US cinema shooting suspect mentally ill, say attorneys
August 10th, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) James Holmes, the suspect in Denver's midnight movie theatre shooting incident in the US state of Colorado, is "mentally ill", his attorneys have said.Twelve people were ... Read more...
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Colorado shooting suspect makes first court appearance
July 24th, 2012 - 6:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) The Colorado theater shooting suspect, who killed 12 people and injured 58 others in the US city of Aurora early Friday, made his first court appearance ... Read more...
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Government seeks gag order on Swamy for speaking on 2G
January 21st, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The government has moved the Supreme Court for an appropriate order against Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy for publicly speaking on 2G spectrum matter, ... Read more...
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Bipasha gets more support in Amar tapes controversy
May 14th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) After Celina Jaitley, Bollywood personalities Pritish Nandy and Sonam Kapoor have expressed support for actress Bipasha Basu whose voice is alleged to have figured ... Read more...
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Voice in recording mine, but CD spliced: Amar Singh (Lead)
May 12th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court lifted a gag order on his tapped telephonic conversations, former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Thursday admitted that ... Read more...
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Voice is mine, but tapes spliced: Amar Singh
May 12th, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court lifted a gag order on his tapped telephonic conversations, former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Thursday admitted that the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court lifts gag order on Amar Singh tapes (Second Lead)
May 12th, 2011 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday lifted a 2006 gag order restraining the media from publishing transcripts of phone conversations of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.An ... Read more...
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Apex court lifts gag order on Amar Singh tapes (Lead)
May 11th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday lifted a 2006 gag order restraining the media from publishing transcripts of phone conversations of former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar ... Read more...
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Supreme Court lifts gag order on Amar Singh tapes
May 11th, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday lifted the gag order restraining the media from publishing transcripts of former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh's phone conversations.An apex ... Read more...
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Antony gags Army from commenting on Hazare
April 7th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony has reportedly ordered top army officials not to comment on veteran social activist Anna Hazare's fast-unto-death on the Lokpal issue.Top Army officers ... Read more...
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Police arrest 16 in gang rape of 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas
March 9th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 9 (ANI): At least 16 people, ranging in age from 14 to 27, have been arrested in connection with the nightmarish gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Texas.The ... Read more...
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Congress’ Telangana MPs sport black bands in Lok Sabha
March 4th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress MPs from Telangana Friday appeared in the Lok Sabha with black bands around their mouths to indicate that there was a gag order ... Read more...
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Playboy prince squanders $60mn on litigation case worth only $7mn!
November 9th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 9 (ANI): Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei has spent 60 million dollars to litigate a court case worth only seven million dollars.Bolkiah whose X-rated statues of him and his ... Read more...
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Congress gag order on Adarsh housing scam
November 1st, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Congress Monday asked its Maharashtra leaders not to air their views on the Adarsh housing society scam in which Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is under ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Bindra, Narang win gold (Lead)
October 5th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang Tuesday gave India the first gold of the 19th Commonwealth Games by winning the men's 10 metre air rifle pairs event, ... Read more...
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Congress defends gag order (Lead)
July 21st, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Defending its circular asking party leaders to speak only on subjects concerning them, the Congress Wednesday said that the communication was not individual-specific and the party ... Read more...
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Congress issues gag order on senior leaders
July 21st, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): The Congress party has issued a circular asking its top leaders not to speak out of turn.All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi ... Read more...
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Nawaz in damage control mode over media ban, demands party leader’s expulsion
July 11th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 11 (ANI): In an apparent attempt to tone down the heightened tension which emanated from the passing of a media ban resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly, Pakistan Muslim ... Read more...
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Pak media community denounces ‘drone attack’ like gag order
July 11th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 11 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province government's gag order on media has received a huge criticism from the country's media fraternity with the Council of Pakistan Newspapers and Editors (CPNE) describing ... Read more...
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Politicians criticise Pak Punjab Govt’s ‘media ban’
July 10th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 10 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab province government's decision to impose a ban on the media has received wide scale criticism from various quarters, particularly politicians.Though several Members of the Provincial Assembly ... Read more...
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Court asks Air India to de-seal staff union offices
June 28th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday directed Air India's holding company, National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), to de-seal the employees' union offices that were sealed during ... Read more...
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Air India resumes flight operations across India
May 28th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai/New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): Air travellers are breathing a sigh of relief with the resumption of Air India flights across the country on Friday.Passengers in Mumbai were seen lined outside the ... Read more...
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Air India seals major trade union offices in Mumbai
May 27th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 27 (ANI): Air India has derecognized two major trade unions and sealed their offices in Mumbai.The affected trade unions are the Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) and the All India ... Read more...
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Withdraw action against Air India union workers, says CPI-M
May 27th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday demanded immediate withdrawal of action against Air India union activists whose services had been suspended or terminated by the management ... Read more...
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Air India struggles as many flights cancelled
May 27th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi /Mumbai, May 27 (ANI): A day after an employees strike was called off national carrier Air India is struggling to set its operation back on track, as many flights from ... Read more...
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Day after strike, Air India seeks to restore normalcy
May 27th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) National carrier Air India was Thursday struggling to restore normal operations after a two-day wildcat strike by 15,000 employees and said it would take another ... Read more...
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Air India files case in Bombay High Court against striking employees
May 27th, 2010 - 12:46 am ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 26 (ANI): The Air India on Wednesday morning moved the Bombay High Court against the flash strike by its employees.Air India decided to act tough against its staff as their ... Read more...
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Praful Patel terms AI employees’ strike ‘an act of absolute irresponsibility’
May 26th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today termed the strike by the ground staff of Air India as 'an act of absolute irresponsibility'.Speaking to media persons in ... Read more...
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Air India stir off after Delhi High Court’s gag order (Roundup)
May 26th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) The two-day wildcat strike by some 15,000 employees of Air India was called off Wednesday evening after a Delhi High Court restraining order, even as thousands ... Read more...
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Air India employees call off strike, 15 striking employees sacked
May 26th, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): The stalemate over Air India employees' strike came to an end following an understanding reached here between the AI management and and the strikers on Wednesday evening. ... Read more...
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Court gags Air India strikers as 140 flights affected (Fourth Lead)
May 26th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court intervened Wednesday to restrain Air India employees from continuing with their two-day wildcat strike that frustrated thousands of domestic and international travellers ... Read more...
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Mumbai High court declines to stay Air India staff strike
May 26th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Wednesday declined to grant ex-parte relief to Air India, which sought the court's intervention for a stay on the two-day old agitation by a ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court stays Air India strike
May 26th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed the ongoing strike by Air India employees till July 13.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Air India's management the ... Read more...
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Passengers livid as ‘illegal’ Air India strike disrupts 140 flights (Third Lead)
May 26th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Wednesday said the strike by Air India staff was illegal even as thousands of travellers across the country were livid after ... Read more...
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Passengers livid over Air India strike, management offers talks (Second Lead)
May 26th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Representatives of striking Air India staff and top officials of the financially-drained carrier are to hold talks here Wednesday in a bid to end the standoff that ... Read more...
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