“How can I be happy,” she says, referring to the encounter and the celebrations that followed. “A lot has to change, the approach of many of these men towards women, how they view women and their identity. A lot has to change before anyone can say they are happy,” she says.

Hyderabad 'encounter': Saying that there was “pressure for immediate action” and it’s doubtful if justice would have been served through courts since “Indian judicial process will go on forever”, he said the “credit goes to the Chief Minister”.

With two phases of polling over and three more to go, there is no clear signal still on which way the wind is blowing, but two strands of thought are visible — the yearning for a stable government and the desire to see a new chief minister.

“My only demand is that my daughter’s killers should be chased and shot dead, like it happened in Hyderabad,” he said. “They should not come out of jail. I want them dead... Only then will her soul find peace.

"...But I don’t think justice can ever be or ought to be instant and justice must never, ever take the form of revenge. I believe justice loses its character of justice if it becomes revenge,” the CJI said.

Before being posted as Cyberabad police commissioner, Sajjanar was IG, Special Intelligence Branch. During his stint there, he was credited with the arrest and surrender of several top Naxalites and encounters with them.

Hyderabad rape-murder case: From Parliament to social media, from chief ministers to actors and sports stars, several invoked the “delay” in the judicial system to justify the killings.

The woman, who died at 11.40 pm following cardiac arrest, had suffered more than 90 per cent burns, most of which were facial and inhalation injuries.

The President said this decision depends on Parliament because “a Constitutional amendment needs to be done”. “But now all our thoughts are going forward towards this direction,” he said.

Corruption in various T20 leagues has kept the ACU busy over the last year. It is also probing a case where a Mumbai player red-flagged an approach from a team owner to indulge in spot-fixing in the T20 Mumbai league.

The Telangana High Court, taking cognizance of a plea seeking judicial intervention in the matter, has ordered that the bodies of all four accused be preserved until December 9 when it will hear the plea.

In June 2018, members of a foundation that runs a cow rehabilitation centre near Jaipur had announced plans to start a safari where visitors would learn about “indigenous breeds”. It’s yet to start, though, with organisers now claiming a January launch.

The Bill, that aims to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, is set to be introduced in Parliament during the ongoing Winter Session.

Asked about his 106 days in prison, he said: “Sleeping on a wooden board without a pillow strengthens your neck, spine and back.

The retail inflation of 4.6 per cent in October was largely due to increase in food prices, which is seasonal, and more transient in nature.

If an upward revision in GST levies is resorted to by the Council to shore up revenues, it would be the first time that a hike will kick in since the indirect tax regime was introduced in July 2017.

Also, as inflation concerns grew, the RBI’s monetary policy committee took a pause, leaving the repo rate — the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks — untouched at 5.15 per cent for the first time in 10 months.

Justice Mishra’s apology came when a battery of senior advocates sat in his court before the judges assembled and sought to intervene in connection with the heated exchange between Justice Mishra and senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan during a hearing on interpretation of provisions of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act.

The woman’s family said she was on her way to catch a train to Rae Bareli in connection with the rape case when she was waylaid by the accused.

Ajit Pawar’s exoneration was a result of enquiry processes that took place during the term of Fadnavis-led BJP-Sena government. In his election campaign though, Fadnavis had raised the issue of irrigation scam and Pawar’s involvement in it.

Last Friday, Sundaresan, now 55, managed to reach Kerala, the first time since he had left home, and found himself in a “new world”.

A previous draft of the Bill required a copy of all personal data to be stored in India — a provision that was criticised by foreign technology companies and civil society stakeholders.

The meeting with Sitharaman comes days after the GST Council informed states that the GST and compensation cess collections in the last few months had become a “matter of concern”.

The auditor noted that “the anomaly indicates potentially fictitious import transactions where the actual movement of goods have not taken place”.