Top news of the day: Delhi High Court adjourns Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam bail pleas to September 30; CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue Trump administration after White House access denied; and more

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Umar Khalid (in the picture) and Sharjeel Imam have moved the High Court challenging a trial court order dated July 4, 2026, which rejected their applications for bail. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

The Delhi High Court on Monday (September 21, 2026) adjourned to September 30 the hearing of bail pleas filed by former JNU scholar Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the case alleging a larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. A Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Dinesh Bhatt deferred the proceedings after the prosecution sought an adjournment, informing the court that Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju — appearing for the State — was unwell.

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico will sue the Trump administration after being denied access to the White House, the news outlets said in a joint statement on Monday (September 21, 2026). “This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the statement said.

A Supreme Court Bench led by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday (September 21, 2026) said that a status report submitted by the Uttar Pradesh government’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) had identified 105 instances of unauthorised currency removal captured on CCTV in the Ram Temple donations misappropriation case. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government, said the probe had been “substantially concluded” and a chargesheet in the case would be filed before the court of the jurisdictional Additional Sessions Judge on or before September 25, 2026. The court noted from the report that the role of every person allegedly involved had been assessed.

The Delhi High Court on Monday (September 21, 2026) refused to entertain a plea seeking the registration of a first information report (FIR) and an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged discovery of a large quantity of cash following a fire at the residence of Yashwant Varma, a former judge of the Delhi High Court.

In an undated video that has gone viral on social media on Monday (September 21, 2026), a minor girl and her male friend were seen being harassed and molested by a group of men in Bihar’s Jamui district.