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A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was unanimous in striking down Section 497 of IPC dealing with the offence of adultery, holding it manifestly arbitrary, archaic and violative of the rights to equality and equal opportunity to women

AISF leaders said that the protest had been held against the Centre’s inefficiency to tackle the rising fuel prices and other anti-people policies.

Congress workers in Bidar, Karnataka, began to vandalise a shop as it was not shut down

The BJP activists alleged that the police were trying to protect Congress activists in the riot.

Kannada activists took to social media with the hashtag #MalgudiDaysInKannada and it soon became a state-wide trend

The convicted CPM supporters are P Dhanesh (36), N Uthaman (40), O Babu (40), Chemmeri Prakashan (42), Manoli Umesh (40), V Ranjith (40), N Mukesh (32), Karat Purushothaman (52), C Sunesh (32), M Suraj (34) and V Shoji (37).