News Updates: Supreme Court allows EC to continue SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar

Delhi High Court stays the release of the film “Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder” until the Central Government decides on the revision application filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind challenging the CBFC’s certification of the film.

Gujarat Congress senior leaders met Congress MP and LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal, at 10 Janpath, New Delhi today.

State-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was shot dead by her own father in Gurugram on Thursday. Reports said that she was allegedly shot because she was addicted to making Instagram reels.

The Delhi High Court reserved the order on the bail plea of Shadab Ahmed on Thursday.

He is an accused and charge sheeted under UAPA in a case linked to the alleged larger conspiracy of the Delhi riots 2020.

In a training flight, two Indian Air Force pilots were killed in the Jaguar fighter bomber crash in the Churu district of Rajasthan on Wednesday.

According to reports, the two Indian Air Force pilots killed in the Jaguar fighter crash in Churu have been identified as Squadron Leader Lokendra Singh Sindhu, 31, and Flight Lieutenant Rishi Raj Singh, 23. Other reports say Squadron Leader Sindhu was 44-years-old.

Squadron Leader Sindhu was from Haryana's Rohtak and Flight Lieutenant Singh from Pali In Rajasthan. Read more

The Supreme Court allowed the Election Commission of India on Thursday to continue with its exercise of conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.

The apex court said it is of the prima facie opinion that in the interest of justice, the Election Commission should also consider including documents like Aadhaar, Ration Card and Voter ID card etc. during the ongoing SIR in Bihar.

The SC posted hearing on July 28 the pleas challenging ECI’s move to conduct the SIR of electoral rolls and asked the poll panel to file its affidavit within one week.

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the timing of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR)  exercise, which started in poll-bound Bihar on June 25. It sought direct answer from the poll body on why Aadhaar card could not be one of the 11 documents mandated by the EC.

The opposition Congress has dubbed the exercise a 'rigging attempt' orchestrated by the Election Commission under instructions from the ruling regime. At least half a dozen petitions by political parties, individuals, and civil society groups have been filed in the apex court against what they call a 'blatantly unconstitutional' exercise.

A Delhi court on Thursday discharged 10 TMC leaders, including Derek O'Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of India last year despite prohibitory orders being in place.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal passed the order of discharge.

The government is likely to give a subsidy of Rs 30,000-35,000 crore to state-run oil companies - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) - to compensate for losses incurred from selling LPG at below cost over the past 15 months, according to a senior official.

The finance ministry is working out the exact under-recovery or loss incurred and the mechanism to compensate it, he said.

In the Union Budget for 2025-26 fiscal (April 2025 to March 2026) presented on February 1, the government has made no provision to compensate for the under-recoveries. However, in April, the government raised excise duty on petrol and diesel to garner additional Rs 32,000 crore in revenues. (PTI)

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a clarification from the parties on the observations made by the Supreme Court in related proceedings pertaining to release of movie "Udaipur Files" which is based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case.

A top court bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi on Wednesday refused to urgently list a plea challenging screening of the movie and orally observed: "Let the film be released".

The top court observation was made after a counsel, appearing for one of the accused in the murder case, said the release of the film will prejudice the trial.

The death toll in the collapse of a bridge over the Mahisagar river in Gujarat's Vadodara district has gone up to 15 with the recovery of four more bodies, officials said on Thursday.

Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a portion of the four-decade-old bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed near Gambhira village close to Padra town of Vadodara on Wednesday morning.

According to Vadodara Collector Anil Dhameliya, at least three persons were still missing.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case to look into the role of more than two dozen celebrities, including actors like Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati and Prakash Raj, apart from some social media influencers and YouTubers in Telangana as part of a money laundering probe against certain online betting platforms, official sources said on Thursday.

These outlets are alleged to have generated "illicit" funds worth crores of rupees through illegal betting and gambling, the sources said.

The federal probe agency has taken cognisance of as many as five state police FIRs to book its case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges.

Priya has been convicted of murdering a Yemen national Talal Abdo Mehdi in 2017.

A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi listed the matter for hearing on July 14 after advocate Subhash Chandran KR said diplomatic channels need to be explored at the earliest. He submitted that payment of blood money to the family of the deceased permissible under Sharia law can be explored.

At least 31 workers were rescued following a tunnel collapse in Wilmington, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, NBC Los Angeles reported, citing the Los Angeles Fire Department. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Workers were brought to the surface in groups of eight using a crane at the construction site. No injuries have been reported

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Delhi-NCR on Thursday morning, with the epicenter near Jhajjar, Haryana, according to the National Centre for Seismology.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 magnitude struck near Rohtak in Haryana on Thursday morning, with strong tremors felt across Delhi and the National Capital Region, according to initial reports.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance will meet at 11 am in the Parliament House Annexe to hear oral evidence from representatives of State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Indian Overseas Bank on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra will also brief the committee on RBI’s evolving role in India’s economy. BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab chairs the committee.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has indicated that the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will remain in orbit until at least July 14, extending their mission beyond the planned 14-day duration. The crew includes commander Peggy Whitson, pilot Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, and mission specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu.

The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Wednesday suspended the licence of Ajanta Caterers, which operates the canteen at Mumbai's Akashwani MLA hostel, following reports that a Shiv Sena MLA allegedly assaulted an employee over claims of serving stale food.

Rush-hour commuters were stranded and flights disrupted Wednesday evening as a northward shift in the monsoon brought heavy rain to Delhi, flooding streets with knee-deep water. The IMD revised its forecast, predicting more rain Thursday before easing Friday.