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Social activists take law into their hands against murder suspect, corruption accused 'to teach them a lesson'

From corrupt officials being force-fed to slapping and thrashing accused, some activists in Pune and Ahmedabad take to unconventional methods of protest against violators of law.

Feb 8, 2017

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SC issues contempt notice to controversial Calcutta HC judge CS Karnan

CS Karnan had accused Calcutta high court judges of corruption.

Feb 8, 2017

O Panneerselvam breaks silence: Kamal Haasan, Arvind Swami, Khushbu, Gautami and others laud OPS

Kamal Haasan, Arvind Swami, Khushbu, Gautami and other celebs are impressed with O Panneerselvam's (OPS) speech.

Feb 8, 2017

Educated woman having sex multiple times after being promised marriage is not rape, rules Kerala HC

The Kerala high Court observed that this was "a clear case of consent, and that the sexual intercourse was not at any time vitiated by any false promise."

Feb 8, 2017

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Assembly and municipal elections 2017: Will Congress-SP and Hardik Patel-Shiv Sena come together against PM Modi?

Arch-rivals Nitish Kumar of the JD-U and Lalu Prasad of the RJD had in 2015 joined hands and countered the BJP's influence in the Bihar Assembly elections.

Feb 8, 2017

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK proposes, Sasikala disposes of Panneerselvam; Twitter rebounds with 'paneer' jokes

Sasikala has removed Panneerselvam from the post of AIADMK treasurer, and looks steady to take oath as TN chief minister.

Feb 8, 2017

India news LIVE updates: I look forward to a day when Obama will find a Made in UP label in the bedsheet he buys, says Rahul Gandhi

India, the top ranked Test team, have gone 18 matches without defeat. At home, under Virat Kohli, they have swept South Africa, New Zealand and England.

Feb 8, 2017

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Will Suriya's Singam 3 win at Kerala box office where Munthirvallikal Thalirkkumbol, Jomonte Suviseshangal rule?

Suriya's action thriller Singam 3 aka S3 is set to hit the screens on February 9, and is expected to earn well at the Kerala box office.

Feb 7, 2017

Uttar Pradesh: Principal suspended for ordering girls to remove skirt, take laps of ground as punishment

The class 8 students had reportedly failed to recite shlokas that the principal had told them to memorise.

Feb 7, 2017

Manipur Assembly Elections 2017: State govt's act of creating seven districts unreasonable | Opinion

Manipur has been burning since November 2016, due to an economic blockade put up by the United Naga Council to oppose the implementation of ILP.

Feb 7, 2017

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Sunny Leone, Ameesha Patel may be interrogated in Rs 3,700-crore Ponzi scam

At least 6.5 lakh investors have reportedly been duped by the scam, and their complaints led the ED and an STF of the UP Police to bust the racket.

Feb 7, 2017

U R Rao: A portrait of the architect of India's space programme who stood up to the Russians and brooked no fools

U R Rao's decisiveness catapulted India into the big league of space. Rao was forthright in taking all the key decisions related to space and satellite development in the seventies and eighties.

Feb 7, 2017

PM Modi in Lok Sabha: Five times he attacked the opposition during speech

From commenting on the party's dynastic politics to the "S.C.A.M" acronym, PM Narendra Modi did not spare the Opposition during his Lok Sabha speech on Tuesday.

Feb 7, 2017