VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Aug 17, 2026, 07:00 IST Ryan Condal on ‘House of the Dragon Season 3′: ‘I have really said all I have to or need to say about dragons…’ Pisces Horoscope Today, August 17, 2026: Young couples may finally get the long-awaited chance to meet The Emraan Hashmi film races ahead of ‘Batwara 1947’, inches towards Rs 100 crore, becomes the 8th highest grosser of Hindi cinema in 2026 Taylor Swift brings back 1989 hairstyle as she attends Oli Jacobs and Laura Sisk’s nuptials; shows off wedding ring – PICS “Thoughts create feelings. Feelings develop our attitude. Attitude comes into action. Repeated actions become a habit. All our habits become our personality. 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NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has not accepted the invitation to be chief guest at the convocation of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law amid a row sparked by a section of students opposing his presence at the event which snowballed after Bar Council of India jumped in and ordered blackballing of the graduates before retracting with regret.Hours after addressing VCs of national law universities at Jodhpur, CJI Kant told TOI he “never consented to Nalsar’s invitation” to be chief guest at the convocation.”The question of me attending the convocation does not arise,” CJI said. Four days ago, Nalsar confirmed it had, in keeping with tradition, invited CJI Kant to be chief guest at the ceremony that is likely to be held at the end of Aug or in Sept.Of Nalsar’s 1,400-odd students, more than 400 had opposed CJI Kant as chief guest, citing his remarks during a hearing on petitions related to the students’ march to Parliament on July 20 and alleged police excesses.The CJI-led bench is seized of a bunch of petitions seeking independent inquiry into the alleged police excesses on students, use of pellet guns and facial recognition devices for profiling students in alleged breach of right to privacy.It has also accepted a petition by the relatives of injured police personnel seeking strict action against “criminal elements” who infiltrated the students’ agitation and caused widespread violence and damage to public property while abusing PM and other constitutional functionaries.The students appeared to have taken umbrage at the CJI-led bench declining to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged police excesses against protesters when an advocate, without filing a proper petition, made the request on July 22, claiming he had video footage of the same. The CJI had asked him to file a proper petition articulating his allegations.However, when the advocate, without producing a scrap of a paper, persisted with his request that the bench watch the videos, the CJI, with a heavy cache of cases already before him, had asked him not to waste judicial time and suggested he file a proper petition.Petitions raising similar concerns were subsequently filed and entertained by the CJI-led bench, which had asked police not to take any coercive action against students and preserve all video and CCTV camera footage as well as sought suggestions for an independent inquiry into the incident and setting up a commission to lay down pan-India guidelines for graded action by police to control protests turning violent.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe controversy over students’ opposition to the invite to CJI snowballed after BCI chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, unilaterally issued a letter to the Nalsar vice-chancellor seeking an inquiry and identification of students who opposed the CJI’s presence at the convocation and threatened to debar them from getting registered as advocates.Faced with condemnation, BCI quickly withdrew the circular. SC has sought its response while observing that the regulator had no business wading into a matter which concerned CJI and Nalsar students.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Process Vitiated…’: Bangladesh Links Tarique Rahman’s India Visit To Sheikh Hasina Extradition‘Will Never Be Forgiven’: Amit Shah Slams Sonia Gandhi; BJP Lodges Complaint Over Vande Mataram RowAir India Express Passenger Booked After Pistol Goes Off At Varanasi Airport During Security Check‘Derogatory’: PM Modi’s ‘Dimaagi Naxals’ Remark Triggers Row; Congress, CJP, Left Parties Hit BackActivist Devendra Mahto Stopped From Tiranga March As Jharkhand Student Protest Escalates On I-Day‘Came From The Top’: Mahua Moitra Alleges Late-Night Pressure, Seeks Speaker Om Birla’s InterventionDid Congress Leaders Signal Stop? 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NEW DELHI: Observing that the human mind can sometimes act foolishly, especially in the face of unpredictable adversity, Supreme Court has said that such behaviour cannot be the sole basis of conviction and acquitted two men who had been held guilty of killing their friend.They were convicted by trial court and high court because their friend drowned in a river in their presence and instead of trying to rescue him, they left the spot and went to watch a movie, actions which were held as evidence of their culpability.Gujarat high court held that their behaviour was proof that they had killed the friend, and it was not a case of drowning in the river, sentencing them to life imprisonment.Setting aside the order of trial court and high court, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said there was no evidence to prove that it was a case of murder and held that the deceased had drowned accidentally.”The accused are guilty of having fled from the spot and not having attempted to rescue the drowning person by crying out for help. Their conduct of having gone for a movie after witnessing their friend drowning, though reprehensible, cannot be found to be an incriminating circumstance, to establish murder rather than drowning. The hypothesis of innocence is crystal clear, and circumstances indicate an accident and not a premeditated murder,” the bench said.Disagreeing with the findings of the HC, the bench said, “We also have to notice the high court’s presumption that no person who saw his friend drowning would go to a movie or would take the trouble of bringing back empty soda bottles to the shop from where they purchased it. If such a presumption is accepted then it can be presumed that even after a premeditated murder, the accused would not conduct themselves in that manner.””The human mind, as has often been held by this court, is at the same time fickle, manipulative and imaginative and the actions, the result of a deprived or a foolish mindset, especially in the face of adversities, cannot be predicted. The subsequent conduct on which the high court found possible the prosecution story of murder rather than of drowning, in this case we are unable to accept. It is the hypothesis of an accidental drowning that looms large from the evidence led at the trial; more plausible than a homicide,” SC said.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesChallenging their conviction, the accused submitted that they, at worst, could be held guilty of a misadventure which turned fatal for their friend, and there was absolutely no evidence to prove even a homicidal death. They, however, admitted that they fled the scene in panic.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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NEW DELHI: An ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company has found that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly funded Rs 160 crore from the party’s coffers to a little-known firm, Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, to buy an Embraer jet and an Agusta VIP helicopter, which it subsequently rented out to TMC for Rs 187 crore.Sources said the money laundering probe was focused on TMC providing an interest-free security deposit of Rs 88.5 crore to the aviation company, which had no funds to buy the jet and the chopper it then gave to the party on rent. As soon as it received the security deposit, Carewell Aviation transferred it to its offshore entity, Carewell Flyjet IFSC Pvt Ltd, registered in Gujarat’s Gift City, treated as foreign territory, for further purchase of the jet and the helicopter.Another fund transfer of over Rs 16 crore from Cayman Island and related to the deal is under investigation.TMC was required to pay Rs 186.9 crore, exclusive of GST, for using the jet over 72 months and the chopper for 56 months. Although it did not fully utilise the minimum guaranteed flying hours under the charter agreement, the party went on to hire aircraft and helicopters from other companies during this period (2021-26) for a sum of Rs 149 crore, sources said.When contacted, a TMC source said, “Since the matter is sub judice, we do not want to comment.”The “suspicious” nature of transactions has led ED to delve into the issue of why TMC paid an interest-free security deposit of Rs 88.5 crore when it had to pay charges for renting the aircraft and helicopter. The agreement provided that TMC pay a minimum monthly charge of Rs 90 lakh for the aircraft and Rs 60 lakh for the helicopter.Carewell Aviation came into being only a few months after TMC returned to office for the third time after the April 2021 assembly elections. Then, after losing the assembly polls in 2026, TMC paid three months advance rental to the company to cover the period till Sept 2026: something that the agency says is contrary to the norm.Sources said ED has questioned directors of Carewell Aviation over these transactions and recorded their statements on issues such as why it charged TMC Rs 16.5 lakh per flying hour for the jet and when it billed others, who had not helped it with something as crucial as a security deposit, a much lower amount of Rs 7.6 lakh per hour for flying Embraer.Investigations also showed, sources said, that TMC paid Rs 75 lakh per flying hour to another charter service, Windborne Aviation, for hiring a Falcon 2000 aircraft. TMC used the Falcon aircraft for only about 11-12 flying hours but paid Rs 9.1 crore, which was roughly Rs 75.7 lakh per flying hour.According to sources, the money trail showed that over Rs 160 crore was transferred to Carewell Aviation and its group entities between July 2021 and June 2026 for “charter services” for the Embraer aircraft and the Agusta chopper. Investigators suspect the transaction to be an “artificial commercial arrangement” and a “calculated device”, bereft of any genuine actual financial rationale, considering that the two aircraft were allegedly purchased entirely out of the corpus received from TMC, and the two aviation assets were rented back to the party.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe jet was purchased two months after the charter agreement was signed and security deposit provided. Similarly, the charter agreement for the VIP helicopter was signed by TMC in March 2025 while the chopper was purchased a month later in April.Carewell Aviation, which was incorporated on Sept 14, 2021, with Pawan Jaju and Ramesh Jaju as its directors, purchased the Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft on June 6, 2023, and the Agusta 109 Grand helicopter on April 17, 2025, using its offshore entity.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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NEW DELHI: As part of his “chhatron ki goonj” meetings targeting the youth, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi said the upcoming rally in Pune on Aug 22 will be exclusively for girls.The announcement came along with Rahul’s social media video post featuring an interaction with some Jantar Mantar protesters. Rahul said, “The courage with which India’s youngsters have stood firm against PM Modi’s violent regime, demanding accountability, is commendable.” He added, “I am proud of every single young person – especially the girls who faced the BJP goons’ misbehaviour, verbal abuse and violence, even being forced to apologise to the Prime Minister.”Announcing the Pune meeting, Rahul said, “But now their (girls’) voices cannot be silenced. On Aug 22, Chhatron ki goonj is arriving in Pune-and this time, the event will be exclusively for girls. Now the girls will speak, and the country will listen.” TNNGet the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Process Vitiated…’: Bangladesh Links Tarique Rahman’s India Visit To Sheikh Hasina Extradition‘Will Never Be Forgiven’: Amit Shah Slams Sonia Gandhi; BJP Lodges Complaint Over Vande Mataram RowAir India Express Passenger Booked After Pistol Goes Off At Varanasi Airport During Security Check‘Derogatory’: PM Modi’s ‘Dimaagi Naxals’ Remark Triggers Row; Congress, CJP, Left Parties Hit BackActivist Devendra Mahto Stopped From Tiranga March As Jharkhand Student Protest Escalates On I-Day‘Came From The Top’: Mahua Moitra Alleges Late-Night Pressure, Seeks Speaker Om Birla’s InterventionDid Congress Leaders Signal Stop? 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A man who belongs to an ideology that did not see it fit to unfurl the tiranga at its headquarters till January 2002. A man who orchestrated the Delhi Police’s brutalities on peacefully protesting youth. Such a man is now demanding an apology from the Congress to divert attention away from the real issues of the day and away from colossal failures of his and his Sahib’s.” TNNGet the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Process Vitiated…’: Bangladesh Links Tarique Rahman’s India Visit To Sheikh Hasina Extradition‘Will Never Be Forgiven’: Amit Shah Slams Sonia Gandhi; BJP Lodges Complaint Over Vande Mataram RowAir India Express Passenger Booked After Pistol Goes Off At Varanasi Airport During Security Check‘Derogatory’: PM Modi’s ‘Dimaagi Naxals’ Remark Triggers Row; Congress, CJP, Left Parties Hit BackActivist Devendra Mahto Stopped From Tiranga March As Jharkhand Student Protest Escalates On I-Day‘Came From The Top’: Mahua Moitra Alleges Late-Night Pressure, Seeks Speaker Om Birla’s InterventionDid Congress Leaders Signal Stop? 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NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark on August 15 became the subject of a political slugfest Sunday, with Congress’s P Chidambaram saying he was “proud to be a dimagi Naxal” to which BJP replied that the ex-home minister’s remark shows how UPA govt was run.Union minister Kiren Rijiju said the PM was not referring to the opposition. “Only following are Dimagi Naxals: 1. Who support Maoists and reject Indian Constitution. 2. Who stand with separatists & support Article 370. 4. Who want to cut chicken neck to separate North-East from India,” he said on X. tnnCongress Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera responded on X: “Brother Kiren Rijiju, get your counting right first, then we’ll answer. After 1 and 2 comes 3, not 4.”BJP ally TDP MP and former IPS officer Tenneti Krishna Prasad backed PM’s “dimagi Naxals” remarks, saying a new form of “intellectual Naxalism” has emerged. “The forest Naxalites and Maoists have been removed from forests; now this new form has emerged. Therefore, we have to remain extremely vigilant and protect our country, especially our youth,” he said in a video statement, according to news agency PTI.In an apparent reference to Rahul Gandhi, Tenneti Krishna said, “Today, forest Naxalites have gone, and a new form has emerged. I call them ‘intellectual Naxalites’. They do not operate in forests; they operate in cities. They organise seminars in air-conditioned halls.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesBJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said Chidambaram “has become the face of the Congress ecosystem which nurtures Maoism”. He recalled that as home minister, Chidambaram had expressed willingness to hold talks with Naxals when they had killed 76 security personnel, while JNU had witnessed an event lauding the killers. Under Modi govt, Maoism has not only been finished off but national flag is also flying in former strongholds of Maoists, he said.BJP also kept up its attack on Congress for allegedly insulting national song Vande Mataram, with BJP president Nitin Nabin, saying bowing to fundamentalist forces has become a permanent policy of Congress. Besides the attempt by Sonia Gandhi to “stop” the recital of Vande Mataram’s full version at Congress headquarters, its govt in Kerala removed the song altogether from the Independence Day event, he said.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Process Vitiated…’: Bangladesh Links Tarique Rahman’s India Visit To Sheikh Hasina Extradition‘Will Never Be Forgiven’: Amit Shah Slams Sonia Gandhi; BJP Lodges Complaint Over Vande Mataram RowAir India Express Passenger Booked After Pistol Goes Off At Varanasi Airport During Security Check‘Derogatory’: PM Modi’s ‘Dimaagi Naxals’ Remark Triggers Row; Congress, CJP, Left Parties Hit BackActivist Devendra Mahto Stopped From Tiranga March As Jharkhand Student Protest Escalates On I-Day‘Came From The Top’: Mahua Moitra Alleges Late-Night Pressure, Seeks Speaker Om Birla’s InterventionDid Congress Leaders Signal Stop? 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Mundka toll plaza in Delhi, which went live on May 10, recorded 1.69 lakh e-notices in June, with a marginal decline to 1.67 lakh in July.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesMultilane free flow (MLFF), or barrierless tolling, is currently operational at five toll plazas. It was rolled out at Daulatpura on Delhi-Jaipur highway and Gharaunda on Delhi-Chandigarh highway in the third and fourth week of June, respectively. Manoharpura on Delhi-Jaipur highway was the latest to go live, on July 1.Data show that e-notices issued during the first month of MLFF operations at Daulatpura, Gharaunda and Manoharpura were significantly lower than those issued when the system was launched at Choryasi and Mundka. Daulatpura issued 33,038 e-notices in July, while Gharaunda and Manoharpura recorded 86,760 and 70,550, respectively.“As awareness about e-notices for toll non-payment spreads, road users are becoming more compliant. A large number of vehicle owners, particularly car users without active FASTags, are also falling in line,” said an official involved in NHAI’s tolling system.Failure to pay or challenge an e-notice within 72 hours can result in the vehicle owner being liable to pay double the toll. Prolonged non-payment can also affect access to Vahan-related services.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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