Karnataka Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and BJP MLC, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, called the Karur stampede very unfortunate and stated that it was the failure of both the state government and actor-politician Vijay. Speaking to ANI, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy said, "It is unfortunate. The government and the event organiser should have taken precautionary measures. Vijay is new with no experience. On the other hand, the governmen ...Read More >
Bidar (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Calling it an "unfortunate" incident, Karnataka Minister Sharan Prakash on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the Karur stampede that claimed 40 lives and injured several. Speaking to ANI, Sharan Prakash said, "This is a very unfortunate incident... The government should issue standard operating procedures and some guidelines for conducting huge programmes so such incidents don't happen in future..." The death toll due to a stampede ...Read More >
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has expressed sorrow over the loss of lives in the Karur stampede, calling it an "unfortunate incident." The Union Minister said that precautions must be taken during such events and demanded a proper inquiry into the incident Also Read | Karur Stampede: Judicial Commission Begins Probe Into Catastrophic Stampede After 40 Killed at Vijay's TVK Election Rally in Tamil Nadu. Speaking to reporters here, Pralhad Joshi ...Read More >
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has expressed sorrow over the loss of lives in the Karur stampede, calling it an "unfortunate incident." The Union Minister said that precautions must be taken during such events and demanded a proper inquiry into the incident Speaking to reporters here, Pralhad Joshi said, "It is a very unfortunate incident, and I feel very sorry about it. The state government has ordered an inquiry. I pray that God gives strength ...Read More >
Chennai: At least 39 people, including 10 minors, died in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur on Saturday, September 27, according to a report by NDTV. The youngest victim was reportedly just two years old. Children and young adults among victims As per the report, the list of victims released includes Hemalatha (8), Sailetsana (8), Sai Jeeva (4), Guru Vishnu (2), Sanuj (13), Dharanika (14), Pazhaniammal (11), Kokila (14), Krithik (7) and Kishore (17). Many of the others were ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court decision quashing proceedings against Jerusalem Mathaiah, who is the fourth accused in the infamous 2015 cash-for-vote case registered and investigated by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The decision by a Bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran may have a rippling effect on a petition filed by Telangana Chief Minister and former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, A. Revanth Reddy, who is also an ac ...Read More >
Lucknow: In a startling incident, district authorities on Wednesday rescued 40 minor girls who were found locked inside a toilet on the terrace of an unregistered madrasa in Pahalwara village, under the Payagpur tehsil of Bahraich district. The madrasa, identified as Jamia Ghazia Gulshan-e-Ghausulwara, had been operating illegally for nearly three years in a three-storey building at Patihar Chauraha. Acting on repeated public complaints about the institution's functioning, a team led by Sub-Divi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 15, dismissed a plea challenging the Kerala High Court's ruling that political parties are not required to establish Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), affirming that party membership does not equate to employment. The bench, comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and AS Chandurkar, declined to enter ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, has recommended the appointment of permanent judges to Karnataka, Madras and Tripura High Courts. "The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 15th September, 2025, has approved the proposal for the appointment of Shri Justice Kurubarahalli Venkataramareddy Aravind, Additional Judge, as a Permanent Judge in the High Court of Karnataka," said a statement uploaded on the officia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai, in its meeting held on September 15, 2025, approved the proposal for judicial appointments in the High Courts of Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Madras, and Tripura. The Collegium approved the proposal for appointment of Justice Kurubarahalli Venkataramareddy Aravind, Additional Judge as a Permanent Judge in the High Court of Karnataka. It also promoted the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the Hi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, has recommended appointments to the Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka High Courts. The apex court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of judicial officers Geetha Kadaba Bharatharaja Setty, Muralidhara Pai Borkatte, and Tyagaraja Narayan Inavally as Judges of the Karnataka High Court. In its meeting held on Monday, the SC Collegium also recommended the names of two ad ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15: The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including the clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years can dedicate a property as Waqf, but refused to stay the entire law. "We have held that presumption is always in favour of constitutionality of a statute and intervention (can be done) only in the rarest of rare cases," a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said in its in ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday delivered an interim verdict on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The judgment runs 128 pages. A division bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih gave limited relief while the larger challenge remains under consideration. The court said it did not prima facie find many provisions arbitrary. Still, a few clauses were put on hold or clarified for the time being. 1. Waqf creator must be a practicing Muslim: Section 3(r) the recently enact ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has given a clean chit to Anant Ambani's Vantara project under the Reliance Foundation, stating that no irregularities were found at the wildlife facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The probe was ordered after concerns were raised about the keeping of wild animals at the sanctuary. Court Observes Compliance With Rules A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and P.B. Varale said on Monday that the SIT's findings showed no violations i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to order a blanket stay the operation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while granting limited interim relief in respect of certain contentious provisions. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai observed that courts must exercise restraint when asked to stay laws enacted by Parliament. "By now, it is a settled principle of law that the courts should be very slow in granting interim relief by way of stay ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday in its order refused to examine and pass any orders on a plea alleging sexual assault and custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy by Gujarat Police. The SC asked the petitioner to move to the High Court, noting that "we have all sympathies for you. We have all sympathies for you, but why did you not approach the HC?" the Bench of the apex court told the lawyer. The plea was filed by the petitioner, the sister of the victim. The top court's two-judge Bench ...Read More >
Imphal: In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Justice M. Sundar, Judge of the Madras High Court, as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur, with effect from the date he assumes charge of the office. This appointment follows the superannuation of Justice Kempaiah. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The Central Government approved the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation dated Septem ...Read More >
The Indian Sports Ministry is set to establish the National Sports Board by December, a key component of the National Sports Governance Act. This board will regulate sports federations' affiliations and finances. The eagerly-anticipated National Sports Board, which will have paramount authority to grant or suspend affiliation to federations and monitor their financial conduct as part of the National Sports Governance Act, will be constituted by December end. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya h ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will commence hearing from September 23 on a key question whether a judicial officer, who has already completed seven years in the bar prior to joining a bench, is entitled to become an additional district judge (ADJ) in view of a vacancy. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices MM Sundresh, Aravind Kumar, SC Sharma and K Vinod Chandran will commence the hearing on September 23 and hear arguments over three days, till September 25. ...Read More >
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