India 
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the United Kingdom and Austria from April 8, 2025 (Tuesday) to April 13, 2025 (Sunday). During the visit, Ms. Sitharaman will take part in ministerial-level bilateral meetings in both countries, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Monday … Read more
At dawn on November 28, 1885, King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat were escorted out of Mandalay Palace by British troops, marking the fall of the Konbaung Dynasty and Burma’s (now Myanmar) annexation into British India. As portrayed in the novel The Glass Palace, their exile to India symbolised the collapse of a once-powerful empire. Mandalay … Read more
An outer view of Bombay High Court. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Bombay High Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) ordered the Maharashtra government to register an FIR against five policemen who were held responsible for the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case. A division bench … Read more
The Supreme Court rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of electronic voting machines (EVMs) data with VVPAT records. File The Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) refused to examine a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India for a 100% manual counting of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips in … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) refused to examine a plea of the ED against the bail granted to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s close aide and businessman Amit Katyal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam in the Indian Railways. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Rajesh … Read more
A view of Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Indian Union Muslim League on Monday (April 7, 2025) moved the Supreme Court against the Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025, amending the Waqf Act, 1995. The IUML, represented by advocates Haris Beeran and Usman Ghani Khan, said the amendments introduced provisions … Read more
Two men accused of murder were injured in an encounter with police in the Hastinapur area in Meerut, an officer said on Monday (April 7, 2025). A head constable also received a gunshot in the confrontation that occurred Sunday night. The two men were identified as Chhagga alias Balveer, 27, and Fauta alias Manmeet, 27, … Read more
Security personnel stand guard following imposition of President’s rule in the state, in Manipur’s Imphal, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The statutory resolution for confirming the imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur was adopted by the Rajya Sabha in the early hours of April 4, 2025 (Friday) and by the Lok … Read more
Jairam Ramesh. FIle | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Monday (April 7, 2025) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the stock market crash, saying both he and U.S. President Donald Trump are experts in giving their economies “self-inflicted wounds” and that markets are reacting predictably in a “tariffying” manner. Stock market … Read more
Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari. Photo courtesy: ecommitteesci.gov.in/ The Supreme Court collegium has recommended transfer of Madhya Pradesh High Court Judge Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari to the Kerala High Court. The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna held its meetings twice over the last month and a third on April 3. “The Supreme … Read more