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‘Custodial murder’ — AIADMK spokesperson slams DMK after Sivaganga autopsy report released

Citing the postmortem report, Kovai Sathyan said that there were cigarette burns on the temple guard’s body and ‘not a single organ was left untouched’.

Protests, political row over Lucknow trader’s death after ‘custodial torture’, 2nd case in 2 weeks

Trader Mohit Pandey's family hit the streets after his death. Chinhat SHO was suspended & booked for criminal conspiracy and murder with three others based on the family's complaint.

How AP HC upheld right against self-incrimination with ruling on mobile phones of accused

Justice V.R.K. Krupa Sagar of the Andhra Pradesh High Court took up the issue while hearing the bail pleas of former MP Suresh Babu & businessman Avuthu Srinivas Reddy in a 2021 case.

Court extends police custody of Badlapur sexual abuse case accused till Aug 26

Following the protest, Maharashtra govt announced formation of SIT. At least 25 cops were injured in stone-pelting at the railway station and other parts of Badlapur Tuesday.

New criminal laws set to be enforced soon, a look at key changes that have sparked controversy

Senior advocate Indira Jaising joins list of jurists seeking deferment of implementation of new laws, scheduled for 1 July. Experts worried about lack of procedural safeguards, misuse.

Goa court extends police custody of Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth by five days

Seth (39) was arrested from Chitradurga in Karnataka on 8 January while she was travelling in the taxi with her son’s body stuffed in a bag and brought to Goa.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

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.