oppn parties Centre forms a panel, headed by ex-CJI K G Balakrishnan, to study if it is feasable to give SC status to Dalit converts

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  • Supreme Court says that the comments made against the court by IMA chief R V asokan were "very,very unacceptable", asks for a reply on a petition filed by Patanjali
  • As Lalu Prasad backs Muslim quota, PM Modi says it shows Opposition intentions
  • Supreme Court reserves order on Arvind Kejriwal bail plea, but tells him that if he is given bail due to elections, he should not run the Delhi government as a matter of propriety
  • 3 Independent MLAs supporting the BJP government in Haryana withdrew their support pushing the Nayab Singh Saini government into a minority
  • Mayawati removed her nephew Akash Anand from party post in Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 64.5% voting was seen in Phase 3, down from 66% in 2019 in the same constituencies
  • Mamata Banerjee says she is at peace now that the Supreme Court has stayed the Calcutta HC order cancelling jobs of school teachers in Bengal
  • I-T department will scrutinize all cases where the assessee does not file a I-T return in response of a notice under section 142(1)
  • India's VIX (the volatility index of shares) jumped 70% in just over a year, probably due to election-related fears
  • Rural FMCG demand outpaces urban for 1st time in 2 years, March quarter rural grows at 7.6% while urban slows to 5.7%
  • Net household savings in FY23 hit 5-year low, fall by over Rs 9L cr between 2020-21 and 2022-23
  • Stocks slide on Tuesday: Sensex loses 383 points to 73511 and Nifty 140 points to 22302
  • Asian U-22 Boxing: 7 Indians won gold on Tuesday, taking the total tally to 12 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals
  • IPL: DC beat RR by 20 runs. The result propels KKR to the top of the table
  • Supreme Court says Section 498A of IPC replicated in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita without thgought to its misuse and protection for husbands and their families is a cause for worry
Supreme Court stays Calcutta HC order cancelling jobs of 25757 school teachers in Bengal, orders a CBI investigation without arrests