CBI opposes relief for Sanjay Dutt
August 23rd, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The CBI Thursday urged the Supreme Court to maintain the six years' jail term awarded to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt for sourcing a rifle ... Read more...
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Not linked to 1993 Mumbai blasts, Sanjay Dutt tells SC
August 14th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt Tuesday told the Supreme Court that his offence of possessing a rifle and ammunition was not linked to the 1993 ... Read more...
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SC to re-examine verdict on membership of banned outfits
August 13th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said that it would take a relook at its earlier judgment which said that mere membership of a banned organisation was ... Read more...
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Blast in Assam refinery, ULFA claims responsibility (Lead)
April 7th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) An explosion rocked a refinery in Assam Saturday evening. The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the blast in which no casualties ... Read more...
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Blast in Assam refinery, ULFA claims responsibility
April 7th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) An explosion rocked a refinery in Assam Saturday evening. No casualties have been reported so far, police said.The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has ... Read more...
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Apex court wants details of Abu Salem case proceedings
March 19th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an affidavit stating details of proceedings before Portugal's constitutional court where the ... Read more...
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Portuguese Supreme Court cancels Salem’s extradition, CBI unfazed (Second Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said Portugal's Supreme Court had cancelled the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem, but added that his trial ... Read more...
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Salem moves court in Mumbai blasts case
January 17th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Gangster Abu Salem moved a special court here seeking immediate closure of his ongoing trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, his lawyer said.The application ... Read more...
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Avoid economic blockade as form of agitation: PM
December 3rd, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Dec 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said frequent strikes and economic blockades in Manipur would only impede development and bring untold miseries to the commoners and ... Read more...
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Can’t suffer for brother’s sins, Yakub Memon tells apex court
November 2nd, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Wednesday told that Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, awarded death penalty in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, should not be made ... Read more...
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Dunlop suspends work at Bengal tyre factory
October 8th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) Work at tyre-maker Dunlop's factory in Sahagunj area of West Bengal's Hooghly district was suspended Saturday, five months after a similar temporary shut down in ... Read more...
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Jailed Pakistani’s plea for release to be heard soon
September 6th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday informed the Delhi High Court that the petition of a Pakistani national, who pleaded for his release after being lodged in ... Read more...
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Kashmir Police outstanding, says home secretary
August 12th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police are an outstanding force which has done a commendable job in bringing peace and safeguarding public life and property while fighting militancy ... Read more...
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I hope court case gets over soon: Sanjay Dutt
August 10th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Sanjay Dutt wants to break free of his court case. The actor, who is presently out on bail after being convicted for illegal possession of ... Read more...
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No special laws to tackle terrorism: BJP
July 15th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Friday slammed the government for not having special laws against terrorism and accused it of following "vote ... Read more...
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Supreme Court rejects plea against Sanjay Dutt
July 4th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday rejected a petition filed by film producer Shakeel Noorani seeking cancellation of bail granted to Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt in ... Read more...
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17 mercy petitions pending before president
July 4th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Mercy petitions of 17 people on death row are pending before President Pratibha Patil, reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed. ... Read more...
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Sikh group seeks UN intervention to save Bhullar
June 18th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 18 (IANS) A Sikh advocacy group is seeking UN intervention to save Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar who has been given the death penalty in a 1993 car ... Read more...
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Canada opposition leader seeks review of Bhullar death sentence
June 15th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 15 (IANS) Canada's opposition party has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to urge India to review the death penalty against Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar in a 1993 ... Read more...
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Court seeks government response on Pak national’s release
May 31st, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Delhi government over a petition seeking deportation filed by a Pakistani national jailed in Tihar for over ... Read more...
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Warrant issued for Sanjay Dutt’s arrest
May 28th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), May 28 (IANS) A local court in this Uttar Pradesh district Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant against filmstar Sanjay Dutt for making provocative utterances during the ... Read more...
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Tihar inmates allowed phone calls to families
May 10th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) In a bid to bring down the stress levels among prisoners in Tihar Jail, effective Tuesday authorities allowed inmates to call up their family and ... Read more...
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Who killed Maulana Shaukat Ahmed and why?
April 10th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Jaibans SinghNew Delhi, Apr. 10 (ANI): Maulana Shaukat Ahmed, the soft spoken 55-year-old chief of the Jamiat-e-Ahli-Hadees (JAH), has become yet another victim of terrorist violence in strife-torn Kashmir Valley.His ... Read more...
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Top Maoist rebel arrested with arms and ammunition in Orissa
March 6th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by ANI
Bargarh (Orissa), Mar 6(ANI): Orissa Police on Sunday arrested a top Maoist leader, identified as Satrughan alias Manglu Biswal, from Bargarh district.Biswal was arrested from Bargarh railway station on charges of involvement ... Read more...
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Contestants in Bengal polls will have to file tax details
February 28th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) In a never before initiative, prospective candidates in the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls will have to give their permanent account number (PAN) and and tax returns in ... Read more...
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Witness accuses Sajjan Kumar of threats
January 10th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A woman witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Monday told a Delhi court that Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others had threatened her family for being ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa receives warm welcome in Sivasagar
January 3rd, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Peter Alex ToddSivasagar (Assam), Jan.3 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa has received a warm welcome at his hometown in Assam's Sivasagar District during the weekend.Rajkhowa ... Read more...
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Salem’s trial for murder: Apex court clears way for verdict (Second Lead)
October 5th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the decks for a designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court to give its verdict in a Mumbai builder's murder ... Read more...
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Murder case against Salem: Apex court paves way for verdict
October 5th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the decks for the pronouncement of verdict by the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in the ... Read more...
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MCOCA slapped on all accused in shipping firm owner’s murder
October 4th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has been invoked against all ten accused, including absconding mafia don Chhota Shakeel, in the murder here last month ... Read more...
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Industrialists, economists slam frequent strikes
September 7th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) As West Bengal slipped into yet another unproductive day Tuesday, thanks to a national strike called by trade unions, industrialists and economists felt that such shutdowns only inconvenienced ... Read more...
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Salem injuries self-inflicted, Dossa tells cops
July 28th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Gangster Mustafa Dossa, accused of assaulting extradited don Abu Salem in the Arthur Road Central Jail last Sunday, was remanded to police custody till Aug 7 by ... Read more...
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1993 Mumbai blasts case: Supreme Court to hear final hearing in January 2011
July 26th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear the appeal proceedings against the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convicts from January 11, 2011.A bench comprising Justices P ... Read more...
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Key 1993 Mumbai blasts accused extradited from UAE
June 8th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Taher Mohammed Merchant, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai terror blasts, was Tuesday extradited from the UAE, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.
Merchant alias Taher ... Read more...
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Hanging Kasab may take several years (Lead, superseding earlier story)
May 6th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Hanging 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab may be sooner said than done as the death sentence given by the Mumbai special court Thursday will first undergo judicial ... Read more...
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