On Saturday, 8 retired judges issued a rare public appeal, asking Justice Swaminathan and Justice Rajasekar to step back from contempt proceedings

General Dwivedi announced the establishment of ‘Rudra’ all arms brigades, ‘Bhairav’ light commando battalions, ‘Shaktibaan’ artillery regiments and ‘Divyastra’ batteries, drone-equipped infantry battalions, and indigenous air defence systems.

The Congress also said that “it appears Mr Dhankhar’s showing of some minimal independence, possibly belatedly, was his real mistake. No other mistake.”

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The south-west region of Bijapur is where the most formidable force of Maoists army wing, Battalion 1 of People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA), and west Bastar division cadres move.

The topic of the conference was ‘Reaffirming the Constitutional Vision of Justice for Defence Personnel and Tribals’.

"We have established an inquiry committee to determine how the fitness certificate was issued to the school in the first place," said the DM

Udaipur's Sukher police station officials said that the FIR was lodged for abetment to suicide on Saturday following the arrival of the girl’s family members. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem, they said.

The interim payment will be adjusted against any final compensation that may be announced for the next of kin of the crash victims. Apart from the interim payout announced by the airline after the crash, its parent Tata Sons also pledged an ex-gratia payment of Rs 1 crore for each of the deceased.

The Nainital ADM, Vivek Rai, is a senior Provincial Civil Service officer who has served as SDM of various areas before taking on this post earlier this year

Sources said the questioning lasted nearly an hour and took place earlier this week in Jabalpur. The SIT is expected to submit its report to the Supreme Court ahead of the next hearing in the matter on July 28.

Officials of the NDRF told The Indian Express that in the two days since the operations began, they had identified three suspected collapse sites, “one of which appeared freshly levelled with soil”.

Kartik was one of seven students who died when the roof of a government primary school collapsed in the district’s Piplodi village. The incident occurred at 8:30 am, when students of the Government Higher Primary School gathered for morning prayers. 

Police claimed on Thursday that a small police team were fired upon by drug peddlers and that when they fired back, “one unknown person got injured”. Sources later said the injured man had succumbed.

He also said Shivakumar’s comments came from frustration. “When someone is frustrated, they speak like this. There is a competition among them on how low they can stoop when it comes to using such language,” he said.

Abhishek Tiwari has alleged that the legislator and 10-12 of his men thrashed him at the MLA’s farmhouse after he asked for his pending wages for some work. He is currently hospitalised with severe injuries, with visible marks of trauma across his body.

Identifying the deceased as Lalit Kumar of 7 JAT Regiment, official sources said that the injured have been shifted to Army hospital and their condition is stated to be stable. They have been identified as Havildar Gajender Singh and Subedar Hari Ram.

Citing data presented in response to a question in the RS Wednesday, Gandhi said on X: “Data presented by the Modi government in Parliament is evidence of the deprivation of Bahujans and institutionalized Manuvad.”

Gandhi made these remarks at the “Bhagidari Nyay Sammelan” of Congress OBC leaders and workers at Talkatora Stadium, as part of a larger initiative launched by the Congress in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls last year to reach out to the community.

Soumya rape-murder case: Govindachami was in the Kannur jail for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman, who was subjected to brutal assault after being pushed out of a moving train in 2011.

Police said they are investigating the allegations, but that no formal complaint has been received in the matter.

Former Additional District and Sessions Judge Jagat Mohan Chaturvedi was dismissed in 2014 after passing divergent bail orders in cases linked to the Vyapam scam.

Thursday’s surrenders come against backdrop of a new initiative from security forces, called Poona Margham, a Gondi term that means new path.

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