HE is the archetypal Chhote Thakur, straight out of a Mumbaiya Hindi potboiler. He holds court in his courtyard and delivers instant justice—slaps jurmaana (fine) on 'erring subjects' or orders a ...

Bengaluru: City police have booked a spa owner under the Goonda Act which provides for a year-long preventive detention. The ...

A newly built road in Shahjahanpur was dug up and destroyed by a group of miscreants 'associated' with the local MLA, after the contractor refused to pay "goonda tax". The road construction project ...