Justice Arun Palli was sworn in as Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court. The oath was administered by Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha.

India will always work within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) framework but WTO reforms are essential, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, has said, adding that the country remains committed to multilateralism.

Despite strict warnings from the Karnataka Education Department, an alleged incident of teachers engaging schoolchildren in cleaning of school toilets came to light in Bengaluru's Yelahanka locality on Monday.

Four valiant policemen of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were martyred in a fierce gunfight with Pakistani terrorists in the Safiyan Jakhole village of the Kathua district. Their last rites were performed today in their native villages across the Jammu, Reasi, and Kathua districts.

Five people were arrested on Saturday in connection with pelting stones at the girls' toilet of a government school in Karnataka and assaulting a schoolboy who questioned their act.

The PDP has announced plans to introduce three private member bills in the upcoming budget session of the J&K Legislative Assembly. Party leader and Pulwama MLA Wahid-ur-Rehman Parra stated that the bills focus on regularizing daily wagers, imposing stricter regulations on alcohol consumption, and securing land rights for residents.