Top news of the day: Supreme Court moots independent probe into police excesses in CJP protest; major quake hits Japan, and more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) observed that it would consider constituting a high-powered investigating team to conduct a “thorough, fair and independent” inquiry into allegations of police excesses during the recent student protests in Delhi and several other States, while ordering the immediate release of all minors arrested in connection with the demonstrations and restraining the police from taking coercive action against protesting students unless they had criminal antecedents.

A “considerable number” of people have died in a shopping mall damaged by a major earthquake on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) in southwestern Japan, broadcaster T BS said. Police told A FP that they could not confirm whether there were any fatalities at the mall in the town of Kashima. Emergency services earlier said “many people” were trapped inside the building after a floor collapsed.