First Information Report

Rape charges against MJ Akbar: In absence of formal complaint, police, court can take suo motu cognisance

According to some legal experts while in certain cases there is a limitation of time and ‘locus standi’ no such limitation lies with the cases of alleged rape.

FIR filed against Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari for breaking lock of house in protest during sealing drive in Gukulpur

An FIR has been registered against Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Manoj Tiwari for breaking the lock of a sealed house in Delhi's Gukulpur area.

Aadhaar data breach: The Tribune reporter Rachna Khaira says she 'has earned' FIR for report

Rachna Khaira, the reporter of The Tribune newspaper who has been booked by the Delhi Police in connection with a newspaper report on the breach of details of over one billion Aadhaar cards, on Sunday said she was happy about the development as she had "earned" the FIR

Tamil Nadu real estate series Part 3: Land grabbing becomes political turf as citizens suffer convoluted legal battles

While the claims of widespread land grabbing by the DMK during their regime from 2006-11 are not without basis, Jayalalithaa used these claims also to settle political scores.

Delhi police yet to file FIR, make arrests in lynching of youth who 'molested' four-year-old girl

A month after 20-year-old Sanjay Giri was lynched by a mob in New Delhi, police are yet to file a FIR on his death or arrest anyone.

Man files complaint at Thane police station over NotPetya malware infection: Report

The complaint was reportedly filed by Giriraj Deshpande at the Thane police station. His computer was allegedly left unusable by the malware.

Young people must learn to empathise with stray animals instead of buying pedigreed, exotic ones

A lot of young people tell me how fond they are of animals and how much they would like to do something for them. So what's to stop you? There are hundreds of ways that children can help animals.

Internet immunity? Why does India have an abysmal 0.7% conviction rate for cyber crimes?

The National Crime Records Bureau of India reports a lamentable 0.7 percent conviction rate for cyber crimes in India in the year 2014, with 9,622 cases being registered, and only 72 convictions