Five suspects who allegedly harassed a tennis player received bail after they provided documents that they were underage. However, the girl’s father was not ready to give up the fight. He dug up their original dates of birth which contradicted the age of three accused, proving they were not minors.

Videos that have surfaced after the shooting of Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey have raised questions about the police’s version of the story. Indian police have a long list of controversial encounter killings – Ishrat Jahan, Sohrabuddin Sheikh, the men killed at Batla House.

In India, there is widespread confusion over the cost of Covid-19 treatment, and how accessible hospital care is. Against this backdrop, news of an ambulance operator in Pune fleecing a Covid patient by charging ₹8,000 for a short seven-kilometre trip emerges as the most recent example of this sorry state of affairs.

An auto-driver from Gujarat got his daughter a school-leaving certificate that mentions no caste, religion or sub-caste. This teen is probably India’s first officially “secular” citizen.

A week after Himachal Pradesh announced its intention to open up to travellers, there has been a mad scramble of tourists rushing to enter the mountain state. Reports say that queues at some of Himachal’s entry points, including Shimla, are now extending over several hundred metres. There are long traffic jams too.

After Sonakshi Sinha, Sonam Kapoor, and Saif Ali Khan drew criticism for their comments, actress and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt has joined the fray over the nepotism debate. Bhatt tweeted that her family had launched more new actors, musicians, and technicians than “the entire film industry combined”.

Instagram showed its intention to fill the gap TikTok left behind with a new feature called “Reels”. It allows users to upload 15-second clips with music, filters, and an editor tool similar to the one the Chinese app used. With over 100 million TikTok users left in the lurch after the sudden ban, the new feature could not have been released at a more opportune time.

A postman from Tamil Nadu, D Sivan retired following a 30-year shift delivering letters to remote parts of Coonoor. In the process, he braved the threat of wild animals and crossed through inaccessible terrain, like waterfalls and slippery streams. His story has left thousands of well-wishers on social media in awe of this level of dedication.

Mumbai's Rajgruha, which houses the Ambedkar Museum, and was the home of reformer and chief architect of the Indian Constitution, BR Ambedkar, was vandalised. While the damage caused was not extensive, there are concerns that the act could trigger widespread protests among the Dalit community.

According to a recent report, an Indian PubG player apparently refused to revive a Chinese teammate, until the latter chanted “Hindustan Zindabad”, proving that you don’t have to physically stand at the border to show your support for the country. The Indian diplomat went on to express his desire to make as many as 1,000 Chinese players praise our country before he revives them.