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Arms and the Men

Above: Service Corps tableau passes through Rajpath on Republic Day. Photo: UNI With over 100 Lt Colonels and Majors moving the Supreme Court over alleged “discrimination” in the promotion of offic...

Injustice in appointment: Justice Jayant Patel of Ishrat Jahan case fame quits in protest

Above: Karnataka High Court and (inset) Justice Jayant Patel. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim The Karnataka HC’s senior-most judge was transferred to Allahabad HC where he would have been third in queu...

Retired judge to probe Jayalalithaa’s death

With rumours circulating about how exactly former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in hospital, a press release issued by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the state ...

Retweet issue: AAP leader Chadha not off the hook

AAP leader Raghav Chadha’s plea to the Delhi High court that a retweet cannot form the basis of a criminal defamation case—filed by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley against some AAP leaders, includ...

CBI, ED say they have proof of Mallya diverting Rs 6k crore to shell companies

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI have made a major breakthrough in strengthening their case against fugitive liquor baron and chairman of UB Group, Vijay Mallya. The two agencies, reported...

Mukul Roy declares he is quitting TMC; BJP to gain, say rumours

Above: Mukul Roy has said that he will wait till the Durga Puja festivals are over in West Bengal before resigning as a TMC Rajya Sabha member as well. Photo: courtesy Photo Division, Government of In...

‘Peepli Live’ co-director Farooqui freed of rape charges by Delhi High Court

Above: Mahmood Farooqui, courtesy hollywoodreporter.com ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui, who was sentenced to seven years in jail by a trial court (and fined Rs 50,000) on the charge of ...

Fake picture enters BHU incident as well

Fake news is so pervasive today and has been used for so many nefarious purposes of late that it is difficult to differentiate between right and wrong. It has been used so widely around the world as w...

In compensating villagers for land acquired, the SC gives a path-breaking judgment

Above: A farmer spraying pesticide in his mustard field at Mayang village near Guwahati (file picture). Photo: UNI SC awards farmers a sum higher than what they demanded, citing the principle of fa...

Court sets 3 convicts of gang-rape free, slams the victim instead

Punjab and Haryana High Court felt “it would be a travesty of justice if they (the culprits) are not given a chance to redeem themselves” Legal versions of what constitutes rape can vary wildly wit...

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