BJP sweeps corporation polls in Uttar Pradesh (Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the municipal corporation polls in Uttar Pradesh Saturday, winning 8 major corporations of the 12 that went to polls ... Read more...
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Major gains for BJP in UP urban body polls
July 7th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got a fresh lease of life in Uttar Pradesh as it is set to win 10 mayoral seats in the ... Read more...
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Seven years later, SIT says Ishrat killed in staged shootout (Lead)
November 21st, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Over seven years after college girl Ishrat Jahan and her three friends were killed and passed off as militants, court-appointed investigators have concluded that they ... Read more...
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High court rejects Gujarat IPS officer’s petition (Lead)
August 12th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday rejected senior Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rahul Sharma's petition against stonewalling of information by the state government he needed to answer ... Read more...
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New chief for Ishrat Jahan probe team
July 15th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 15 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday appointed a new head for its special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ishrat Jahan suspected staged shoot-out case.A bench of ... Read more...
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Maharashtra top cop seeks to opt out of Ishrat Jahan probe
June 25th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 24 (OANS) One after another, top cops chosen to head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Gujarat High Court to probe the Ishrat Jahan suspected staged ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Top Gujarat official apologises to court
May 12th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 11 (IANS) Balwant Singh, additional chief secretary of the Gujarat home department, Wednesday apologised to the high court in an affidavit he submitted on the transfer of ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: 14 Gujarat cops now seek CBI probe
April 26th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) In a turnround, 14 Gujarat police officers Tuesday urged the Gujarat High Court to reconstitute its special probe team in the Ishrat Jahan staged shootout ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Contempt notice to Gujarat official
April 21st, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 21 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday issued notice for contempt proceedings against a senior state home ministry official for delaying transfers of the top police officers ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team files report in court
April 20th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 20 (IANS) A special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged staged shootout case submitted a progress report in the Gujarat High Court Wednesday.The report ... Read more...
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Ishrat case: SIT submits status report to Gujarat HC
April 20th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Apr 20 (ANI): The special investigation team (SIT), which is probing the fake encounter of 19-year-old Gujarat college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, submitted its status report in the ... Read more...
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Gujarat hampering Ishrat Jahan shootout probe: Court
April 8th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 8 (IANS) The Gujarat government is hampering probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged staged shootout of Ishrat Jahan, the high court said Friday.The division ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team submits report
April 5th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has submitted its interim report on investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout, sources said Tuesday.The report, ... Read more...
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Ishrat case: SIT submits progress report to Gujarat HC
April 5th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Apr 5 (ANI): The special investigation team (SIT), which is probing the encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004, submitted its progress report in the case to the ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team gets access to judicial report
March 10th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 10 (IANS) In the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout case, the Gujarat High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) was Thursday given access to a magisterial report which is ... Read more...
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Protect witnesses in Ishrat Jahan case, says court (Lead)
January 28th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday said that the Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case was of national importance and directed that police witnesses should be placed where they would ... Read more...
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Court appoints amicus curiae in Ishrat Jahan case
January 28th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday appointed senior advocate Yogesh Lakhani as amicus curiae for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Ishrat Jahan alleged staged shoot-out case.A ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Differences crop up in SIT
January 13th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday said it would have to work out a model for the special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ishrat Jahan killing to see ... Read more...
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Finalists Keep Themselves Open To Plan B!
December 24th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Santa will pour the best gift to one of the ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar’ finalists this Saturday when everyone will be in the mood of Christmas. The grand ... Read more...
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Ghulam Ali to perform at ‘Sa Re Ga..’ finale
December 24th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali is set to wow the audiences here with his rare performance at Zee TV's "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstars" finale Saturday.He ... Read more...
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Gujarat court favours electronic transfer of litigants’ fund
September 28th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 28 (IANS) Litigants in Gujarat may soon get refunds of securities and other deposits in courts through direct electronic transfer to their bank accounts, if the Gujarat High Court accepts ... Read more...
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Delhi Police officer to head probe team in Ishrat Jahan case (Lead)
September 24th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a senior Delhi Police officer, to probe the killing of college student Ishrat Jahan ... Read more...
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Court criticises Gujarat’s land acquisition, allotment policy
September 22nd, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 22 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court has criticised the state government for having different yardsticks for acquiring land from citizens and allotting it to them.
A division bench of the court ... Read more...
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Judge to visit Gulberg society riot site Oct 2
September 20th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 20 (IANS) The judge of a designated court here hearing the 2002 Gulberg society communal riot, in which 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri were killed in Gujarat's ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Centre gets last chance on SIT
September 17th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 17 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday took the centre to task for its delay in submitting a list of names for constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Court seeks names for probe panel
September 9th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday - while hearing a review petition in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan suspected staged shootout case - asked counsel to suggest names of ... Read more...
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High court adjourns hearing in Ishrat Jahan case
September 3rd, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday adjourned the hearing in the Ishrat Jahan staged shoot-out case to Sep 9 with the Supreme Court still considering the matter ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Court inquires about SIT’s view
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Monday asked the advocate general to verify if the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) was inclined to take up the probe into ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Revision petition filed
August 20th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Gopinath Pillai, the father of Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh who was killed in an alleged staged shootout, has filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Court-ordered SIT given probe (Lead)
August 12th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday handed over the investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan killing in a suspected staged-shootout by Gujarat Police to the Supreme Court-appointed Special ... Read more...
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Court rejects plea to shift Gulberg case to other judge
July 29th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 29 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected the petition of witnesses of Gulberg Society attack during the 2002 communal riots, seeking transfer of cases from the designated judge for ... Read more...
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Gujarat opposes handing over Ishrat case to CBI
July 19th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 19 (IANS) The Gujarat government Monday strongly opposed handing over the probe into the Ishrat Jahan killing case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Advocate General Kamal Trivedi told a ... Read more...
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Ishrat’s mother seeks CBI probe into killing
July 14th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 14 (IANS) Shamima Kauser, mother of Ishrat Jahan who was killed in an alleged staged shootout by the Gujarat Police in 2004, said in the Gujarat High Court Wednesday ... Read more...
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Dhoni to wed Sunday evening at private affair
July 4th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun/Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is set to tie the knot with fiancee Sakshi Rawat at a very private affair on the outskirts of Dehradun Sunday ... Read more...
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Fog cover lifts in Delhi but chill persists
January 4th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) After a foggy weekend, Delhiites woke up to a relatively clear Monday morning. Meteorological officials attributed this to the light showers that the capital had Sunday. But ... Read more...
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