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If elections are an indicator of a political party’s popularity graph, the BJP is certainly losing the plot. The BJP lost the Bawana by-election in Delhi, besides the party’s student wing, ABVP, losing the students’ union elections in Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Rajasthan University, Gauhati University and Tripura University over the past couple of months. The party’s debacle in the Gurgaon municipal elections last week – in a state under its control – was the latest in a series of setbacks.

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Gauri Lankesh

Despite the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing several angles since 2015, the case remains unsolved. The failure to catch Kalburgi’s killers even after two years has raised doubts on whether the SIT can crack the Gauri Lankesh murder case.

So, where did the CID hit the roadblock?

The unusual case of an Indian naval sailor undergoing a sex change operation, and now likely to be discharged from service, has elicited considerable attention on social media and other public platforms. It is understood that the individual MK Giri (aka Shabi), who is serving in a unit of the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, may seek legal recourse to continue in the navy.

"I suspect my cousin brother died while playing the game Blue Whale," notable Indian Sprinter Dutee Chand told The Quint.

Indians are becoming savvy at digital payment, and most companies are not wasting any time in setting up their wallets.

2016’s demonetisation may have kicked up the so-called Cashless India procession, but if numbers have ever given us an indication of where the future is headed, then the narrative has been set up rather nicely.

The special TADA court on Thursday pronounced the sentences for six of the persons convicted in June this year for their roles in the 1993 serial blasts. Among the six, Abu Salem was given a sentence of life imprisonment, having been convicted for conspiracy to commit terror offences under the old Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, for his role in transporting weapons from Gujarat to Mumbai.

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