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Kangana Ranaut announced on Friday that the release of her much-anticipated film "Emergency" has been postponed due to pending certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). Initially slated for release on September 6, the new release date will be announced soon. The decision comes after the Bombay High Court stated it could not direct the CBFC to issue the certificate, aligning with an earlier MP High Court order. Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), Kangana Ranaut wrote, «With a heavy heart I announce that my directorial Emergency has been postponed, we are still waiting for the certification from censor board, new release date will be announced soon, thanks for your understanding and patience.»

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking injunction against the BJP and restrain it from using 'kamal' or lotus as the party symbol. Observing that the plea has been filed for publicity, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale upheld the Madhya Pradesh High Court order which dismissed the suit. «You want name and fame for yourself. Look at the plea, what is the kind of relief claimed by you? Dismissed,» the bench said. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by one Jayant Vipat challenging an order of the Madras High Court which dismissed his plea saying there was no merit in the plea.

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's order which had disposed of a petition seeking directions to provide drinking water and other facilities to cricket players during practice or unofficial matches on public grounds in Mumbai. «What kind of a PIL (public interest litigation) is this? Cricketers will take care if they are not provided toilets. Why an advocate should be bothered about it,» a bench of Justices A S Oka and A G Masih observed. The bench was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer, who had challenged the high court's June last year order disposing of his petition. In his PIL filed before the high court, he had sought directions to the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide drinking water and other facilities to players during practice or unofficial matches on public grounds.

Gisele’s testimony was heart-wrenching. She told the court, «My life was in danger, but not one second did anyone stop. Lucky I didn't catch it. But not once did Mr. Pelicot say to himself, 'I've gone too far'. He showed no pity, no pity at all.» The trial also involved excerpts from a book by Gisele’s daughter, Caroline Darian, titled And I Stopped Calling You Daddy. The book reveals that Dominique allegedly instructed his wife’s attackers to forgo protection during the assaults.

Sabalenka reached a second successive US Open final on Thursday when she defeated a battling Emma Navarro as well as a partisan crowd to move one win away from her third Grand Slam title. Double Australian Open champion Sabalenka triumphed over the 13th-seeded American 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) and will face either Jessica Pegula of the United States or the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova in Saturday's final. Navarro, playing in her first semi-final at the majors, went down fighting, however, when she clawed her way back from 3-5 down in the second set to take her chances in a tiebreak.

SÃO PAULO—It was a request that had become routine for a judge who defined his career by cracking down on hate speech online. But this time someone said no. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said he had called on X owner Elon Musk to block the accounts of criminals inciting attacks on police officers and their families.

YouTube said on Thursday it was terminating the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen, following an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice. The Justice Department on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 presidential election. Justice Department officials said the two employees used shell companies and fake personas to pay $10 million to an unnamed Tennessee company to produce online videos aimed at amplifying political divisions in the United States.

Georgia state officials arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected school shooter Colt Gray on Thursday in connection with Wednesday's shooting at Apalachee High School that killed four people and wounded nine. «In coordination with District Attorney Brad Smith, the GBI has arrested Colin Gray, age 54, in connection to the shooting at Apalachee High School. Colin is Colt Gray's father,» the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said on X. Both Grays had been questioned by local officials in neighboring Jackson County last year in connection with an online threat to commit a school shooting, but there was no probable cause for their arrest, the FBI said on Wednesday.

Joe Biden's son Hunter pleaded guilty in a tax evasion trial on Thursday, without reaching the deal he had sought with prosecutors, in a case that has been an embarrassment for the US president. The 54-year-old admitted nine counts related to failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes over the past decade, money that prosecutors said he splurged instead on luxury living, sex workers and a drug habit. The pleas came on the day jury selection for a trial had been due to start, and hours after Biden had offered to plead guilty in the hope of striking a deal that might keep him out of prison.

The Nevada Supreme Court has ended a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press in 2018

A court in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle out of what is supposed to be a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon, which is illegal

Massachusetts U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren are among several political leaders who are attacking the leader of a troubled health care system for refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before a Senate committee

As billionaire Elon Musk’s clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal twists, insults, ultimatums, defiance and then, finally, capitulation

Netflix has cancelled a number of shows this year. The year of 2024 saw over 15 shows getting cancelled. This comes after Netflix had exercised the same process in 2023, as per a report. The cancelled shows on Netflix in 2024 are “Buying London”, “Dead Boy Detectives”, “Buying Beverly Hills”, “May Dad The Bounty Hunter”, “Everything Now”, ‘Barbarians’, “That Girl Lay Lay”, “The Brothers Sun”, ‘Ratched’, “Erin & Aaron”, ‘Obliterated’, as per a report on WhatsOnNetflix. Meanwhile, a Dutchman who claims to have fathered 550 children via sperm donations said he was suing Netflix over its hit documentary «The Man With 1,000 Kids», which he described as «sensationalist».

Magic Johnson has bought an ownership stake in the National Women's Soccer League's Washington Spirit

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat

A New Jersey real estate developer convicted alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has pleaded guilty to a separate bank fraud charge

National Company Law Tribunal in Mumbai has dismissed the Bank of Maharashtra’s application to initiate insolvency resolution proceedings against the personal guarantors of Gopal Krishna Oil Tech Industries Pvt. Ltd. The bankruptcy court, while dismissing the application observed that the lender had approached the tribunal beyond the period of the limitation. The division bench of Justice VG Bisht and a technical member Prabhat Kumar, while dismissing the lender’s application observed that the guarantees issued by personal guarantors stood invoked on April 3, 2018, and the amount due from the personal guarantees (PGs) became due and payable within 60 days from the date of receipt of the notice and becomes in default of the nonpayment of the amount stated in the notice after expiry of 60 days.

Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on pleas filed by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging his arrest by CBI for his alleged involvement in the Delhi excise policy case. Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, said his arrest was nothing but an «insurance arrest», implying that CBI arrested him only to ensure that even if the CM gets bail in the ED case, he remains behind bars in CBI case. The CBI counsel alleged the Punjab government, at Kejriwal's behest, has denied sanction to prosecute some state officials who allegedly arm-twisted the owner of a Punjab-based distillery to comply with the alleged bribe demands. The counsel said the probe regarding that is stalled since the AAP government there hasn't given sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Lawlessness prevails in Bangladesh as Jamaat-e-Islami and radicals run the show with minorities being lynched of blasphemy and Vice Chancellors, Pro-VCs and Supreme Court judges forced to resign. While Bangladesh Parliament has been dissolved illegally, all Supreme Court judges and many High Court judges including the Chief Justice and Attorney General were forcibly removed, according to Constitutional experts on Bangladesh. As many as 33 permanent secretaries and 11 Ambassadors posted in various countries have been arbitrarily removed, according to reports.

₹50 lakhto resolve their tax disputes online in less than six months and even get any potential penalty or prosecution waived. The new scheme is meant to be faster and easier than filing an appeal with the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) – CIT(A) – but one particular condition makes it the less attractive option and begs the question: is this just another toothless provision from the tax department? Until now, when a taxpayer received an assessment order demanding unpaid tax, interest or penalties on their additional income, they could file an appeal and make their case to avoid paying the penalty, if any.