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‘Swelling, scars, deprivation’: CRPF jawan, wife held for ‘assaulting’ 10-yr-old girl, now on ventilator

The jawan was deployed with 235th battalion, and worked as a first aid responder at the CRPF hospital in Noida. He has been suspended and an inquiry initiated, the force said.

Shimla hospital assault: Patient’s family meets CM, demands attempt to murder charge against doctors

Family also met health minister & demanded the doctors be sacked. Suspended doctor claimed patient abused & ‘threatened to kill me’. He said viral video is ‘incomplete, distorted’.

Air India Express pilot grounded for ‘thrashing’ passenger, ‘calling him anpadh’ in Delhi airport scuffle

Ministry of Civil Aviation says formal inquiry ordered into the incident after passenger posts on X images of him covered in blood.

‘Beaten, harassed’ by labour union, then shunted out. Railway officer’s transfer sparks federation fury

Though 2 people have been suspended, Nishant Narayan, who was Divisional Commissioner Manager (DCM) in the Northern Railway, has been transferred & posted as general secy, IRCA.

‘No one has authority to moral police others’—Hyderabad Police arrests man ‘harassing’ interfaith duo

Mohammed Raheel, a 24-year-old driver, was arrested for assaulting and recording a Muslim woman & a Hindu man on his phone near the Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.

Three weeks after assault, Pune journalist Sneha Barve gets fresh threats. ‘No real action taken’

Scribe was attacked by a group of men on 4 July while reporting on land grab activity in Nighotwadi village. Accused out on bail & allegedly threatening her with death.

‘Kicked & molested’: KIIT students allege assault by 3 men near campus in presence of police van

Students say they were ‘targeted’ for taking part in Feb campus protests after Prakriti Lamsal's death. The assault allegedly took place the day a 2nd Nepalese student 'died by suicide'.

Amid furore over ‘assault’ on Army Colonel & son, Punjab Police book 5 accused cops, launch probe

12 officers have been accused by the Army officer of assaulting him and his son in Patiala. Fresh FIR was filed after his wife held a press conference demanding that the cops be named.

MP assault-rape case: 3 more arrested in connection with attack on 2 Army officers, 2 women

Police say all six accused have been arrested, and two of them have confessed to raping one of the women who were accompanying the officers.

‘No impact of delayed FIR, injuries apparent’ — why a Delhi court rejected Bibhav Kumar’s bail plea

Kumar is accused of assaulting AAP MP Swati Maliwal. Judge also said influencing witnesses & tampering with evidence cannot be ruled out considering the 'nascent' stage of investigation.

On Camera

How Nehru defended restrictions on freedom of speech and the press

On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.

Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav presented a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026–27 in the assembly Saturday.

Australian amphibian aircraft firm eyes Indian civil & military market, ties up with Apogee Aerospace

Aligning with India's push to promote inter-coastal air connectivity, Apogee has ordered 15 seaplanes in a deal valued at Rs 3,500 crore.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.