Top news of the day: Madras HC orders Udhayanidhi Stalin’s release after questioning; Parliament passes the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill; and more
A roundup of daily news includes the arrest of Udhayanidhi Stalin, the passage of a birth and death registration bill in Parliament, and Supreme Court directives regarding digital arrest scams and wetland conservation.
Why it matters
These events represent significant developments in Indian legal, political, and administrative spheres, impacting both policy and public safety.
Tamil Nadu Leader of the Opposition and DMK youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) arrested by police following a complaint registered by a ruling TVK functionary accusing him of making misogynist remarks at a public meeting in Thanjavur a day earlier.
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed ‘The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026’ by a voice vote amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition members, who repeatedly demanded the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the House and also raised slogans on the alleged theft of donations at Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Six NEET-UG candidates approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) alleging discrepancies between the answers they had marked in their OMR sheets during the examination and the copies of those sheets made available by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
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