02 February 2026
In a step towards strengthening the newly created Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD), the tri-services unit has been moved to Bengaluru from Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
The AFSOD is now headquartered in Bengaluru, which is the centre for special forces' training activities as it has amenities for training of parachute regiment troops, too, defence sources said here.
Protesting wrestlers claimed the Supreme Court decision to close proceedings on the plea of sexual harassment allegations against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was not a “setback”. They added that the protest will continue until he’s arrested.
The wrestlers stated they will decide the future course of action after discussion with their elders and had options open.
“Whatever the Supreme Court has done, we will be indebted to them from the bottom of our heart, because for six days the police didn’t even register an FIR. When the Supreme Court ordered, only then the FIR was registered. We will abide by the Supreme Court’s order,” Vinesh said during a media interaction.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition challenging the validity of section 8 (3) of the Representation of the People Act which deals with automatic disqualification of MPs and state legislators upon being convicted and sentenced for two years or more in a criminal case.
The counsel for petitioner Aabha Murlidharan, who claimed she is a social activist, said section 8(3) of the RP Act is ultra vires the constitution since it curtails free speech of an elected member of parliament or member of a legislative assembly.
He told a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala the provision restrains a lawmaker from freely discharging the duties cast upon them by the voters of their constituency.
A special court here which acquitted all the 67 accused in the Naroda Gam post-Godhra riots case has criticised the probe conducted into it by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Supreme Court and said the evidence of the prosecution's witnesses was full of contradictions and could not be relied upon.
Eleven persons were burnt alive in the Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad district in Gujarat on February 28, 2002, when a bandh call was given by right wing organisations to protest against the burning of Sabarmati Express train in Godhra a day before.
The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to Congress leader Priyank Kharge for making alleged derogatory remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying prima facie he has violated provisions of the Model Code Of Conduct.
The apex poll panel has asked Priyank, the son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, to respond to the notice by May 4 evening as to why appropriate action for violation of the Model Code of Conduct should not be taken against him.
Priyank stirred a controversy by calling PM Modi ‘nalayak’ which evoked a sharp response from the ruling BJP. The BJP had moved the poll panel against Priyank for using abusive language against Prime Minister Modi.
