BREAKING highlights: FIRs registered against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh

Two FIRs were registered in the Connaught Place police station on Friday night against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP. The Delhi Police earlier in the day informed the Supreme Court which was hearing a petition filed by the protesting wrestlers against Singh that it will file an FIR against Singh, the accused in the sexual allegation charges. Read full story

A digital portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was installed at Attari open stadium at the Indo-Pak border here on Friday.

Dedicated to the central government’s 75th 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' initiative, the portrait has been prepared and digitised by author, heritage promoter and nature artist Harpreet Sandhu, a former Additional Advocate General, Punjab. (PTI)

The Supreme Court on Friday commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man who had murdered his sister and her lover in 2017, observing he has been found to be "well-behaved" and without a criminal mindset.

A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai delivered its verdict on the appeals filed by two convicts, one of whom was awarded death penalty while the other was sentenced to life imprisonment. They had challenged the December 2021 judgement of the Bombay High Court. (PTI)

Grounded airlines Jet Airways' CEO-designate Sanjiv Kapoor quit the airline, sources said. His last day at the office was today, 28 April, 2023. The aviation veteran had joined Jet Airways as their Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on 4 April, 2022, reported Live Mint. Read full story here

Poland's armament agency on Friday announced it had signed a £1.9-billion ($2.4-billion) air defence deal with the UK arm of Europe's MBDA, which will provide missiles and missile launchers.

The government agency said the deal concerns "the supply of 44 iLaunchers and several hundred CAMM missiles as well as accompanying equipment", which MBDA said constitutes "the largest European short-range air defence acquisition programme in NATO". (AFP)

AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia to approach Delhi High Court, challenging Rouse Avenue Court's order of dismissing his bail plea in a money laundering related to the alleged excise scam, reported ANI. 

Delhi Rouse Avenue Court dismisses the bail application moved by Manish Sisodia in the case registered by ED regarding the now scrapped Delhi Liquor Excise Policy 2021-22. 

The Delhi Police on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will register an FIR against wrestling body chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh amid the ongoing protests by the top wrestlers of the country. The Delhi Police informed the Apex Court about the FIR as the top court was hearing a petition moved by the top women wrestlers bringing allegations of sexual assault against Brij Bhushan. Read full story here

AAP ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi will meet the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar today. On 29th April, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will also meet and interact with wrestlers at the protest site, said AAP. 

A Chinese national arrested in Pakistan on charges of committing blasphemy has been freed from a high-security prison after an anti-terrorism court granted him bail, officials said on Friday.

An SP youth leader on Friday alleged the party's Sikanderpur Nagar MLA has threatened to kill him if he continued to support the party's official candidate in the upcoming urban local bodies election.

China’s military flew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defense ministry said Friday, in the largest such flight display since the large military exercise in which it simulated sealing off the island earlier in the month.

A barrage of Russian missile strikes across Ukraine overnight killed at least 12 people, officials said Friday. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said strikes on the town of Uman south of the capital Kyiv caused "a total of 10 victims," while the mayor of the central city of Dnipro, Borys Filatov, said two people had been killed.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the Calcutta High Court acting chief justice to reassign the West Bengal school jobs "scam" case to another judge after examining a report on Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's interview to a news channel about the matter.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to deposit another ₹8 lakh as an expense for making available police personnel for his security.

Thailand’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for an ex-elementary school principal convicted of killing three people, including a toddler, during an armed gold shop robbery in 2020.

Former JD(U) leader Ajay Alok joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, in Delhi on Friday.

Iran's navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday heading to the U.S. amid wider tensions over Tehran's nuclear program, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies.

Russia attacked cities in a wide arc across Ukraine early on Friday, from the capital, Kyiv, through central and southern regions and at least five people were killed, according to media and officials.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated 91 FM transmitters in 84 districts across 18 states and 2 union territories on Friday. Prime Minister said, "When it comes to radio and FM, my relationship with it is that of a passionate listener as well as that of a host."

Actor Sooraj Pancholi, who is facing charges of abetting the suicide of actress Jiah Khan, was on Friday morning spotted leaving from his residence to a CBI Court in Mumbai.

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari chairs the 10th meeting of Transport Ministers of the member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) hosted by Delhi. 

Pakistan attended the conclave of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Delhi on Friday in virtual mode. Read more

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Friday urged authorities to take “quick action to ensure justice” for wrestlers protesting against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate “91 FM transmitters” in 84 districts across 18 states and 2 union territories on Friday which will give a boost to radio connectivity in the country.