-TheWire.in New Delhi: Criticising the country or a particular aspect of it cannot be treated as “sedition” and the charge  of sedition can only be invoked in cases where the intention is to overthrow the government with violence and illegal means, the Law Commission has observed in a consultation paper on the subject. The commission, headed by Justice (retired) B.S. Chauhan, also noted that in order to study the revision of Section...

-PTI New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday overturned the acquittal of 20 people in the 2010 Mirchpur Dalit killing case while observing that instances of atrocities against Scheduled Castes had not abated even after 71 years of Independence. The court upheld the conviction of 13 people by a trial court and enhanced the punishment of some of the convicts. A 60-year-old Dalit and his physically challenged daughter were burnt alive by members...

  Released in May this year, a study by Save the Children has found that if you are an adolescent girl living in the country, then you are most likely to be afraid about being harassed outside your homes viz. in public places. Entitled WINGS 2018 - World of India's Girls: A study on the perception of girls’ safety in public spaces, the study shows that nearly one-third of teenage girls surveyed...

-The Indian Express Muzaffarpur SSP Harpreet Kaur confirmed that DCPO Ravi Raushan was arrested from his private residence on Sunday evening after some of the victims identified him as one of the accused on the basis of his photograph. Patna: Muzaffarpur district child protection officer (DCPO) has been arrested in connection with sexual exploitation of minors living in a shelter home run by NGO Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti. All 44 girls...

-Newslaundry.com Small sample size, ‘panel tampering’ and conflicting interests are just some of the problems that plague TV viewership measurement in India. Hansa Research Private Limited, a Mumbai-based global market research company, on April 8 registered a complaint at Gwalior's Madhav Ganj police station following a leak of Broadcast Audience Research Council-related information by one of Hansa Research’s employees. The accused were booked under Sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and...