Tuesday, 29 September 2026
4 verified stories first published on this date, from the daily briefing archive.

Bhagwat: Dharma rests on satya, dayā, tapas and śauca, not rituals or diet
At a Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Jayanti event in Yavatmal, RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said Dharma "does not merely mean rituals, worship or eating habits" and stands on four pillars: truth, compassion, austerity and purity.

New NCERT Class IX text foregrounds resistance, the persecution of Sikh Gurus and the resilience of temples
NCERT released Understanding Society: India and Beyond, Part 2 for Class IX, covering 1000 to 1700 CE.

Supreme Court quashes NSA detention of alleged Sambhal violence mastermind
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu set aside the National Security Act detention of Mulla Afroz, accused of masterminding the November 2024 violence after the court-ordered survey of Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid.
