The Akal Takht has issued a directive to Sikh legislators and ministers in Punjab, demanding amendments to the recently passed anti-sacrilege legislation within one month. The top Sikh body stated that the law, passed on 29 April, was enacted without proper consultation with the Akal Takht or other Panthic bodies. Consequently, Sikh ministers and legislators appeared before the body, while non-Sikh legislators were directed to submit written explanations. The legislators agreed to revise the legislation.
A physical scuffle broke out between BJP and opposition UDF councillors at the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. The clash occurred over the signing of the attendance register during a council meeting.
A special court in Pune has sentenced a 65-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl child in a village.
The government has decided to send the Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) to represent the country at the funeral of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to sources.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency is all set to file chargesheet in the TADA Court in Srinagar regarding the 1990 abduction, rape, and killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat. India Today's Newstrack video coverage from 1990 has been cited as key evidence in the chargesheet.