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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled it can invoke its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. Article 142 of the Constitution deals with the enforcement of decrees and orders of the apex court to do "complete justice" in any matter pending before it.

"...We have accordingly, in consonance with our findings, held that it is possible for this court to dissolve the marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. That will not contravene the specific or fundamental principles of public policy," a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said.

The Union government has kicked off a plan to abolish the 62 cantonments around the country as "archaic colonial legacies", with the notification for disbanding of the Yol Cantonment in Himachal Pradesh being issued last week.

The plan is to carve out the military areas in all cantonments and convert them into "exclusive military stations" with the Army exercising "absolute control" over them. The civilian areas, in turn, will be merged with the local municipalities, which will be responsible for their maintenance among other things. The Army moved away from the concept of cantonments after independence, mainly due to the friction between military and civilian authorities, to progressively establish 237 military stations under their exclusive control.

The People's Anti Fascist Front (PAFF), a banned terror outfit, has threatened to carry out terror attacks in Jammu and Delhi over the government's decision to allot flats to non-locals in Jammu and Kashmir.  

On April 29, the Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board said it will allot 336 economically weaker section (EWS) and low income group (LIG) flats to non-locals under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) mission. 

The PAFF, a proxy wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed, which claimed responsibility for the Poonch terror attack that killed five soldiers recently, issued the threat in a social media post over this decision. 

Atweet by Ukraine’s defence ministry has sent shockwaves on social media in India. The tweet, which contained a morphed image of a female figure above blast smoke, sparked outrage from people in India for allegedly mimicking the Hindu deity Kali.

Netizens have termed the tweet “Hinduphobic” and sought an apology from Ukraine.

The official Twitter account of Ukraine’s defence ministry posted a photo of a woman in an upskirt pose similar to Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe with the caption, “Work of art”.

Russia pilots have tried to dogfight US jets over Syria, in one of the several recent attempts of aggressive behaviours from Moscow pilots, a report has said.

The Russian pilots didn’t appear to be trying to shoot down American jets, but they may be trying to “provoke” the US and “draw us into an international incident,” a report in CNN quoted a US official.

Armed Russian warplanes have been acting in hostile ways since March 1 which has led US military officials concerned about the possibilities for miscalculation and escalation.