The opposition's march to the Supreme Court over the voter list revision ended at police barricades on Monday, with Congress saying its petition against CEC Gyanesh Kumar has been filed.
President Droupadi Murmu has reshuffled Raj Bhavans in six states, sending former BJP MP Sudha Yadav to Karnataka and moving Rajendra Arlekar to Tamil Nadu.
Holding a special Sunday sitting, the Supreme Court directed that peaceful protesters in Delhi must not be detained outside the law and that Metro, train and internet services should run normally.
CJI Surya Kant has declined to meet Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge ahead of today's opposition march to the Supreme Court, a day after a special bench curbed illegal detentions of protesters.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says he and Rahul Gandhi will meet CJI Surya Kant on Monday to raise alleged Election Commission irregularities and curbs on protests.
Rahul Gandhi spent an hour with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay in Chennai on Saturday before telling thousands of students at Chhatron Ki Goonj that the Centre is attacking Tamil identity and Indian democracy.
Delhi was locked down on Saturday as police detained hundreds of people, including YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and Cockroach Janta Party leaders, to stop a protest demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Organisers say they will march again on Sunday.
A Delhi court has convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain of abetting rioting in a 2020 Dayalpur shop looting and arson case, acquitting him of the other charges; sentencing arguments are on November 16.
The Centre and Ladakh's LAB and KDA meet in Leh on October 15, with a draft on the elected UT body's powers and Article 371K safeguards expected.
A ten-member INDIA bloc delegation met President Droupadi Murmu on Friday night seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal over the SIR row. Rahul Gandhi's account of the meeting drew a sharp BJP rebuttal.
Vijay's TVK won both Tamil Nadu bypolls, the BJP swept Nandigram and Rejinagar in Bengal and surged ahead in Assam's Nagaon, while AINRC held Thattanchavady in Puducherry.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Andhra Pradesh government's appeal against the High Court order that struck down 34% reservation for Backward Classes in local body elections.
