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The Supreme Court on Friday extended the interim order by which it had stayed further cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for setting up the Metro car shed.

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta said it will hear the matter at length in December.

Lawyers in district courts in Delhi called off their strike on Friday, the Coordination Committee of All District Courts Bar Associations announced.

The district courts laywers had been on strike since November 2 after a violent clash with the police at Tis Hazari court premises over a parking row.

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Friday conducted a raid on human rights organisation Amensty International in Bengaluru in connection with alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

The Congress on Friday attacked the Modi government over the detention of mainstream political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, and asked whether sitting Lok Sabha member from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah will be allowed to attend Parliament from Monday.

The opposition party also alleged that the Centre had left "no stone unturned in internationalising Kashmir" and hit out at the government for allowing European Union (EU) lawmakers to visit the Valley but not Indian leaders.

Former chief minister and senior National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah was detained under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA).

"Kashmir has been in a lockdown situation for the last 103 days. The prime minister (Narendra Modi) is going around the world saying 'all is well'," Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said at a press conference.

A court Friday directed Delhi Police to give 10-day pre-arrest notice to Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement leader Shehla Rashid, booked for sedition over her controversial tweets on Kashmir, in case the need arises to arrest her.

The court passed the order while disposing of her anticipatory bail application, after the investigating officer (IO) submitted that the probe was at a primary stage.

"Keeping in view the nature of allegations and also considering the submissions of the IO that investigation is at a primary stage, anticipatory bail application is disposed of with directions to the IO that if the need arises for the arrest of the accused, she be issued a ten days pre-arrest notice," Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora said.

The court had on September 10 directed her to join the investigation conducted by Delhi Police as and when called by the IO.

The counsel for Rashid had said she was ready to join the probe and would cooperate with the police.

Rashid had posted controversial tweets on Kashmir on August 17.

On the basis of her comments, advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava had filed a complaint to the Special Cell, saying the allegations levelled by the former JNU student leader were "absolutely false and concocted".

In his complaint, Srivastava had said Rashid's allegations were baseless.

He had also accused Rashid of "deliberately spreading fake news with the intention to incite violence in the country" and maligning the image of the Indian Army.

Following the complaint, police had registered an FIR under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of IPC.

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha interim protection from arrest till December 2 in the Koregaon Bhima violence case.

Justice P D Naik posted Navlakha's anticipatory bail plea for hearing on December 2 along with a similar plea filed by co-accused Anand Teltumbde.

The Pune police had booked Navlakha, Teltumbde and several other activists for their alleged involvement in the violence that took place in Koregaon Bhima village in the district on January 1 last year.

The Delhi High Court Friday denied bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case.

Justice Suresh Kait had reserved the order on November 8 on the bail petition after hearing the arguments of counsel for Chidambaram and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Supreme Court says Odd Even may not be a permanent solution, especially when Central Pollution Control Board says cars constitute 3 per cent of pollution levels. Garbage dumping, construction wastes & road dusts are also major contributors to the pollution levels.

In 1st AC and executive class, tea to cost Rs 35, up by Rs 6, breakfast Rs 140, up by Rs 7, lunch and dinner Rs 245, up by Rs 15: Govt order

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting bail to Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar in a money laundering case.

A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat rejected the request of the Solicitor General, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to issue a notice to the other side on the appeal.

The Delhi High Court had on October 23 granted bail to Shivakumar.

Today is the last working day of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. CJI Gogoi retires on November 17. He sat with Chief Justice designate SA Bobde in Court 1 and issued notices in all 10 cases listed today

Equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 200 points in early trade on Friday tracking gains in banking, auto and energy stocks amid positive cues from global markets.

The 30-share index was trading 206.79 points, or 0.51 per cent, higher at 40,493.27, while the broader NSE Nifty rose 55.05 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 11,927.15.

Pakistan has a "deep-rooted DNA of terrorism", India said in a sharp reply to Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir at a UN meet in France on Thursday, asserting that the cash-strapped nation's "neurotic behavior" had resulted in its decline to a nearly failed state. The country had "all shades of darkness," said India at the UNESCO General Conference in Paris.

"Pakistan's neurotic behaviour has resulted in its decline to a nearly failed state with its weak economy, radicalised society and deep-rooted DNA of terrorism," said Ananya Agarwal, who led the Indian delegation to the UNESCO meet.

Ten women and the driver of a mini truck were injured after the vehicle in which they were travelling overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Friday.

The accident occurred near Panjith village in Kairana area on Thursday when the women were on way to Ramda village for participating in a post-death ritual, an official said.

The injured women, aged 20-45, and the driver were shifted to a hospital, where some of them are said to be in a serious condition, the official added

At least 20 people were killed when lightning struck rural areas following heavy rains in Pakistan's Sindh province, it was reported on Friday.

Vodafone Idea on Thursday posted a massive net loss of Rs 50,921 crore in the quarter ended September 30 on account of the Supreme Court judgement on the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) matter.

As per a regulatory filing by the company, this was due to a one-time loss of Rs 30,774.5 crore the company incurred due to the recent Supreme Court verdict on AGR dues.