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Two Naga persons were killed in firing by suspected militants in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district. A group of men armed with “sophisticated weapons” attacked Langka Naga village at around 8 am, an unidentified police officer said.
Residents said an armed group from the Naga village opened fire at the suspected attackers after the incident.
The Liangmai Naga Council-Manipur alleged that militants from the Kuki National Front (P) were behind the attack and announced an immediate shutdown across areas inhabited by Liangmai Nagas. Read on.
The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against comedian Samay Raina and four others in connection with purportedly insensitive remarks about persons with disabilities on the comedy show India’s Got Latent. The court praised their efforts to conduct awareness programmes and raise funds for persons with disabilities.
“Once there are genuine efforts, positive results are bound to be there,” the bench said. “They are very bright youngsters. If they have started working in a positive direction, there will be positive output.”
The other respondents are comedians Vipul Goyal, Sonali Thakkar and Nishant Jagdish Tanwar, along with Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, owner of the comedy venue The Habitat. Read on.
The Census 2027 will ask respondents if they belong to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, and will also include an open-ended question for other communities about the caste that they belong to. This will be the first time in independent India that caste will be enumerated across communities. Until now, Census exercises only recorded the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
This will be the first time in independent India that caste will be enumerated across communities. Until now, Census exercises only recorded the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
India had last conducted an exercise to count the population of all caste groups in 1931. The last decennial census exercise was held in 2011. Read on.
The Supreme Court quashed a criminal complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for remarks he allegedly made about Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar in November 2022. The bench noted that in the Uttar Pradesh government’s affidavit, there was “no disclosure of sanction [for prosecution] having been granted”.
The complaint was filed by lawyer Nripendra Pandey, who alleged that the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha had said during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in November 2022 that Savarkar was a British servant who received a pension from the colonial authorities.
In April 2025, the Supreme Court stayed the criminal defamation proceedings against the Congress leader. However, it criticised him for saying that Savarkar had collaborated with the British. Read on.
Several locations in Delhi, including the High Court and Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport, received bomb threats on the eve of Independence Day. However, officials said that no suspicious objects were found at the sites.
The Delhi High Court received a threatening email with the subject line “Bomb Blast Delhi High Court @ 2:11PM”. The email warned of a blast at the High Court premises at 2.11 pm on Saturday, followed by explosions at district courts in the national capital at 3.11 pm.
Threats were also received at Jamnagar House, the Jhandewalan Flatted Factory Complex, the district magistrate’s office in Saket and the sub-divisional magistrate’s office in Delhi Cantonment, the fire department said. Read on.
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