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Woman whose two sons were killed threatens self-immolation in Patna

November 7th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) A woman has threatened to immolate herself in front of the Patna High Court premises to protest the acquittal of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MP Prabhunath Singh in the ...

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Court to pronounce order Sep 2 in BMW hit-and-run

August 26th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After many twists and turns, the nine-year-old BMW hit-and-run case here is likely to be decided Sep 2. Sanjeev Nanda, son of arms dealer Suresh ...

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Court to pronounce order Sep 2 in BMW hit-and-run

August 26th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After many twists and turns, the nine-year-old BMW hit-and-run case in which Sanjeev Nanda, son of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, is accused of mowing down six people, ...

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SIMI ban lift shocks police, intelligence officials

August 6th, 2008 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The lifting of the ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Tuesday has come as a body blow to the intelligence and security agencies that ...

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Who should hear Vikas Yadav’s appeal, court asks government

August 4th, 2008 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday sought to know from the government's law officer as to which high court - that of Delhi or Uttar Pradesh - is entitled ...

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India’s Bahrain mission awaiting judgement on compensation claim

August 4th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS -
By Aroonim Bhuyan Dubai, Aug 4 (IANS) For over a year now, the Indian embassy in Bahrain has been awaiting a court judgement on a compensation claim it had filed for the death ...

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Pakistani who contested Assam elections arresed

Pakistani who contested Assam elections arresed

August 2nd, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Guwahati, Aug 2 (IANS) Amid pressure from opposition parties and other groups, police Saturday arrested a controversial Pakistani national who contested elections to the Assam legislative assembly in 1996, officials said. A ...

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Apex court stops two acquitted Briton pedophiles from leaving India

August 1st, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stopped two alleged British pedophiles from leaving India, barely a week after Bombay High Court acquitted them of charges of sexually abusing destitute ...

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Pakistani contested Assam elections in 1996: Court

Pakistani contested Assam elections in 1996: Court

July 30th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS -
By Syed Zarir Hussain Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) Sounds shocking, but it is true: a person holding a Pakistani passport who entered India's northeastern state of Assam through Bangladesh unsuccessfully contested the assembly ...

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Acquittal of two Briton facing pedophilia charge challenged

July 29th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday decided to accord an urgent hearing Friday to a plea by a child rights body challenging the acquittal by the Bombay High Court ...

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Muslim couple to approach high court over son’s custody

July 25th, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) A Muslim couple plans to approach the Gujarat High Court after a lower court ruled that their son who was separated from them during the 2002 communal riots ...

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Breaking rules, AIIMS professor given an extension

Breaking rules, AIIMS professor given an extension

July 17th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Despite a court order barring government officials from holding dual posts, the head of a premier medical institute in Chandigarh who is also a professor at the ...

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Court refuses to extend AIIMS chief’s tenure

July 2nd, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Refusing to extend the term of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director P. Venugopal, the Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a mother's plea to continue ...

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Court to hear patient’s plea for AIIMS chief’s extension

June 27th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court's vacation bench Friday refused to hear a petition a nine-year-old heart patient's mother moved for extending the tenure of All India Institute of ...

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PML-N rejects kangaroo court judgement barring Nawaz from by-polls

PML-N rejects kangaroo court judgement barring Nawaz from by-polls

June 24th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, June 24 (ANI): Rejecting yesterdays Lahore High Courts verdict disqualifying PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif from contesting the June 26 by-polls, his party said the judgement was passed by a kangaroo ...

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Move to abolish Malaysian security law gathers strength

June 20th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 20 (IANS) The Malaysian government has come under attack once again over the stringent Internal Security Act (ISA), not from a detainee's family but from the Malaysian Bar Council ...

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Neyveli Lignite workers to continue strike

Neyveli Lignite workers to continue strike

June 10th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, June 10 (IANS) The conciliation talks held here between Neyveli Lignite Corp Ltd (NLC) and its striking contract workers broke down Tuesday as the labourers were steadfast on their demands - ...

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Power generation plunges at NLC following strike

June 9th, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) The continuing contract workers' strike at the Rs.36.38 billion lignite mining and power generation public sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) threatens to force the four southern states ...

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High court upholds death penalty for three

May 30th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by admin -
Chandigarh, May 30 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana high court Friday upheld a sessions court judgement sentencing three people, including a young woman, to death for kidnapping and murdering a 16-year-old schoolboy ...

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Apex court ratifies Punjab militant’s life sentence

May 29th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ratified the life sentence of a Punjab militant who killed his former colleague in May 1992 because he quit terrorism and decided to ...

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Court asks Bihar government how it gave land to filmmaker

May 23rd, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by admin -
Patna, May 23 (IANS) On what basis does the Bihar government allot plots, the Patna High Court wanted to know here while hearing a petition against a series of allotments for filmmaker ...

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Bangladesh court allows trial of Sheikh Hasina

May 8th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, May 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court (SC) Thursday allowed trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, upholding the caretaker government's right to invoke the stringent Emergency Power Rules (EPR). A seven-judge ...

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Dhaka scraps ‘politicised’ rural body

April 21st, 2008 - 7:34 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, April 21 (IANS) Bangladesh's caretaker government has scrapped the Gram Sarkar, an un-elected rural administrative system introduced by the Khaleda Zia government in 2003, that had become controversial. A high court ...

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Can Supreme Court bar a convict from seeking mercy?

April 16th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday decided to examine whether it has legal powers to restrict a lifer, serving jail term for more than 14 years, from seeking mercy ...

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Contract labour regularisation as per seniority: NLC

April 10th, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by admin -
Chennai, April 10 (IANS) The lignite mining and power generation at Neyveli Lignite Corp Ltd (NLC) returned to normalcy as majority of the 12,000 contract labourers returned to work after a nine-day ...

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Apex court dispenses justice without knock on its door

April 2nd, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin -
By Rana Ajit New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) In an unusual step, the Supreme Court has acquitted three people serving life terms in a Jharkhand jail for a murder charge even though they ...

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Reprieve for Zia as apex court rejects government plea

March 28th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, March 28 (IANS) Bangladesh's jailed former prime minister Khaleda Zia has earned a reprieve with the Supreme Court refusing the government permission to appeal against the high court judgement quashing two ...

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Former Bangladesh premier loses appeals in graft charges

February 28th, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday lost appeals before two courts that allowed the current government to prosecute her in different corruption cases. The appellate division of ...

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Former Bangladesh premier loses appeals in graft charges

February 26th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by admin -
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday lost appeals before two courts that allowed the current government to prosecute her in different corruption cases. The appellate division of ...

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Apex court revives trial in DDA land scam

February 25th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday revived a criminal case against two former Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials for an alleged move to allot land to private real estate ...

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