The Supreme Court has listed for April 8 a writ petition filed by Aman Panwar, national media panelist of the Indian National Congress, for a direction to stop the release of the movie PM Narendra Modi in 23 different languages across the country before the general elections. It was scheduled for release on April 5, but there are reports that the release date has been postponed to April 12.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) manifesto is likely to be released on April 8 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is releasing its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, just three days before the first phase of polling on April 11 and a week after the Congress released its.
The Supreme Court is to hear on Monday a batch of pleas challenging the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation in jobs and admission for candidates of economically weaker sections across all classes. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer.
The bidding process for stake sale in the cash-starved Jet Airways is likely to commence from Monday. Management control of the full-service carrier is with an State Bank of India (SBI) SBI-led consortium of 26 lenders, under a debt-recast plan. The expression of interest (EoI) for stake sale in Jet Airways is likely to be issued on April 8. The last date for submission of bids, which was April 9 earlier, is likely to be extended by a day to April 10.
Pakistan is to release 100 Indian fishermen in its custody on Monday. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), 385 Indian fishermen are in Pakistani custody. The development comes in the backdrop of New Delhi sending a note verbale to the Pakistan High Commission calling for the release of the fishermen who had completed their sentences. Since 2014, the Indian Government has been able to secure the release of 1,749 Indian prisoners, including 1,725 fishermen along with 57 boats.