Khatola Tribune

Right-wing activists roam the streets in Ranchi looking for couples to force-wed.

While couples sought privacy in hospitals and under staircases of multi-storeyed buildings, activists moved about in shopping malls, parks and restaurants, threatening lovers with dire consequences.

Tie this, tie that — but you must tie something.

At Rock Garden, Tagore Hill and Nakshtra Vun couples were driven away and even forced to participate in symbolic marriage. Those who agreed to participate in the symbolic ritual were left with a warning that their parents would be informed of the gesture.

Those who refused to take part in the mock marriage were forced to tie rakhis, said Lal Rajiv Ranjan Nath Shahdeo, district convenor of ABVP. Shiv Sena leader Pramod Narang said 40 volunteers equipped with cameras had photographed over 400 couples.

V-Day protests: Couples forced to marry

The The Times of India reports that

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has asked the service providers across the country not to give score updates of the India-Pakistan one-day international cricket series on mobile phones and websites after a firm said it had exclusive rights on the information.

Hema on husbands political career — he has to be, like, be there.

“Maybe he didn’t expect to have to do so much work in the Lok Sabha… You have to constantly be there, and then he has to keep visiting his constituency. He is not used to this, poor thing. He is from a different world altogether,” the actress-turned-politician said.

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