January 22, 2026 07:13 AM IST
First published on: Jan 22, 2026 at 07:11 AM IST
The historic judgment in the Indira Gandhi assassination trial will be delivered almost 15 months after Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984. The order on the three accused facing trial, Satwant Singh, Kehar Singh and Balbir Singh, will be read out by additional sessions judge Mahesh Chandra at the improvised courtroom in the capital’s Tihar Jail where the trial has been conducted. Security has been tightened in and outside Tihar Jail.
Land exchange proposal
Haryana has proposed the exchange of a couple of its villages with Rajasthan to enable it to establish contiguity with the Abohar-Fazilka areas of Punjab, which the state government has claimed in lieu of Chandigarh. Informed Congress-I sources said that the Chief Minister, Bhajan Lal, had already taken up the issue with his Rajasthan counterpart, Haridev Joshi, who, the sources claimed, was not averse to the proposal.
UP cabinet
The much-awaited expansion of the four-month-old, 17-member UP ministry headed by Vir Bahadur Singh, which was expected to be done with a bang, ultimately ended on a whimper when only 10 ministers of state were inducted. The Chief Minister, Vir Bahadur Singh, now has nine cabinet ministers and 17 ministers of state. Most of the ministers of state, described as personal assistants, will assist the Chief Minister in his legislative work during the forthcoming Assembly session, which is expected to be stormy.
PM’s election challenged
The Supreme Court will hear the appeal challenging the election of the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on grounds of corrupt practices. The Chief Justice, P N Bhagwati, who fixed the hearing, said that it would be taken up before a bench meant for hearing election appeals.
