Rush Hour: BJP leader to be booked for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi, new CJI sworn in and more

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered the filing of a first information report against state minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Shah for his remarks purportedly targeting Colonel Sofia Qureshi.

Shah on Tuesday said that those who had widowed the daughters of India had been taught a lesson by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “by sending the sister from their own community”. While he did not name a person, Opposition parties had alleged that the minister was alluding to Qureshi, one of the official spokespersons during the Ministry of External Affairs’ media briefings relating to Operation Sindoor.

The High Court stated that Shah should be charged for endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country, as well as promoting enmity. Read on.

The Border Security Force soldier who was detained by Pakistani forces on April 23 was handed back to India. Purnam Kumar Shaw of the 182nd battalion had been in the custody of the Pakistan Rangers after accidentally crossing the border while accompanying Indian farmers beyond the barbed wire fence between the two countries.

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