According to the police, a case was registered against the singer on May 30, 2025, under various sections related to fraud. It has been alleged that Manak remarried without divorcing his first wife and also sold her jewellery.

As the case involves an NRI complainant, police said efforts are underway to arrest other accused named in the case, including the singer’s father, mother, brother, and another person. He is grandson of Kuldeep Manak, a famous singer of Punjabi industry.

DSP Bharat Bhushan said that Hasan Manak was produced before a court on Thursday and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.

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The Cabinet further approved the Punjab Unified Building Rules, 2025, under which there will be no requirement to seek departmental permission for increasing the height of buildings from 15 metres to 21 metres in new colonies across the state.

An architect’s certificate will now be considered sufficient for the same.

In another decision, the Cabinet approved the creation of around 100 new posts in the Punjab Sports Medicine Cadre, which will be filled on a contractual basis for three years. The posts include 14 in Group A, 16 in Group B and 80 in Group C.

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According to Verma, an unknown woman stopped her on the street and began asking hateful questions about her presence in the country. “Why have you come to Ireland? What are you doing here? Why don’t you go back to India?” the woman allegedly said in an aggressive tone.

Verma noticed that the woman was wearing a badge of Dublin City University (DCU) and initially thought she needed help. However, she was soon confronted with remarks laced with racial prejudice.

Shocked and frightened, Verma said she tried to stay calm during the encounter. “I never thought I would have to justify my presence in the place I go to every day,” she said later in a post on Instagram, where she also shared a video describing the incident.

The episode has triggered a wider discussion in Ireland about racism and the experiences of immigrants, with many expressing concern over the safety and treatment of ethnic minorities in the country.

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Raman Arora was arrested on May 23, 2025, following an extortion case registered at Ramamandi police station. During the investigation, the police recovered about Rs 5.5 lakh in cash, around one kilogram of gold ornaments, and some silver items from his residence.

After his arrest, Arora was initially sent on a five-day police remand for questioning, which was later extended by four more days. Subsequently, the court sent him to judicial custody for 14 days, with a brief three-day police remand in between.

Arora’s lawyer, Darshan Singh Dayal, said the court accepted the bail plea, and his client will be released from jail today.

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The bill seeks to amend Articles 75, 164 and 239AA of the Constitution to enable the disqualification of the Prime Minister or a Minister of the Union Council of Ministers, Chief Ministers or Ministers of states, as well as ministers in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, under such circumstances.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also introduce two other related legislations — the Union Territory Government (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which aims to bring uniform provisions across Union Territories, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which proposes provisions for the removal of Chief Ministers and Ministers under the jurisdiction of the Union Territory.

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In an official letter, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, said the Punjab Land Policy introduced on May 14, 2025, along with related amendments, has been scrapped. All Letters of Intent (LOI), registrations and other work carried out under the policy stand cancelled.

Farmers across Punjab had been protesting against the policy, alleging that it was a means for the government to seize their land.

The matter had also reached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which, a few days ago, imposed a four-week stay on its implementation. The court is scheduled to hear the case on September 10.

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The incident took place shortly after flight AI 315 from Hong Kong landed and parked at the gate. “On July 22, 2025, a fire broke out in an auxiliary power unit (APU) shortly after flight AI 315 from Hong Kong to Delhi landed and parked at the gate,” an Air India spokesperson said.

The fire occurred as passengers were disembarking, and the APU automatically shut down as per system design. The spokesperson said there was some damage to the aircraft, but passengers and crew had by and large disembarked and are safe.

“The aircraft has been stopped from flying for further investigation and the regulator has been informed as per the rules,” the spokesperson added.

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Addressing a press conference, BJP state general secretary Jagmohan Singh Raju said the Punjab Prevention of Crimes against Holy Scriptures Bill, 2025, had no merit and did not even define sacrilege clearly.

“The Mann government has completely failed and is now trying to cover up its failures by bringing this bill in the Punjab Assembly. At present, this bill is a waste of time,” Raju said.

He said the AAP government had used the platform of the Vidhan Sabha to “create a new drum” for political mileage. While there was a need to bring a proper law against sacrilege, the state government had done “drama” by bringing this bill after three and a half years in power, he said.

Raju also claimed that while it was being propagated that the bill provided for imprisonment ranging from 10 years to life, there was no mention of life imprisonment anywhere in the bill.

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According to officials, past incidents of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and other holy texts had deeply hurt people’s sentiments. The Cabinet noted that existing sections 298, 299 and 300 of the Indian Penal Code do not prescribe stringent punishment to effectively prevent such incidents.

Considering the gravity of these crimes and the need to maintain communal harmony and religious sanctity, the Cabinet decided to bring in a state-level law to make punishments more stringent. The bill provides for life imprisonment for those convicted of desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagavad Gita, Holy Bible, Quran Sharif and other holy scriptures.

Officials said that the law will strengthen efforts to maintain peace, unity and communal harmony in the state while helping curb anti-social and anti-national activities by ensuring strict punishment for perpetrators of such crimes.

At present, there is no specific law addressing crimes against holy scriptures, resulting in many accused escaping serious action. The proposed legislation aims to fill this legal vacuum by covering sacrilege cases involving all religions and communities.

Under the bill, anyone found guilty of sacrilege can face a jail term ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment. Those attempting the crime may face imprisonment between three to five years, while individuals involved in abetment will be punished according to the severity of the crime.

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On July 1, the Supreme Court sent a letter to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, asking it to vacate bungalow number 5 on Krishna Menon Marg for the present Chief Justice. The letter pointed out that the permission granted to Chandrachud to stay in the bungalow expired on May 31, 2025, and the six-month extension period under the 2022 rules had also lapsed.

Under Rule 3B of the Supreme Court Judges (Amendment) Rules, 2022, a retired Chief Justice of India can retain a Type VII bungalow, which is below the Krishna Menon Marg category, for a maximum of six months after retirement.

Chandrachud, who served as the 50th Chief Justice from November 2022 to November 2024, was succeeded by Sanjiv Khanna, who decided not to move into government accommodation during his six-month tenure. The current Chief Justice, B R Gavai, has also chosen to stay in the bungalow already allotted to him.

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