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Rajasthan shows mandatory FIR can work: More cases registered, fall in communal violence

In a scenario where it is politically expedient to record fewer crimes, the inconsistency between NCRB and Rajasthan Police's data becomes too obvious to ignore.

Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan, Bharti Singh booked for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

An FIR was registered by the Amritsar police on a complaint filed by the president of Christian Front, along with video footage of a show the three celebrities were on, which aired on Christmas eve.

Dhananjay Munde booked for ‘obscene remarks’ against cousin Pankaja

After video goes viral, NCP leader Dhananjay Munde says clip was edited to distort his remarks.

FIR against celebrities for criticising lynching: Does impact matter or is speaking up enough?

Bihar’s Muzaffarpur police Thursday filed an FIR, under a number of sections under IPC 124A (sedition), against several celebrities who had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July against mob lynchings.

CBI files chargesheet in Pollachi rape & blackmail case, says it was ‘organised crime’

The CBI chargesheet gives details of the roles of the five accused who have been arrested. The agency said they have identified a few more suspects too.

Madras High Court rejects Kamal Haasan’s plea to quash FIR against Hindu terrorist remark

Kamal Haasan stoked a controversy Sunday with his statement that free India's first extremist was a Hindu, referring to Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi.

Muslim family attacked in Bhondsi fears for ‘safety’, plans to leave after cross-FIR filed

A relative of one of the victims of the 21 March attack says ‘not getting the kind of support we thought we would’.

No matter what we think of Arnab Goswami, we must defend his right to do his job

Details about Rafale deal, unemployment in India would not have come out if we muzzled press freedom.

Health ministry files FIR over misappropriation of Rs 2.5 crore

The ministry flagged five fraudulent digital transactions carried out via the Bank of Baroda to multiple accounts in different banks.

CBI chief Alok Verma concocted FIR against me, Asthana tells Delhi HC

Asthana alleges that FIR, lodged on bribery charges, was ante-dated to ‘save the skin’ of Alok Verma and businessman Sana.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.