Plea in Delhi HC Seeks Action Against PM Modi, Others over Alleged Hate Speech: Live News Updates Today

A plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction for immediate action against Prime Minister Narender Modi and other candidates contesting in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections over alleged hate speech in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party too has made mistakes and will have to change its politics in future. The remark came at an event in Lucknow where he accused the Narendra of being a monarch and not a prime minister, calling him a front for “two three financiers”.

Delhi's Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has been released from Tihar Jail after securing interim bail in the excise policy case. The Supreme Court's decision to grant him bail until June 1 brings a temporary reprieve for Kejriwal amid ongoing legal proceedings.

A Delhi court has ordered the framing of sexual harassment charges against BJP MP and former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh in the case filed by women wrestlers.

In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Friday castigated Congress President Kharge for obstructing the ongoing Lok Sabha election. The commission said the Congress President had made caseless allegations regarding the release of voter turnout data in the middle of ongoing polls which are designed to create confusion, misdirection and impediments in the conduct of free and fair polls. The commission further said that such utterances can have a negative impact on voters' participation and demoralize the large election machinery across states.

The Supreme Court granted interim bail to jailed Delhi Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal till June 1 on Friday in the money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise policy.

The Shadnagar police on Friday registered a case against BJP candidate Navneet Rana for making comments during an election campaign meeting stating that a vote for Congress is nothing but supporting Pakistan. In the complaint, officials of the Election Commission stated Navneet Rana, while addressing a crowd, had said, "If you give vote to Rahul Gandhi, you are giving a vote to Pakistan."

A Special Court in Pune on Friday acquitted three accused including Virendrasinh Tawde, Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave in the activist Narendra Dabholkar murder case. The court sent two accused to life imprisonment for allegedly killing Narendra Dabholkar in Pune on August 20, 2013.

In a horrific incident, a man in Delhi has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexually harassing an eight-year-old girl. Police said that after kidnapping the girl, the man sexually assaulted her for 24 hours. The ordeal left her body scarred with injuries inflicted by the harasser's teeth in multiple places.

A fatal accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway has left three people dead and eight others injured. The incident occurred near the Bhor Ghat section when a truck traveling towards Pune suffered a brake failure.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Kargil region of Ladakh on Friday. Despite the tremors, no casualties have been reported. The quake, which occurred at 7:22 am on Friday, was felt in Kargil, causing alarm among the residents. 

The Supreme Court will pass an order today on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail in the money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.