National news schedule for Monday, August 18:
NATIONAL
*Parliamentary proceedings and related stories
Meeting of opposition leaders on their vice presidential candidate
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a book launch event
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's meeting with PM Modi
Other political developments and party briefings. *
LEGAL
SUPREME COURT
Plea raising a range of issues including ad-hoc appointment of DGPs in some states.
Pleas concerning money laundering probe against Tamil Nadu-run liquor retailer TASMAC over alleged corruption in grant of wine shop licences.
Plea seeking directions to Centre and others to implement a dedicated victim compensation scheme exclusively for child victims of crime.
Plea concerning recruitment of visually impaired people in judicial services
Plea by AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi challenging Delhi HC order refusing to quash a defamation case against them
HIGH COURT
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit's plea challenging trial court order dismissing his criminal defamation complaint against former chief minister Atishi and AAP MP Sanjay Singh.
MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh's plea to modify order allowing him to attend Parliament in-custody by paying travel expenses *
NCR
CM Rekha Gupta at an event
Aam Aadmi Party press conference
Yamuna water level updates
NORTH
CM Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur
Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satish Mahana to hold press conference
Rajasthan:Last flight of IAF MiG 21 aircraft at Nal airport in Bikaner
Grand finale of Miss Universe India 2025 at Jaipur.
CM's review meetings for UDH and sports departments
Haryana:Chief minister Saini to chair meeting of Public Works Department in Chandigarh.
Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann to inaugurate a sub-divisional hospital in Chamkaur Sahib. Himachal Pradesh:Monsoon session of assembly
SOUTH
*Karnataka Assembly session
EAST
*Bengal:SSC stir: proposed rally by a faction of Eligible Teachers' Forum
Cabinet meeting
Suvendu Adhikari press meet
IIT Kharagpur foundation day programme
Odisha:BJD’s farmers’ rally at Bargarh.
Health update of BJD president Naveen Patnaik
Follow up on viral video involving Puri girl burning to death.
Tripura:Pradesh Congrees president to address press:1 pm.
Bihar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Aurangabad and Gaya. Gandhi to address a public meeting in Gaya in the evening.
Arunachal:One-day special session of assembly to commemorate 50 years of its existence.
Nagaland:NSF sit in protest on eviction on illegal immigrants from NE.
Meghalaya:Pro-ILP groups sit in demonstration for eviction of illegal immigrants
Jharkhand: IMD issues yellow alert of heavy rains for parts of state from Aug 21
WEST
*Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai to inaugurate BJP office in Bhilai, Durg
Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant to inaugurate European-South Asian arbitration boot camp at Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to receive Raghuji sword, brought from London, at event in Mumbai
BEST credit society election in Mumbai; MNS and Shiv Sena-UBT jointly contesting poll*
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