PM Modi's attendance in East Asia Summit to Aryan Khan's bail plea hearing - top news headlines

Today (October 27), the Bombay High Court will resume hearing of actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's bail plea in the Mumbai cruise drug case. During arguments yesterday, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court that Aryan Khan was a "young man" who should be sent to rehab rather than jail.The 23-year-old star son was arrested on October 3 after a drugs raid on a cruise ship party by Narcotics Control Bureau officers. His bail plea was rejected by the special court on October 20, following which his judicial custody in the matter got extended till October 30. Khan approached the Bombay High Court for an urgent bail hearing.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 16th East Asia Summit to be held virtually today (October 27). The East Asia Summit is the premier leaders-led forum in the Indo-Pacific. At the summit, leaders will discuss matters of regional and international interest and concern including maritime security, terrorism, Covid-19 cooperation. They are also expected to accept declarations on mental health, economic recovery through tourism, and green recovery, which are being co-sponsored by India, the PMO said. (Pic: ANI)

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Former Punjab chief minister and Congress stalwart Captain Amarinder Singh is most likely to launch a new political party today. According to sources close to the development, Amarinder Singh's new party will be called - the Punjab Lok Congress. A formal announcement in this regard is expected at a press conference called by the two-time former CM in Chandigarh today.

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce verdict on Wednesday (October 27) on a batch of pleas seeking independent probe into the Pegasus snooping matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli had reserved order on September 13, saying it only wanted to know whether or not the Centre used the Pegasus spyware through illegal methods to allegedly snoop on citizens. An international media consortium had reported that over 300 verified Indian mobile phone numbers were on the list of potential targets for surveillance using Pegasus spyware. 

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Three days have passed since India and Pakistan's cricket match in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, but tensions continue to flare on social media. In the latest, Harbhajan Singh and Mohammad Amir got in a Twitter feud late Tuesday (Oct 26) night. In what began as a banter when Amir taunted Harbhajan after Pakistan's 10-wicket victory over India on Sunday night, things soon took an ugly turn with the Indian spinner ending up bringing the spot-fixing scandal involving Amir.

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