Premlata Singh

A local lawyers' association has decided against defending any of the accused in the gang-rape of a teenager in Haryana last week. "We express our grief on the incident, and have decided that none of our members will represent them," said Ravinder Yadav, its president.

A BJP lawmaker from Haryana, Premlata Singh, on Saturday blamed "frustration" among unemployed youths as the reason for rapes in the country, triggering angry reactions on social media.

Mulayam Singh Yadav now presides over what could well stake claim to being the largest political family in a single party; five members joined politics this month to take the grand total to 18.

Apart from Dravid and Mary Kom, six others sports persons - mountaineer Premlata Agrawal, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Para athlete Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, London Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar, boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh and rower Bajrang Lal Takhar were chosen for the Padma Shri Awards.

A local lawyers' association has decided against defending any of the accused in the gang-rape of a teenager in Haryana last week. "We express our grief on the incident, and have decided that none of our members will represent them," said Ravinder Yadav, its president.

A BJP lawmaker from Haryana, Premlata Singh, on Saturday blamed "frustration" among unemployed youths as the reason for rapes in the country, triggering angry reactions on social media.

Mulayam Singh Yadav now presides over what could well stake claim to being the largest political family in a single party; five members joined politics this month to take the grand total to 18.

Apart from Dravid and Mary Kom, six others sports persons - mountaineer Premlata Agrawal, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Para athlete Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, London Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar, boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh and rower Bajrang Lal Takhar were chosen for the Padma Shri Awards.