HT Evening Brief Sept 1: SC quashes all NEET protesters' FIRs, Sanju Samson back in India squad for Afghanistan T20Is
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
The SC quashed first information reports (FIR) registered across the country in connection with the CJP-led protests in July. Supreme Court quashes all FIRs across the country against NEET paper leak protesters The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed first information reports (FIR) registered across the country in connection with the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led protests in July, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, even as the group withdrew its call for a September 5 march in Delhi following assurances from the Centre that it would honour its commitments to withdraw criminal cases and compensation to families of students who died by suicide. Read more here .
Adding to this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were captured in the same frame as heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) gathered in Bishkek on Tuesday for the 26th Summit's official group photograph. Read more here .
Meanwhile, Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the outfit is withdrawing it’s September 5 march call in view of the Centre’s assurance in the court and the subsequent orders to be issued by the court. On August 24, the CJP had revealed a peaceful march from India Gate to Delhi Police Headquarters on September 5 over the government’s failure to honour its July 25 commitments. Read more here .
Notably, Bollywood star Swara Bhasker is no stranger to row, and this time she has sparked a debate over Deepika Padukone's 2018 movie Padmaavat. The star, who spoke at the Woman Life Freedom talk at the India International Centre in Delhi on August 31, spoke against the Jauhar scene in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie. Read more here .
As per the latest buzz, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday revealed the squad for the soon-to-release three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. All matches will be played in New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium, between September 13 and 17. Read more here.
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