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CBI court pardons Nirav Modi's brother-in-law, makes him approver

A special CBI court granted him pardon on the condition that he would make "full and true disclosure of all circumstances within his knowledge concerning the offence and every other person involved"

Amit Shah prays for 'Sonar Bangla' post-2026 polls, Abhishek hits back

Inaugurating the Durga Puja pandal of Santosh Mitra Square Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity in north Kolkata, Shah invoked Rabindranath Tagore's dream of a safe and prosperous Bengal

Calcutta HC declares Bangladesh deportation of Birbhum residents illegal

The court directed the Centre to ensure that the six deported citizens are brought back to India within a month

Activist Sonam Wangchuk arrested by Leh police amid statehood protest

The Home Ministry has alleged that the Ladakh climate activist was responsible for inciting the unrest that claimed four lives and left over 90 injured

Andhra govt unveils ₹4,500 crore plan to upgrade 15,000 km of roads

The plan also includes upgrades to an additional 2,104 km of state highways and other roads at a cost of ₹1,000 crore, along with similar improvements to 4,233 km of roads at ₹2,000 crore

CAG Murthy launches GASAB site to boost government accounting transparency

Murthy stated that the standard-setting work undertaken by GASAB is an exercise entailing multiple stakeholder interaction and feedback from subject matter experts

350-400 CAPF companies to be deployed for Bihar Assembly elections

A single CAPF company has an operational strength of about 70-80 personnel

Govt to soon auction blocks with coal gasification potential: Official

The government will soon put up for sale coal blocks that have potential for coal gasification, a senior official said on Friday.

Centre transfers over ₹540 cr to 2.7 mn farmers in three flood-hit states

The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers

PM Modi to launch railway projects, BSNL 4G stack in Odisha on Sep 27

This will be the Prime Minister's sixth visit to Odisha in 15 months since the BJP came to power in the state in June, 2024

Southwest monsoon withdraws completely from rain-ravaged Himachal Pradesh

In the past 11 years, the early withdrawal was recorded on September 29, 2015, and the late withdrawal was recorded on October 11, 2019

Delhi court rejects bail plea of Chaitanyananda Saraswati in forgery case

The FIR in the case has been registered for the offences of cheating by personation, cheating by dishonestly inducing a person to deliver property or consent to its retention, forgery, forged document

Calcutta HC grants bail to Partha Chatterjee in school jobs scam case

A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh had noted that Chatterjee spent nearly three years in jail and his continued incarceration would be a 'travesty of justice'

Caste census tech issues resolved, survey to speed up now: CM Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah asserted that the survey would be completed within the stipulated period and stressed that there would be no extension

SC allows limited manufacturing of green crackers, bar sales in Delhi-NCR

The bench made it clear that the manufacturers must ensure that these crackers are not sold in Delhi and the National Capital Region until further orders

LIVE news updates: Two Maoist operatives charged in BJP leader's murder case

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Delhi HC orders status quo on removal of social media posts on Adani

The court noted the submission of Centre's counsel who said its directions to journalises to take down the posts were issued by way of an information on civil court's order to the parties concerned

India's forest area increase 2.5% in 10 years; 'very dense' forests up 22%

From 2010-11 to 2021-22, very dense forests in India grew 22.7% to 102,502 sq km, while moderately dense forests shrank by 11,071 sq km and open forests increased 3.2% due to plantations

Delhi riots: HC denies bail to Tahir Hussain, order says allegations grave

The verdict prima facie found Hussain not only a "passive participant" but a "key figure" in the events

Ayodhya verdict was not based on faith, but on evidence: Ex-CJI Chandrachud

Shedding light on the judgment made in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, Chandrachud said that most people who expressed their opinions on social media did not even read the judgment