A top UN official Tuesday stressed the need to ensure all political figures in Pakistan are treated fairly and that due process is followed, hours after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested from a court premises in a graft case. "Regarding that, you are aware of our concerns of making sure that all of the political figures in Pakistan are treated fairly and of course that due process is followed. So we will monitor this process as it goes on to make sure that our concerns are being addressed," said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
With the Congress accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating the law by issuing appeals to Karnataka voters through social media during the "silence period", sources in the Election Commission on Tuesday said such appeals made outside the polling area do not come under the ambit of the existing law. The law, as exists, prohibits the act "in any polling area" only, they said.
Tamil Nadu Dairy Development Minister S M Nasar has been dropped from the MK Stalin-led cabinet and TRB Rajaa has been included in the council of ministers. Governor R N Ravi has accepted CM Stalin's recommendations, a Raj Bhavan statement said on Tuesday. This is the second reshuffle of the Stalin-led cabinet that assumed office in 2021.
The Islamabad High Court summoned top officials and police officers after paramilitary Rangers dramatically arrested former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in a corruption case from the court premises but reserved its ruling, news agency PTI reported. "Come to court and tell us why Imran has been arrested and in which case," Chief Justice Amer Farooqwas quoted as saying.
The Indiandefenceforces are maintaining a close watch on the situation that is emerging in Pakistan following the arrest ofImranKhan, news agency ANI reported, citingdefencesources. A strong vigil is being kept along the Line of Control and the international border that demarcates the two countries, the sources reportedly said.
India's market regulator has issued legal notices to government owned PTC India and its financial services unit PTC India Financial Services (PFS), demanding explanations of alleged corporate governance lapses, two people familiar with the matter said. PTC India, a power trading company, and PTC India Financial Services, a finance company, have been given 21 days to reply to the show cause notice that requires them to explain before the market regulator why action should not be taken against them, the sources said.
A female cheetah from South Africa, named Daksha, died in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Tuesday, following a violent interaction with a male during a mating attempt, the Union environment ministry said. This marks the third cheetah death in the park within a month and a half. One of the Namibian cheetahs, Sasha, died due to a kidney-related ailment on March 27, and another cheetah, Uday, from South Africa, died on April 13. The sudden deaths have conservationists and wildlife experts questioning the carrying capacity of the Kuno National Park and the decision to keep the cheetahs in fenced enclosures.
Former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested and bundled into a prison van by paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday from the Islamabad High Court, sparking massive protests across Pakistan by his supporters who stormed the army headquarters in Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander's residence in Lahore. The arrest of the 70-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician comes a day after the powerful army accused Khan of levelling baseless allegations against a senior officer of the spy agency ISI.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday extended the relief granted to TV journalist Bhawana Kishore and also gave interim bail to her cameraman and driver till May 23. The three were arrested by Punjab Police after their vehicle hit a woman in Ludhiana on Friday. They were also accused of using derogatory language against the complainant. On Saturday, Kishore, a Times Now Navbharat journalist, was granted interim bail by the court.
'Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind', a body of Islamic scholars, told the Supreme Court of Tuesday the argument advanced by the petitioners that the apex court should make a declaration about legal validation for same-sex marriage as Parliament is not likely to do anything about it, is a "very dangerous proposition". Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for 'Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind', told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that a declaration on the premise that Parliament is not likely to pass a law on same-sex union will be a "wrong step forward".
Assam government has decided to form an expertcommittee to examine whether state legislature was empowered to prohibit polygamy: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer and discussed with her the situation in the neighbouring country. "Glad to receive Dr Noeleen Heyzer, UNSG's Special Envoy on Myanmar. Appreciate her perspectives and support her efforts," Jaishankar tweeted.
