National news schedule for Wednesday, April 30: NATIONAL **** IMD press conference Political developments and party briefings **** LEGAL Supreme Court: **** A five-judge Constitution bench to deliver its verdict on a question whether courts could modify arbitral awards under the 1996 law on arbitration and conciliation.

Pleas relating to the issue of religious conversions in the country.

Suo motu proceedings initiated over anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal’s order on entertaining complaints against sitting HC judges.

Plea alleging arbitrary internet shutdowns in several states.

Plea of homebuyers seeking possession of their flats in Amrapali Group projects.

Suo motu matter concerning conditions in jails across India.

CJI Sanjiv Khanna and other SC judges to speak at a felicitation ceremony conducted by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). **** Delhi High Court: **** Plea to restrain opposition parties from using acronym INDIA for their alliance.

Pleas to regulate coaching centres in Mukherjee Nagar area. **** Delhi courts: **** TMC leaders Derek O’Brien, Sagarika Ghose, Saket Gokhle and others to appear before Delhi court on 2024 protest case. **** NCR **** Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta at DU event Aam Aadmi Party press conference PWD Minister Parvesh Verma to visit Chandrawal treatment plant **** NORTH **** UP: CM Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur Cong leader Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, to visit Pahalgam terror victim’s kin in Kanpur In Ayodhya, Hanumangarahi head priest to break age old tradition, visit Ram Temple Punjab: Punjab Food, Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak press conference in Chandigarh.

Navjot Singh Sidhu to hold press conference in Amritsar.

Haryana: CM at public meeting in Palwal **** SOUTH **** Political developments Andhra Pradesh: Temple wall collapse updates **** EAST **** Bengal: 14 dead in Kolkata hotel fire. Several injured. Police forms probe team.

Pahalgam terror attack backlashes and possible updates on captured BSF jawan whose wife has reached Pathankot to appeal for his release SSC job crisis updates Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate Jagannath Dham in Digha. Ceremony to begin at around 2.30 pm BJP to start repair and reconstruction of temples destroyed during Murshidabad riots Odisha: Odisha to observe State Level Krushak Divas on the occasion of Akshaya Trutiya.

Follow up on Pahalgam terror attack Tripura: CM to distribute appointment letters to teachers at 1 pm.

State Board of Secondary Education to announce class 10 and 12 results at noon.

Assam: Campaign for first phase of panchayat polls ends today. **** WEST **** Chhattisgarh: CM Vishnu Deo Sai to chair state cabinet meeting in Raipur at 11.30 am.

Outgoing Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar’s interview.

Demolition drive at Chandola Lake in Ahmedabad to continue after police rounded up more than 900 persons, suspecting them to be illegal migrants. **** PTI NB NB NB