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Twisha Sharma decease case: Supreme Court backs CBI probe, asks media to workout restraint
The Supreme Court connected Monday (May 25, 2026) backed the Madhya Pradesh government’s call to manus implicit the erstwhile model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma's decease lawsuit to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying it had stepped successful with consciousness of a “narrative” created that the judiciary was progressive successful denying her household a just probe. The tribunal had registered the suo motu case titled ‘In Re: Alleged Institutional Bias and Procedural Differences In The Unnatural Death Of A Young Girl At Her Matrimonial Home’ precocious connected the evening of Saturday (May 23, 2026), posting the lawsuit for urgent proceeding connected Monday (May 25, 2026).
Petrol, diesel prices hiked for 4th clip successful 10 days; latest by astir ₹2.8 per litre
Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked for the 4th time successful a span of 10 days connected Monday (May 25, 2026), with the latest being astatine a comparatively steeper ₹2.7 to ₹2.8 per litre crossed the state and crossed each variants. With the latest hike, the standalone prices of the 2 retail fuels have cumulatively increased about ₹7.5 per litre across four tranches since the archetypal hike connected May 15. .
President Droupadi Murmu confers Padma awards
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Padma awards to the recipients successful New Delhi connected Monday (May 25, 2026). Ms. Murmu conferred Padma Vibhushan posthumously to histrion Dharmendra; his wife, Hema Malini, received the award. Padma Vibhushan was conferred connected violinist N. Rajam. The President conferred Padma Bhushan connected erstwhile Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and banker Uday Kotak.
Girls shouldn’t springiness up acquisition owed to deficiency of sanitary napkins, gender-segregated toilets successful schools: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court connected Monday (May 25, 2026) stressed that girls should not springiness up education lone for the crushed that sanitary napkins and functional, gender-segregated toilets are not disposable astatine schools and asked the Centre to guarantee that its directions successful this respect are efficaciously complied with successful missive and spirit. The apex court’s reflection came aft the Centre said its January 30 judgement directing authorities to supply escaped sanitary napkins to miss students and functional, gender-segregated toilets astatine schools has led to galvanisation of efforts successful each States and Union Territories.
Naga assemblage protests successful Manipur superior Imphal demanding merchandise of six civilians
Hundreds of Nagas connected Monday (May 25, 2026) staged a protestation rally successful Manipur’s capital, Imphal, demanding the contiguous merchandise of six civilians allegedly held hostage by suspected Kuki militants. Organised by the Naga People’s Union Imphal, the rally, joined by respective members of the Meitei community, began from the Tribal Market country successful Imphal East territory and headed towards the Chief Minister’s bungalow. The protesters were stopped by a ample contingent of information unit adjacent the Palace Gate, astir 200 metres from the Chief Minister’s residence, aft marching astir 300 metres, officials said.
Ugandan wellness officials study caller Ebola microorganism infections, bringing cases to 7
Ugandan wellness authorities connected Monday (May 25, 2026) reported 2 caller Ebola cases, bringing the fig of infections to seven. All the cases are linked to the outbreak successful neighbouring Congo, which appears to person started respective days oregon weeks earlier Congolese authorities declared it connected May 15, 2026. A 59-year-old Congolese antheral was admitted to a infirmary successful Kampala, the Ugandan capital, connected May 11, 2026, and died 3 days later, earlier it was known that helium was suffering from the Ebola virus. Two different Congolese nationals who sought aesculapian attraction successful Uganda aboriginal tested affirmative for Ebola.
Iran says advancement made with U.S., but statement not imminent
Iran said connected Monday (May 25, 2026) that Tehran and Washington had reached understandings connected galore issues successful exchanges implicit a woody for ending the war, but warned an statement was not imminent. “It is close to accidental that we person reached a decision connected a ample information of the issues nether discussion,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said, during a play quality briefing. “But to accidental that this means the signing of an statement is imminent -no 1 tin marque specified a claim,” helium said, accusing Washington of “contradictions” and shifting its positions.
Opposition slams caller substance terms hike, Kharge asks ‘who benefits’, Rahul calls Modi ‘inflation man’
As petrol and diesel prices were raised by ₹2.61-2.71 per litre connected Monday (May 25, 2026), marking the 4th summation successful little than 2 weeks, Opposition leaders stepped up their onslaught connected the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of burdening consumers and failing to shield the nationalist from rising costs. While Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge described the summation arsenic “daily robbery”, Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi “mehangai manav” [inflation man].
Landslide astatine Angola amerciable golden excavation kills 28
At slightest 28 radical were killed erstwhile a landslide struck an amerciable golden mining tract in Angola’s northwestern Bengo province, section authorities said, successful 1 of the country’s deadliest amerciable mining accidents. Four people were rescued from the site, the province’s civilian extortion and occurrence work added successful a connection on Sunday (May 25, 2026), adding that hunt operations had been completed.
Cockroach Janta Party has not dimmed the PM’s popularity among youth: Haryana CM
Dismissing the proposition that the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) reflected choler among the youth, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday (May 25, 2026) said the younker inactive back Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who would besides beryllium the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) look successful the Punjab Assembly election slated for aboriginal adjacent year. Speaking during an enactment organised by the Women Journalist Welfare Trust successful New Delhi, Mr. Saini said that the CJP did not bespeak the views of the bulk of younker successful the country. “Cockroach ki aayu kya hai? (What is the longevity of a cockroach?” helium said.
Pope calls thought of ‘just war’ enactment guardant by U.S. ‘outdated’ successful archetypal manifesto
Pope Leo XIV on Monday (May 25, 2026) labelled “outdated” the conception of a “just war” enactment guardant by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, informing that “humanity is slipping into a convulsive civilization of power”. In his archetypal encyclical, a benignant of manifesto, U.S.-born Leo focused chiefly connected the emergence of artificial quality but besides returned to an anti-war connection that has caused tensions with Washington. “Today, much than ever, without prejudice to the close to self-defence successful the strictest sense, it is important to reaffirm that the ‘just war’ theory, which has each excessively often been utilized to warrant immoderate benignant of war, is present outdated,” helium wrote successful Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity).
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Pakistan PM Sharif arsenic Iran warfare looms
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif successful Beijing connected Monday (May 25, 2026), authorities media reported, arsenic diplomatic efforts by respective countries to formally extremity the Iran warfare resistance on. The high-level meeting, reported by authorities quality agency Xinhua, followed Mr. Sharif’s talks earlier successful the time with Premier Li Qiang, the country’s number-two leader. Mr. Sharif is accompanied connected his travel to China by Army Chief Asim Munir, Islamabad’s cardinal negotiator betwixt the United States and Iran, Pakistan tv showed connected Monday (May 25, 2026).
