In a short hearing, the Supreme Court emphasised that the ECI should consider Aadhaar cards and Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) for voter verification. The Election Commission has launched Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
After former Finance Minister P Chidambaram questioned the Union government over the evidence proving killers origin in Pakistan and said that they might be home-grown terrorists, the BJP has attacked the Congress Party.
In the resignation letter sent to President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar cited health as the reason for his decision. However, it raised more questions. As his secretariate at 4.30 PM confirmed his participation in an event in Jaipur on Thursday, no one believed it.
Who will replace outgoing Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar? Will it be Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar or incumbent Rajya Sabha Deputy Speaker Harivansh? Or will it be someone else? These questions have surfaced after the vice president put in his letters.
Jagdeep Dhankhar may be remembered as the most controversial Vice President for his unsavoury comments on the opposition members. He has been accused of siding with the ruling party, the BJP, and the government in running the Rajya Sabha and having a bias against the opposition members.
During the Kanwar Yatra, the Shiva devotees take water from the holy Ganges River in Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in the state of Uttarakhand. They take water from Indore, Dewas and Shujalpur in Madhya Pradesh and Sultangunj and Pahleja Ghat in Bihar.
In a major blow to Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, her victim's family has denied to pardon her, it also refused to accept the blood money. The family of Talal Abdo Mahdi, the deceased Yemeni national, is adamant on punishment by God's Law, meaning retribution.
It is interesting to note that the old class VII book has no mention of "attacks on temples" and the "brutality" of some Mughal and Sultanate rulers. The NCERT replaced three separate books for History, Geography, and Social and Political Life earlier this year.
In the case of Nimisha Priya, the situation is a little bit more complicated as she is a Hindu, and the provisions of blood money are not the same for non-Muslims and Muslims in sharia courts. What may happen to the Kerala nurse in Yemen?
Though it is clear that there is a thaw in Sino-India relations despite Beijing's iron-clad support to Pakistan in the recent military clashes, how much have the ties improved? It is not clear after Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
What is a fuel switch and how does it work? Was it responsible for the Air India crash? What does the AAIB report say about the pilot's role in the Boeing Dreamliner 787 crash? How has the ICPA and the FAA reacted to the report? Details here.
