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Convict serving life sentence in Batla House encounter dies during treatment

Shehzad Ahmed was facing trials in six other cases, one of which was registered in Bengaluru

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MHA asks States to conduct deradicalisation session in prisons

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Chennai police arrest four history-sheeters involved in mobile phone and chain snatching

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Hyderabad police nab history-sheeter, seize dagger, dummy pistol

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Puzhal central prison in Tamil Nadu. The share of Scheduled Caste detainees in Tamil Nadu was disproportionate to the community’s population in the State.

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Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan administers the oath of the office to newly-appointed Ministers during a swearing-in ceremony of Bihar Cabinet at Raj Bhavan, in Patna, on August 16, 2022.

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President gives assent to Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill

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Small initial deviances for instance, through over-reaction especially by media coverage, leads to unnecessary attention given to the deviant behaviour giving the impression that the initial exaggeration was a true representation of the deviancy.

Deviancy amplification

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Complaint against SP's Tilhar MLA for lying about criminal cases

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ALLAHABAD, INDIA - DECEMBER 21: Women from various districts arrive to attend a rally held by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 21, 2021 in Allahabad, India. Modi visited the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s strongholds in Uttar Pradesh, as India's economy emerges from Covid-19 and against the backdrop of sectarian tensions within the country increasing. Modi held the rallies as part of his 'Vision of Prime Minister to empower the women' campaign in which the campaign transfers money to the accounts of self-help groups, benefiting around 1.6 million women members of the groups, local media said. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)

The pertinent issue of trust and the Indian politician

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Will you ban convicts from polls, Supreme Court asks government

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