INDIA
EAM Jaishankar Set to Visit Pakistan for SCO Meeting
"The External Affairs Minister will lead our delegation to Pakistan to participate in the SCO Summit which will be held in Islamabad," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during a weekly media briefing in New Delhi.
SC Dismisses Review Petitions, Reaffirms Permissibility of 'Quota within Quota'
After scrutinising the review petitions, a 7-judge Constitution Bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud noted that "there is no apparent error on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 has been made out. The review petitions are accordingly dismissed."
SC Declines to Halt Gujarat’s Anti-Encroachment Drive Near Somnath Temple
A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan was apprised by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that though several authorities were approached for an interim injunction, no relief was ever granted.
CBI Arrests Confidant of Sandip Ghosh in RG Kar Financial Irregularities Case
Pande was also once summoned to the CBI's Salt Lake office earlier and questioned in connection with the matter.
SC Halts Madras HC Probe into Isha Foundation, Transfers Case to Its Jurisdiction
A bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud ordered that "police shall not take any action" in furtherance of the directions contained in the impugned judgment of the Madras High Court.
India Condemns USCIRF Again for Promoting 'Motivated Narrative'
Reacting to media queries on 'Country Update' on India, the USCIRF report, the Ministry of External Affairs criticized the US federal government agency that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad and makes policy recommendations to the country's President, Secretary of State, and US Congress.
Climate Activist Sonam Wangchuk Released, Delhi Police Inform High Court
Noting the immediate next order by the Delhi Police rescinding the prohibitory orders which had been enacted on September 30, a bench headed by Chief Justice Manmohan said these orders that prohibited gathering of five or more people to the discredit of themselves, had banned weapons, banners, placards, and picketing or protests in public places of New Delhi, North, and Central districts as well as on all state borders of Delhi, till October 5.
'Love Jihad' being waged by certain community, poses major threat to nation's unity, Says UP court
Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court) Ravi Kumar Diwakar said that Hindu girls are being lured into "love" for the sake of illegal conversions and to bring in conditions similar to Pakistan and Bangladesh into India .
Junior Doctors Stage Massive Protest March on Mahalaya Seeking Justice for RG Kar Victim
The protest march was led by the Bengal Junior Doctors' Front. It started from College Street to the Esplanade area. This is an altogether new wave of protests by doctors at the state government as an escalation of an ongoing agitation over better safety measures for healthcare professionals.
'We Don't Encourage People to Embrace Monkhood', Isha Foundation Clarifies
The Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation in a statement on Wednesday said it is home to thousands who are not monks or sanyasis and a few are monks and practising brahmacharis.
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