Apex court orders Tiwari to submit blood sample (Lead)
May 24th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) In a setback to veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, the Supreme Court Thursday directed him to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling in a ... Read more...
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Apex court orders Tiwari to submit blood sample
May 24th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) In a setback to veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, the Supreme Court Thursday directed him to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling in a ... Read more...
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Supreme Court reserves verdict on Nupur Talwar’s plea (Lead)
May 16th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on Nupur Talwar's petition seeking review of its Jan 6 order directing her and her dentist husband ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on N.D. Tiwari’s paternity suit
February 29th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the plea of a 32-year-old man, who claims to be the biological son of Congress leader ... Read more...
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Five rapists of minor get life term
January 28th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Saying that scientific evidence plays an important role in establishing guilt, a Delhi court Saturday sentenced five accused to life term for raping a minor ... Read more...
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Court notice to N.D. Tiwari on paternity suit
December 1st, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to N.D. Tiwari on a plea by a 32-year-old man, who claims to be his biological son, against ... Read more...
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Court refuses to hear appeal against Tiwari
November 15th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday refused to hear an appeal filed by Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be the biological son of Congress leader N.D. ... Read more...
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Unmarked graves: Kashmir rights panel flays police
October 19th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's human rights commission Wednesday said the police did not adhere to established procedures while dealing with those buried in unmarked graves in the ... Read more...
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Tiwari’s refusal to give DNA sample unjustified: Court
September 23rd, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday said Congress leader N.D. Tiwari cannot be "physically compelled" to give DNA sample in a paternity suit by a man ... Read more...
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Kashmir panel wants international probe into unmarked graves
September 17th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 17 (IANS) A day after the state human rights panel directed the Jammu and Kashmir government to begin a probe into the more than 2,000 unmarked graves in ... Read more...
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Court warns Tiwari for refusing to give blood sample
July 28th, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday sternly warned Congress leader N.D. Tiwari of "dire consequences" for refusing to provide his blood sample for DNA profiling to ... Read more...
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N.D. Tiwari to give blood sample in court June 1(Lead)
May 10th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed octogenarian Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari to appear in person June 1 to give his ... Read more...
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How DNA analysis confirmed Osama bin Laden’s death
May 4th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 04 (ANI): Though the world's most wanted man Osama bin Laden was killed during a raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on 2 May, his body was identified after ... Read more...
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Apex court asks Tiwari to submit to DNA test in paternity suit
March 18th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Rejecting veteran Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari's appeal against a high court order, the Supreme Court Friday asked the octogenarian to submit his blood samples ... Read more...
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DNA fingerprinting not exactly reliable in forensics
August 12th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) DNA evidence is not exactly reliable in criminal investigation as interpretation of samples can be highly subjective and prone to error, says a new study.
The incredibly small ... Read more...
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Lonnie Franklin Jr. arrested in the ‘Grim Sleeper’ case
July 8th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lonnie Franklin Jr. who is suspected of killing 10 people and who was on the run for more than twenty years has finally been arrested.Police arrested ... Read more...
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Mangalore crash: DNA tests fail to match eleven bodies
June 2nd, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Mangalore (Karnataka), June 2 (ANI): Eleven bodies of victims killed in last month's ill-fated Mangalore plane crash have been declared unidentified as the final DNA report of those bodies failed to match ... Read more...
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Centre to send DNA Bank Bill to states for comments
April 29th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): The Government on Thursday said that the proposed DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) Data Bank bill would be sent to all States for their views.Relying to a question ... Read more...
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India to set up DNA data banks
April 29th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India will set up several DNA data banks at the national and state levels to strengthen forensic investigation, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan told parliament Thursday.
A ... Read more...
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Bill to regulate DNA profiling in the offing
April 27th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The government is preparing a bill to establish a DNA data bank and set standards for DNA profiling, parliament was informed Tuesday."The department of biotechnology ... Read more...
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Government’s stand sought on compulsory DNA tests of unidentified corpses
November 16th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday sought the central government's stand on a lawsuit seeking compulsory DNA profiling of thousands of unidentified dead persons recovered annually across India.
A bench ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne faces jail time in weapon possession case
October 23rd, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): Rapper Lil Wayne may face one-year jail term after he pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession.The Grammy winner did not speak as he left the courthouse with members ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne Faces Time In Jail
October 22nd, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct. 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr better known as Lil Wayne was long ago found in possession of an illegal gun. In 2007 a .40 caliber gun was ... Read more...
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Plea for DNA profiling of politicians dismissed
August 10th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea asking for DNA profiling of politicians to know their "criminality" before allowing them to contest elections.
Tamil Nadu resident Devaji S. ... Read more...
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Kashmir cops denied bail in Shopian rape-murder case
August 6th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) The district and sessions judge of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday rejected the bail application moved by four police officers accused of destroying evidence in the rape ... Read more...
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Four Shopian police officers’ blood samples collected
July 19th, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 19 (IANS) Forensic experts have collected blood samples of the four suspended police officers, who are accused of destroying evidence after the rape and murder of two women in Shopian ... Read more...
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48-day-long strike ends in Shopian
July 16th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 16 (IANS) Life in Shopian town in south Kashmir, where two women were found raped and murdered May 30, returned to normal after the 48-day-old agitation was called off Thursday ... Read more...
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Shopian murder: Four accused Kashmir cops arrested after court order (Lead)
July 15th, 2009 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) Four suspended cops were arrested Wednesday evening after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court so ordered and asked police to profile their DNA for their alleged involvement in ... Read more...
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Shopian murder: Kashmir court orders DNA test of accused cops
July 15th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday ordered the arrest of four suspended cops and asked police to profile their DNA for their alleged involvement in the "heinous ... Read more...
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An initiative to reduce genetic disorders in rural India
January 26th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) In an attempt to take the fruits of biotechnology to the common man and reduce the burden of genetic disorders such as thalassaemia and muscular dystrophies, the Genome ... Read more...
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Guidelines to make genetic genealogy testing more accurate, reliable
December 24th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): In a new paper, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have offered recommendations for genealogy testing to improve the accuracy and reliability of ... Read more...
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Jharkhand gets forensic laboratory
November 16th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 16 (IANS) "I would not have been in jail if Jharkhand had a forensic lab," said Chief Minister Shibu Soren while inaugurating the state's forensic laboratory here.Jharkhand policemen are happy ... Read more...
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