Mob lynching: 'Draft new legislation to stop people taking law into own hands', says SC to Parliament

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday condemned lynching incidents and recommended to Parliament to enact a separate law to punish offenders participating in lynching. It also said that horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be tolerated and ... SC tells Parliament to bring special law against lynchingThe Hindu "Mobocracy Can't Become New Norm": Supreme Court On Cow VigilantismNDTV Supreme Court asks Parliament to create law against lynching; CJI Dipak Misra says 'mobocracy' can't take overDaily News & Analysis The Indian Express -The New Indian Express -Economic Times -News18

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Police officer, Army veteran killed by his own gun the day before marking 6 years on the force: Chief

A Massachusetts police officer, Army veteran and father of two who died this weekend after being shot by his own weapon would have marked his six-year anniversary on the force Monday, authorities said. Weymouth police officer Michael Chesna and a local ...

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Trump can't beat Putin at his own game

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. Before last Thursday, President Trump's meeting in Helsinki ... It will be the most surreal US-Russia summit in historyCNN Trump Looks to Temper Expectations Ahead of Putin SummitWall Street Journal Trump-Putin summit: US leader cautious ahead of Helsinki talksBBC News Bloomberg -Reuters -The Hill -USA TODAY

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Massachusetts police officer killed after attacked with rock, shot with own gun, officials say

A Massachusetts police officer described as a “great family man and officer” died Sunday after a man attacked him with a rock, then took the cop's gun and shot him in the head and chest, officials said. Weymouth police officer Michael Chesna, 42, died

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Trump Brings His Own Style to a Day of Damage Control in Britain

A day after creating a diplomatic incident in Britain, President Trump kind of apologized to his host, Prime Minister Theresa May, but did not entirely back off the critical statements about her handling of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union

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