In an urgent three-hour hearing on Monday (September 1, 2025), a Special Bench of Justices Ravindra V. Ghuge and Gautam A. Ankhad of the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra Government to clear protestors from Mumbai streets by Tuesday (September 2, 20250, 4 p.m. and prevent any more protestors from entering the city.

A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on Monday (September 1, 2025), after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people, the Taliban authorities said.