Kolkata fire: Three AMRI directors seek anticipatory bail (Lead)
February 16th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Three AMRI hospital directors, who have been evading arrest in connection with the Dec 9, 2011 fire tragedy here that killed 94 people, approached a court ... Read more...
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Bengal hooch tragedy: Charge sheet against 23 filed
February 11th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saturday filed a charge sheet against 23 accused in the December 2011 hooch tragedy case which claimed ... Read more...
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GJM demands bail for AMRI doctor, Mamata rebuffs (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Monday asked the government to speed up the bail process of Mani Chhetri - a renowned doctor and one of ... Read more...
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Speed up bail process for veteran AMRI doctor: Gorkha party
January 30th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership wants the state government to speed up the bail process of Mani Chhetri - a renowned doctor and one of ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI directors arrested, sent to police custody (Third Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Two more AMRI Hospital directors, who are also renowned doctors, were Friday arrested for the fire that killed 94 patients and staffers last month. A court ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI directors arrested, in police custody (Second Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Two more AMRI Hospital directors, who are also renowned doctors, were Friday arrested for the fire that killed 94 patients and staffers last month. A court ... Read more...
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Three year jail for Mumbai hit-and-run convict: Apex court (Third Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Over five years after Alistair Pereira, driving under the influence of alcohol, ran over 15 labourers sleeping on a Mumbai pavement killing seven of them, ... Read more...
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BMW case: Apex court chides police for delay (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday chided Delhi Police for delay in challenging a Delhi High Court order reducing the sentence of Sanjeev Nanda in the 1999 ... Read more...
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Three oil plant workers suffocate to death
January 9th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 8 (IANS) Three workers at an oil refining plant here died of suffocation when they climbed into a oil tank to clean it Sunday, police said.Police have arrested ... Read more...
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TV executive murder case convict refused bail
December 20th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Tuesday declined the bail plea of former naval officer Emile Jerome Mathew, convicted in the murder of television executive Neeraj Grover, citing ... Read more...
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Police custody of six AMRI Hospital directors extended
December 20th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A court Tuesday extended by three days police custody of six directors of the Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital, arrested in connection with the ... Read more...
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Judge speaks to AMRI Hospital fire accused in ambulance
December 19th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) After AMRI director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire, pleaded he was unwell and could not come to the court, a city court judge ... Read more...
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AMRI directors grilled, toll now 93 (Roundup)
December 12th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IANS) Police Sunday grilled the six arrested AMRI hospital directors as the death toll in Friday's fire at the high-cost medical facility in south Kolkata went ... Read more...
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Day after: ‘Killer’ Kolkata hospital turns into ghost house
December 10th, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) A day after India saw its worst hospital fire, the AMRI Hospital Annexe 1 building Saturday stood like a ghost building with pieces of glasspanes and ... Read more...
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Two arrested for Delhi building collapse
December 4th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Two people were arrested Sunday for the collapse of a four-storey building in west Delhi in which four people, including three women, were killed, police ... Read more...
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Grover killing: Maharashtra appeals for stringent punishment
October 5th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Three months after a trial court acquitted starlet Maria Susairaj and her fiance Jerome Emile Mathew of murdering television executive Neeraj Grover but convicted them on ... Read more...
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NCP legislator jailed six months for assault
October 5th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 5 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco was Wednesday jailed for six months after a court rejected his bail application in an assault ... Read more...
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Building collapse toll rises to seven, three critical
September 28th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) A day after a six-decade-old building housing 50 people collapsed in Old Delhi, two more people succumbed to injuries Wednesday, taking the toll to seven, ... Read more...
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Petitioners seeking quashing of FIR fined Rs.1.50 lakh
September 27th, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Three men who approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of an FIR lodged two years ago as they wanted to settle the matter between ... Read more...
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Three company officials booked for Thane gas leak
September 21st, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thane (Maharashtra), Sep 21 (IANS) Cases were filed against three officials of a pharmaceutical plant here Wednesday in the toxic gas leak that killed four workers, police said."We have booked ... Read more...
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Crime against senior citizens rising
August 30th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Most incidents of crime against senior citizens is on the rise in India.According to information provided to the Lok Sabha Tuesday, the number of murder ... Read more...
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‘Not A Love Story’ - another crime story from Varma (IANS Preview)
August 17th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) After "Rakta Charitra", filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has once again donned the director's hat for his new crime thriller "Not A Love Story", inspired ... Read more...
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RGV deserves standing ovation: Mahesh Bhatt
August 17th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Acclaimed filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt describes Ram Gopal Varma as a "man who has audacity", and says he should be given a standing ovation for ... Read more...
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If I’ve a role for Maria Susairaj, I won’t hesitate: RGV
August 12th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma courted controversy when he expressed his desire to cast Maria Susairaj in his film and the director clarifies his point saying ... Read more...
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Bihar legislator’s murder: Graver charges against teacher
August 9th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Tuesday ordered that Rupam Pathak, a school teacher accused of stabbing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator ... Read more...
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Painter gets three year’s jail for hurting wife
July 24th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded three years' imprisonment to a painter who inflicted grievous injuries on his wife's face and body after a quarrel over ... Read more...
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Mathew turns against Maria, files plea against conviction
July 17th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Ex-naval officer Emile Jerome Mathew, convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in TV executive Neeraj Grover's killing, has challenged his conviction in the Bombay ... Read more...
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RGV lodges complaint against BJP youth activists (Lead superseding earlier story)
July 5th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has lodged a complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) for threatening him for wanting to cast Kannada ... Read more...
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RGV lodges complaint against BJP youth activists
July 5th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has lodged a complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) for threatening him after he expressed his desire to ... Read more...
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Film on Neeraj Grover’s murder psyches out actor
July 5th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) If hearing a gruesome murder story can give you gooseflesh, then playing a pivotal role in a film inspired by television executive Neeraj Grover's murder ... Read more...
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Filmmakers, TVs warned against hiring Mariah
July 4th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Filmmakers and television companies were Monday warned by political parties to refrain from casting Kannada actress Mariah Monica Susairaj, convicted for the murder of a ... Read more...
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Procession, candle-light vigil against Neeraj Grover judgement (Lead)
July 3rd, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) A large number of film and television personalities, NGOs and common people joined a candle-light vigil here Sunday evening to express their outrage against the judgement ... Read more...
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Candlelight vigil for slain TV executive in Delhi
July 2nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Holding placards with slogans like 'We want justice', friends and acquaintances of Neeraj Grover Saturday held a candlelight vigil at Jantar Mantar in the capital, ... Read more...
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Mariah can harm us, says Neeraj Grover’s mother
July 2nd, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, July 2 (IANS) Neelam Grover, mother of slain television executive Neeraj Grover, says that she fears a threat to her life from Kannada actress Mariah Susairaj, who was released ... Read more...
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RTI activist complains against mining company
July 2nd, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 2 (IANS) A criminal complaint has been filed against the owner and officials of a mining company after three workers were killed in an accident at the mining ... Read more...
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