Letting girl students wear hijab to school might provide an opportunity to make children sensitive to the cultural diversity of India, a Supreme Court bench has observed, during a hearing on the Karnataka hijab ban cases.

The Supreme Court on Thursday concluded the hearing the Hijab matter, and has reserved the judgment.

A man was sentenced to 20 years' of rigorous imprisonment by a POCSO court here for raping a nine-year-old girl in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district in 2020.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a meeting of top officials, including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and is believed to have discussed the searches at premises linked to the Popular Front of India and action against terror suspects, officials said.

Four leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI) were detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Mangaluru on Thursday morning.

Concerning the appearance of PAYCM posters being plastered across Bengaluru accusing the state BJP government of receiving 40% commissions for every task, police detained several Congress activists in the city.

In near simultaneous raids across the length and breadth of the country, a multi-agency operation spearheaded by the National Investigation Agency on Thursday led to the arrest of 106 activists of the Popular Front of India in 11 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country, officials said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reportedly raided the offices of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Bengaluru and Mangaluru as well as the homes of the PFI leaders on Thursday morning.