The court said the ECI was required to follow the statutory framework governing its functioning and indicated that it could intervene if decisions were subsequently found to have been taken contrary to the law
The move rules out a Champions League Twenty20-style return and blocks any multilateral ICC tournament until 2031, amid calendar and revenue concerns.
Officials said the decision followed reviews of police crowd management during the July demonstration. Officers involved in that deployment told their seniors that online identification had led to their families being targeted
India’s men’s hockey team defended their Asian Games crown for the first time in history, beating Malaysia 5-1 in Aichi-Nagoya and sealing direct qualification for Los Angeles 2028. Craig Fulton said the team will rebuild after the Hockey India League
Hamam al-Hammami had previously been barred from flying in Oman, but later underwent security checks before joining Flydubai and operating a flight to Israel.
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Born from a controversial court remark, CJP moved from Instagram satire to demonstrations over paper leaks and electoral-roll revision
CJP Targets Gyanesh Kumar Over Form 6 Changes After SC Says Modified Voter Form Was Not Approved by It
A laboratory worker's death from severe pneumonia in Siberia has prompted precautionary monitoring of nearly 200 people amid fears of pneumonic plague, although Russian authorities have not confirmed plague as the cause
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Supreme Court Says It Did Not Approve Modified Form 6 As EC Removes SIR Declaration In Completed States
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The bench expressed strong displeasure over his conduct while granting one final opportunity before deciding its next course of action.
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Election Commission replaces Ajay Kumar Mishra with Debashis Sarkar as Nandigram police station officer a day before the West Bengal bypoll, after opposition complaints and fresh objections from Congress over polling and counting arrangements.
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On Form 6, the court made it clear that it had not approved any modification and said it would examine the records to determine who had made the changes
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UIDAI’s revised Aadhaar name update SOP divides changes into minor and major categories, with separate documents prescribed for spelling corrections, marriage, divorce, data-entry errors and complete name changes
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Former Delhi LG Najeeb Jung, ex-Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, former IB director Yashovardhan Azad and activist Yogendra Yadav served the notice, alleging constitutional and statutory violations
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The Surat Cyber Crime Branch arrested her under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, which concerns the electronic publication or transmission of obscene material
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SubscribeYour food may not be safe. The system knows it. Yet the food chain keeps moving. From five-star kitchens to roadside dhabas, food passes through a chain where contamination, adulteration and poor hygiene can enter at every stage, with consequences ranging from diarrhoea and jaundice to typhoid and hepatitis. Into this maze has stepped Tukaram Mundhe. Since taking charge as Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner in May, Mundhe has overseen more than 12,000 inspections and raids, cancelled or suspended around 600 licences and sealed more than 300 eateries. But raids cannot fix a broken system. India has the laws, standards and regulators. Yet violations persist, enforcement remains uneven and corruption finds its way through the gaps. Mundhe can keep cracking the whip. But can one man change the system? In this issue, Outlook examines India’s food-safety maze, where it fails and why one Tukaram is not enough.
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SubscribeClimate change is making the Himalayas even more vulnerable. Glaciers are melting twice as quickly as in 2000.Rising temperatures are accelerating glacier retreat and altering snow and ice conditions, increasing the potential for landslides, avalanches and glacial floods. But there is another reason for the degradation of the Himalayas. China. Our northern neighbour's insatiable hunger to build humongous infrastructure on ecologically fragile systems has caused harm to the subcontinent as well as the larger Southeast Asia region. The calamity in Nepal offers a stark warning of the risks of China's large, opaque projects, delayed information and environmental disruption. The country is putting millions of lives and billions of dollars of economic activity in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar at stake.
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SubscribeMore than five crore Indians use cannabis and opioids—roughly the population of Spain. Drugs are no longer confined to the margins of society. They are moving from affluent neighbourhoods to small towns and villages, feeding a rapidly expanding illicit market that is becoming more organised, more sophisticated and harder for law enforcement to contain. India’s geography makes the crisis even more dangerous. Wedged between the Golden Crescent in the west and the Golden Triangle in the east, the country sits between two of the world’s major narcotics hubs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Independence Day speech underlined the urgency of the challenge.The stakes could hardly be higher. Nearly one crore young Indians are estimated to be addicted to synthetic drugs, at a time when 27 per cent of the country’s population is aged 15-29. Every addiction carries a cost, not just to families, but to productivity, healthcare, the criminal-justice system and national security. India’s drug problem is a crisis capable of eating into the country’s demographic dividend and undermining its economic ambitions. In this issue of Outlook, we travelled to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to understand how deep the crisis runs, and to tell the stories of people whose lives have been shattered by drugs.
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Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his China Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic in Beijing on Monday after hitting a rebounding ball into the crowd and striking a spectator in the eye. Djokovic advanced to Tuesday’s final, expressed shock and sympathy, and extended his China Open record to 33-0
SA20 will enter its fifth season in January 2027 after selling more than 1.6 million tickets, drawing over 500 million TV viewers and building a four million social media following since 2023. League commissioner Graeme Smith marked the milestone in celebration today, as Season 5 begins on 17 January in Gqeberha
Senior stars Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi have been dropped from Pakistan's T20I squad to face Sri Lanka following underwhelming performances at the 2026 T20 World Cup. Under new captain Sahibzada Farhan, the selection signals a decisive shift as the team moves past its veteran core
Pakistan have sacked T20I captain Salman Ali Agha following major tournament struggles against elite teams, appointing Asian Games silver-medallist Sahibzada Farhan to lead the side against Sri Lanka. The decision highlights ongoing leadership instability as head coach Mike Hesson and the PCB search for a long-term solution
The Asian Football Confederation is planning a biennial Nations League from 2030 for all 47 member associations. The proposed three-tier format could link World Cup qualification to Nations League results from the 2032-33 edition, reshaping India’s route by offering more competitive matches but also a tougher path to the top tier
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Often called the Oscars of watchmaking, the GPHG has now made its way to India, with Ethos bringing the exhibition to Delhi and Mumbai
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Olivia Colman made her Miu Miu runway debut at Paris Fashion Week 2026, joining a star-studded cast for the Spring/Summer 2027 show. Gigi Hadid closed the presentation in a sporty charcoal sports bra paired with a crystal-embellished skirt, as Miuccia Prada explored the meeting point of athletic dressing, everyday staples and evening glamour
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Janhvi Kapoor attended Miu Miu’s Spring/Summer 2027 show at Paris Fashion Week 2026 in a chic brown ensemble styled by Rhea Kapoor. The actor paired a textured jacket with a blue knit top and mini skirt, finishing the outfit with brown boots, sunglasses and a Miu Miu handbag
