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  Women Should Be Given Pass For Murdering Men Who Display 'Rapist Tendencies,' Indian Politician Says

  An Indian politician sparked debate after she stated that women should be permitted to murder men who attempt to rape them or display "rapist tendencies."

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  Women Should Be Given Pass For Murdering Men Who Display 'Rapist Tendencies,' Indian Politician Says

  An Indian politician sparked debate after she stated that women should be permitted to murder men who attempt to rape them or display "rapist tendencies."

• BJP frets over growing dissent against Modi

  Senior leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are growing uneasy about an internal rebellion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership style, which has punctured his aura of invincibility and threatens to weaken him further.

• PM Modi calls beef killing "unwelcome" as intolerance concerns grow

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the murder of a Muslim man over rumours he ate beef, in his first response to an incident that has sparked concern about growing religious intolerance.

• Mystery deaths in recruitment scam pressure Modi's party

  The deaths of a number of witnesses in a massive fraud case surrounding cheating at college and government jobs has become the latest source of discomfort for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), already on the defensive over influence trafficking allegations.

• India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

  Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government this year - stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour.

• PM Modi's yoga offensive gets Muslims stressed

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to seize on yoga as India's signature cultural export have his Hindu nationalist allies swelling with pride, but are leaving minority religious groups feeling marginalized.

• Modi's popularity in rural India punctured by discontent, suicides

  Over a dozen debt-laden farmers have committed suicide in recent weeks in India, and discontent in many rural areas against government policies is turning into anger against Prime Minister Narendra Modi less than a year after he swept into office.

• India's Modi appalled by temple built to worship him

  India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was appalled that some of his fans had built a temple to deify him, adding that such an act contradicted tradition.

• Hardline Indian Hindus become Modi's enemies from within

  In an ashram near the Ganges river in the Himalayan foothills, Indian priest-turned-politician Sakshi Maharaj mimes rowing a boat to illustrate what will happen if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ignores Hindu nationalist demands.