Even as Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa insisted that all is well, speculation is rife that he is likely to go, according to sources, BJP high command has sent a subtle but clear message to Yediyurappa.

Hours after Chief Justice of India described sedition law as ‘colonial’, over hundred agitating farmers were booked under it in Haryana for allegedly damaging official vehicle of Deputy Speaker.

New Delhi [India], July 15 : Amid the ongoing military standoff with India, the Chinese Army is building permanent concrete structures near the Line of Actual Control, which will allow its troops access the disputed areas with India in a very short time.

Swamy’s case should remind all states that human rights defenders and all those detained without sufficient legal basis, should be released, said Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders.

A Christian group has filed a police complaint against Kareena Kapoor in Beed, a city of Maharashtra, over the title of her book on pregnancy. On Wednesday, the Christian community accused Kareena, along with two others, “of hurting religious sentiments,” according to the Indian Express.

Justice Shampa Sarkar directed that Banerjee's election petition will be taken up for hearing on August 12.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V, Ramana asked the Centre, which is repealing stale laws, as to why it was not getting rid of this provision.

"They cannot be called farmers. I can say those who attacked looked like addicts...," the deputy speaker Ranbir Gangwa said.

SC expressed concern over misuse of "colonial-era" penal law on sedition and sought response of Centre on pleas including the one filed by Editors Guild of India challenging validity of the provision.

The petition said the offence of sedition is vague and it fails to define criminal offence with sufficient definiteness. Moreover, terms like 'contempt', 'hatred' and 'disaffection' used in section 124A are overbroad.