National news schedule for Wednesday April 16: NATIONAL *****Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at travel and tourism conclave Meeting of parliamentary committee on new income tax bill CDS Anil Chauhan at an event Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at PHDCCI event Protest by West Bengal teachers Political developments and party briefings**** LEGAL SUPREME COURT ****Pleas challenging constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

Batch of pleas relating to the issue of religious conversions in the country.

Plea of Suneetha Narreddy in the Vivekananda Reddy murder case.

Plea related to felling of Kancha Gachibowli Forest near Hyderabad University in Telangana.

PIL filed by Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Tushar Gandhi.

Pleas related to finalization of constitutions of Indian Olympic Association and the All India Football Federation *** HIGH COURT **** Bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the UAPA case related to alleged larger conspiracy in 2020 riots.

Diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri’s defamation case against TMC leader Saket Gokhale.

Bail plea of Neelam Azad, the sole woman accused arrested in the December 13, 2023 Parliament security breach case.***** NCR ****Delhi CM Rekha Gupta at PHDCCI event Aam Aadmi Party press conference Protest by Congress against Centre over ED filing chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in Herald case Delhi minister Kapil Mishra, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari to address press conference **** NORTH ****UP:Sambhal violence: MP Zia-Ur-Rehman Barq to appear before judicial commission in Lucknow BSP chief Mayawati to chair meet of party’s UP, Uttarakhand units Uttarakhand:Silkyara tunnel breakthrough scheduled today. Dhami to attend Haryana: CM to hold meeting with officials in Chandigarh to review progress related to various announcements Punjab: SGPC executive meeting in Amritsar Rajasthan:BJP state in charge Radha Mohan Das to hold series of meetings, including core committee meeting **** SOUTH *****Andhra Pradesh Sixteenth Finance Commission visit.

Tamil Nadu Assembly session **** EAST ****Odisha: Congress to protest before ED office in Bhubaneswar following charge-sheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case.

West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee to meet Imams and seek support to tackle communal violence in state SSC teachers’ job crisis updates Waqf protest related stories Hindu Shahid Diwas to be observed by Bengal BJP Mizoram: Strike by Mizoram’s employees working under centrally sponsored schemes Assam: Bihu festivities Jharkhand: Congress to hold demonstration at ED zonal office in Ranchi **** WEST ****Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to address meeting of booth workers at Modasa in Gujarat Union minister Amit Shah to arrive in Neemuch for CRPF 85th Raising Day function Bombay High Court to hear stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s plea to quash FIR against him for his “traitor” jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Sadbhavana Shanti Yatra peace march of Congress in Nagpur Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to inaugurate Amravati airport Union minister Shripad Naik to address press conference in Panaji Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav to transfer funds into accounts of Ladli Behnas at event in Mandla district External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to visit Indus Valley Civilisation site Lothal in Gujarat Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai to chair review meeting of departments in Bastar Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray to address party workers’ meeting in Nashik Maharashtra BJP working president Ravindra Chavan to welcome activists from other parties to BJP in Mumbai **** PTI DV