Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's recent comments regarding the alleged use of funds obtained through gold smuggling in Malappuram for anti-national activities have triggered significant outrage and protests across the district. During an interview with The Hindu, Vijayan claimed that over the past five years, 150 kg of gold and hawala money worth ₹123 crores had been seized in Malappuram, suggesting that these funds were being utilized for anti state and anti national purposes. His assertion that Malappuram is becoming a centre for such activities was met with sharp criticism from various political and social organizations.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of ₹20 lakh on the Karnataka State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC), the operator of Shivamogga Airport, for failing to meet aerodrome standards.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has sparked controversy with its recent verdict, acquitting a 64-year-old man accused of raping an eight-year-old girl. The court cited that the victim's behavior was not consistent with that of a rape survivor, stating that a minor girl subjected to sexual assault would normally be "terrified" and not "act normal and play."

The DNA of the aborted foetus of the Ayodhya rape survivor matched with that of SP leader Moeed Ahmad's employee Raju, a co-accused in the case, according to a report submitted by the Uttar Pradesh government to the Allahabad High Court on Monday.

The founder of the Isha Foundation, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, has come under fire from the Madras High Court for pushing young women to renounce their material lives even though he had arranged his daughter's marriage. The court questioned this while hearing a case filed by retired professor S. Kamaraj, who stated that his two highly educated daughters had been "brainwashed" into living permanently at the Isha Yoga Centre.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will lay down guidelines for all citizens on the issue of demolition of properties and reserved its verdict on pleas which have alleged that properties, including of those accused of crime, were being demolished in several states.

A BJP functionary from Indore district on Monday urged organisers to make people sip "gaumutra" (cow urine) before letting them in garba pandals during Navratri festival as a Hindu can never refuse this precondition.

A city court on Monday reprimanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for being “too casual” in filing applications to extend the judicial custody of Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and Abhijit Mondal, Tala police station SHO, who are accused in the alleged rape and murder of a female doctor on August 9.