1 Court says the BCI, its head lack jurisdiction over students; only universities can discipline them. The BCI’s disciplinary powers under Advocates Act, 1961, are limited to advocates, Supreme  court adds

2.The Centre had considered using the Central list and States’ lists of OBCs while deciding the 2027 Census will use an open-column method for castes, oicials said. But, after deliberations, it emerged this would be a problem “as the list of OBCs is a list of classes”, they said.

3.The Supreme Court on Thursday raised concerns over encroachments and stationary vehicles on highways, and asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to consider setting up camera surveillance systems and monitoring rooms at toll plazas to address them

4.Iran attacked U.S. military bases in Kuwait on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump threatening strikes in a renewed areup six months into the war.

5.In a major crackdown, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at 30 locations across Tamil Nadu, Keralam, Karnataka, and Telangana in connection with eight narcotics-related cases. The agency sources said the operation was linked to the national Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan for a drug-free India.

6.Ram Temple Trust’s Chief Executive Ocer, Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (retd), on Thursday attended his rst meeting with members and oce-bearers after reaching Ayodhya, where he was briefed on the trust’s functioning, including its accounting and administrative arrangements.

7.The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday approved revival and rationalisation of 13,252 rural water supply works at an estimated cost of ₹4,053 crore, sanctioned a Rs950-crore government guarantee for an APTRANSCO loan from Power Finance Corporation, and approved Rs94 crore in price deciency support for tobacco farmers.

8.KOTTAYAM A call by Mar Thoma Church Clergy trustee K. Thomas in Keralam, to make HIV testing mandatory for couples before marriage in the Church has sparked a debate online, after a video of his remarks surfaced in public domain.

9.The Union government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it had begun implementing a Rs 24,000- crore umbrella scheme to modernise police forces over the next five years.

10.Breaking his silence over the letters reportedly written by a Supreme Court judge, the Rajasthan High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma has rejected the allegations levelled against him as baseless and called upon all concerned to “remain patient” until the Chief Justice of India (CJI) takes a decision.

11.An oce belonging to Abhishek Banerjee, general secretary of the Trinamool Congress, at Camac Street in Kolkata was ransacked on Thursday. Later, the Kolkata Police arrested six people in connection with this incident.

12 In Odisha Under the new rules, families of students who suffer accidental death or permanent disability will receive Rs 2 lakh. For serious injuries requiring transfer outside the district for advanced treatment, transportation assistance up to Rs 30,000 will be provided

13.Odisha Deputy Chief Minister, Pravati Parida, today inaugurated the Shakti Summit in Bhubaneswar, bringing together senior officials from 22 States and Union Territories to strengthen collective action on women’s safety, protection and empowerment.

14..the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Kataka Rishikesh Khilari, has issued a stern warning against forced collection of donations (chanda) in the city.

.6 A massive fire broke out at a dairy factory under the Jagatpur Industrial Area in Kataka district on Thursday, gutting property worth lakhs of rupees.