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Sikh extremists attacked a cinema hall in London that was playing Kangana Ranaut's controversial film 'Emergency'
A Delhi court directed the investigating agencies to senstize officers to collect nail clippings, fingernail scrappings or finger swab in order to get DNA profile as direct evidence of sexual attack is often not present and might result in an offender going scot free
Uniform Civil Code rules cleared by state cabinet, likely to be implemented in the next 10 days
Supreme Court reiterates that there is no point in arresting the accused after the chargesheet has been filed and the investigation is complete
Kolkata court sentences Sanjoy Roy, the sole accused in the R G Kar rape-murder case, to life term. West Bengal government and CBI to appeal in HC for the death penalty
Supreme Court stays criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks against home minister Amit Shah in Jharkhand during the AICC plenary session
Government reviews import basket to align it with the policies of the Trump administration
NCLT orders liquidation of GoAir airlines
Archery - Indian archers bagged 2 silver in Nimes Archery tournament in France
Stocks make impressive gain on Monday - Sensex adds 454 points to 77073 and Nifty 141 points to 23344
D Gukesh draws with Fabiano Caruana in the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands
Women's U-19 T20 WC - In a stunning game, debutants Nigeria beat New Zealand by 2 runs
Rohit Sharma to play under Ajinkye Rahane in Mumbai's Ranji match against J&K
Virat Kohli to play in Delhi's last group Ranji trophy match against Saurashtra. This will be his first Ranji match in 12 years
The toll in the Rajouri mystery illness case rose to 17 even as the Centre sent a team to study the situation

Calling the case not 'rarest of rare', a court in Kolkata sentenced Sanjay Roy, the only accused in the R G Kar rape-murder case to life in prison until death