Supreme Court makes public entire 25-page inquiry report by Delhi HC Chief Justic
In a unique move to ensure total transparency, the Delhi Chief Justice’s in-house inquiry report, including the response of Justice Yashwant Varma, photos and videos were uploaded on the Supreme Court website late on Saturday (March 22, 2025). The move comes within 24 hours of Delhi Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya submitting a report prima facie ascertaining the veracity of the allegations and collecting details and evidence.
CBI files closure report in Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Officials
The CBI has filed a closure report in the alleged death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said Saturday (March 22, 2025). “The CBI has submitted its findings before a special court in Mumbai which will now decide whether to accept the report or order further probe by the agency,” the officials said. The central agency had taken over the probe from Bihar Police which had registered an abetment of suicide case on a complaint filed in Patna by his father K.K. Singh. In its conclusive medico-legal opinion to the CBI, forensic specialists at AIIMS had dismissed the claims of “poisoning and strangling” made in the case.
Israel launches more strikes on Lebanon after rocket fire
Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Lebanon in response to a rocket attack from across the border on Saturday (March 22, 2025), as militant group Hezbollah denied responsibility for the launch. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered “a second wave of strikes against dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon”, the Defence Ministry said, in the largest escalation since a November 27 ceasefire. It said the strikes were “a response to rocket fire towards Israel and a continuation of the first series of strikes carried out this morning” against southern Lebanon.
Delimitation row: Southern states are punished for achieving targets: Kerala CM, Karnataka Deputy CM
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the attitude of the BJP-led Union government towards southern States seems to be on the lines of “now you have a smaller population and you deserve less funds and less representation”. Addressing the first Joint Action Committee meeting on Fair Delimitation, he said the BJP government was going ahead with the delimitation process without any consultation, and the sudden move was not driven by any constitutional consequence or democratic imperative, but for very narrow political gains. Mr. Vijayan said if delimitation was carried out purely on the basis of population, Kerala and southern states would suffer. D.K. Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, said the proposed delimitation exercise, based solely on population, was not just a technical adjustment, but a political assault on the Southern states.
Constitution will ensure return of peace in Manipur: SC judge
A five-member team of Supreme Court judges met relief camp inmates in Manipur on Saturday (March 22, 2025) and expressed their hope that peace would soon return to the State, which has been wracked with ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities for almost two years. The judges attended legal services and health camps in two districts – hilly Churachandpur, which is dominated by the Kuki-Zo people, and Bishnupur in the Meitei-majority Imphal Valley – apart from distributing relief to internally displaced people.
IPL 2025, KKR vs RCB: Royal Challengers roar at the Eden in the opener
Phil Salt’s extraordinary assault and Virat Kohli’s star power propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru to outshine defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets in the Indian Premier League-18 season opener at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday (March 22, 2025). After restricting KKR to 174, RCB cruised to victory with plenty to spare. With a significant part of Eden switching loyalty and chanting ‘RCB, RCB’ and ‘Kohli, Kohli’, RCB openers, Kohli and Phil Salt, unleashed firepower to plunder 80 runs in the Powerplay on a batter-friendly track and make the chase a cakewalk.
PLI schemes attracted investment worth ₹1.61 lakh crore; incentives of ₹14k crore released
The Centre’s production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes across 14 sectors to boost manufacturing have attracted investments to the tune of ₹1.61 lakh crore and generated sales worth ₹14 lakh crore, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The government has disbursed incentives of about ₹14,020 crore under PLI schemes for 10 sectors, which include largescale electronics manufacturing (LSEM), IT hardware, bulk drugs, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecom and networking products, the Ministry said.
Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital on March 23
Pope Francis will be released from hospital on Sunday (March 21, 2025) after 38 days battling a severe case of pneumonia in both lungs that threatened his life on two occasions when he suffered acute respiratory crises, his doctors said Saturday (March 22, 2025). Dr. Sergio Alfieri, who coordinated Pope Francis’ medical team at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, said Pope Francis will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues recovering back at the Vatican. But his personal doctor, Dr. Luigi Carbone, said if he continues his steady improvements to date, he should be able to resume his normal activity.
Three killed, 15 injured in shooting at Young Park in New Mexico’s Las Cruces
Three people died and 15 others were injured after an altercation broke out Friday (March 21, 2025) at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, police said Saturday (March 22, 2025). Between 50 and 60 shell casings — all from handguns — were found scattered across a wide swath of the large park, Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story said, suggesting multiple shooters and multiple weapons within two groups whose “ill will” toward each other police believe led to the shootings. Several others were injured in the crossfire, he said. Those who died were two 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy. Local police were being assisted in their investigation by New Mexico State Police, the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Published - March 23, 2025 06:12 am IST
