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Brij Bhushan Acquittal: The system vs the wrestlers

Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject

History must be accepted as a whole; temple restoration plea in Qutub Minar complex rejected

The civil court in Delhi rejected the petition while holding that Qutub Minar was a protected monument and its character cannot be changed

Guj HC raps AMC for prohibiting sale of non-veg food on streets

About 20 Ahmedabad street vendors approached the high court as their vending stalls, apparatus, raw material was all vandalised by the municipal authority

Rohingyas sue Facebook for $150 billion over failing to police communal hate speech

A class-action complaint was filed in California and in a coordinated action, British lawyers also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook's London office

Zakia Jafri SLP: Petitioners conclude arguments

On the final day of the hearing, the petitioners brought before the court all the material that required investigation and which was ignored by the SIT in filing its closure report

Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children

Titled 'Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap', the report was taken down from website within hours of its publishing, allegedly owing to ‘external pressure’

With such evidence, SIT cannot be given certificate of good character: Petitioners in Zakia Jafri SLP

With only a few more submissions to make, the petitioners until now have pointed out how the SIT failed on aspects like failure to question authorities, failure to record victims’ statements and also demonstrated how the Gujarat High Court had questioned the investigating methods of the SIT which were contrary to law

What keeps the Tharu Adivasis going in their quest for Community Forest Rights?

Tharu tribes of 20 villages in Dudhwa region of Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh have objected to the rejection of their claims by the district level committee, contending that the committee has no power under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA).

There was evidence for Magistrate to issue process: Zakia Jafri SLP

The petitioners made counter-submissions to the effect that the SIT did not make any submissions in response to what the petitioners had said before the court, and invoked parts of the complaint that were not urged before the court at all

Muzaffarnagar horror: Two school principals drug and molest 17 girl students!

Under the pretense of practical exams, two principals kept 17 girls overnight in a private school

MP: Bajrang Dal men attack Christian-run school even as students were writing an exam inside!

500-strong mob pelted stones at the building claiming religious conversion of students; only two cops deputed despite school administration's plea for help

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Brij Bhushan Acquittal: The system vs the wrestlers

Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject