Sack Chidambaram, says Agnivesh
August 24th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Activist Swami Agnivesh Thursday demanded the removal of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who was earlier the home minister, over the alleged killing of 19 ... Read more...
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Danish Kaneria cleared of spot-fixing charges
June 5th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was cleared in a spot-fixing investigation of a local Twenty 20 tournament after a local inquiry committee of the Karachi City Cricket ... Read more...
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800 men carried out Syria’s Houla massacre
May 31st, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, May 31 (IANS) The head of an inquiry committee into a massacre in Syria's Houla village has said preliminary investigations indicate that about 800 heavily armed men carried ... Read more...
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Court sets aside report against Ramjas College vice-principal (Lead)
May 22nd, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has set aside an inquiry report on the basis of which Ramjas College vice-principal B.N. Ray was sacked on charges of ... Read more...
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BCCI’s probe panel interrogates Shalabh Shrivastava
May 16th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Ravi Sawani, heading the inquiry committee set up by the Indian cricket board to probe the latest spot-fixing allegations in the sport, interrogated one of ... Read more...
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SAI official in trouble for allowing banned athletes to train
March 26th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The inquiry committee, set-up by Sports Minister Ajay Maken to go into the circumstances in which athletes undergoing a doping ban were allowed to train ... Read more...
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Chandigarh’s garbage plant raises a stink
September 30th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (IANS) Chandigarh's reputation is taking a smelly beating. A lot of stink is being raised - environmentally and politically - over the city's experiment with a solid ... Read more...
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Meghalaya orders probe into ANVC’s ’secret’ killings
September 3rd, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Shillong Sept 2 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Friday announced a high-level probe into the "secret killings" of tribal Garo people by A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) rebels in the state.ANVC, ... Read more...
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Panel probing judges can probe more charges: Apex court
August 26th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday held that a committee set up under the Judges Inquiry Act can go beyond the charges contained in the notice of ... Read more...
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London riots report by year-end: Keith Vaz
August 18th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Describing the London riots as an act of criminality, Keith Vaz, Britain's longest serving MP of Indian origin and head of parliament's inquiry committee into ... Read more...
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Six Bengal students punished over Facebook ragging
August 4th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Six students of a West Bengal engineering institute were punished for indulging in ragging and abusing colleagues on social networking site Facebook, a varsity official ... Read more...
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Dinkaran resigns as Sikkim Chief Justice
July 30th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Gangtok, July 29 (IANS) Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing impeachment on charges of graft and land grabbing, has resigned, official sources here said.Speaking to Times Now TV ... Read more...
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Vastanvi loses Deoband job for praising Narendra Modi (Lead)
July 24th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), July 24 (IANS) Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi was on Sunday removed from the coveted position of vice chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband, widely recognized as India's ... Read more...
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Dinakaran probe: P.P. Rao out of judges’ panel
July 5th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the chairman of the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) to replace senior counsel P.P. Rao after Sikkim High Court Chief Justice ... Read more...
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Insiders involved in Karachi naval base attack
June 30th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) Insiders were involved in the terror attack on a key naval base in Karachi, a parliamentary panel was told here.Defence officials Wednesday told the National Assembly's ... Read more...
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Supreme Court reserves verdict on Dinakaran’s petition (Lead)
June 1st, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran challenging the framing of charges by the ... Read more...
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Apex court reserves verdict on Dinakaran’s petition
June 1st, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran challenging the framing of charges by the ... Read more...
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Initial probe against Dinakaran valid, Supreme Court told (Lead)
May 31st, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The central government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) probing charges of misconduct against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. ... Read more...
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Initial inquiry against Dinakaran valid, apex court told
May 31st, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The central government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) probing charges of misconduct against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. ... Read more...
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Charges against Dinakaran modified, apex court told
May 19th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) probing charges of corruption, land grabbing and misconduct against Sikkim High Court Chief ... Read more...
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Supreme Court allows new party in Dinakaran case
May 18th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed a plea by a judicial body to be impleaded in the case involving Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues notice on Dinakaran’s petition (Lead)
May 16th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran saying that ... Read more...
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Ward attendant sacked after patients given phenyl
May 12th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Amravati (Maharashtra), May 12 (IANS) A female ward attendant of a government hospital here was dismissed from service Thursday, a day after seven patients of the maternity ward were accidentally ... Read more...
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Apex court stays enquiry against Dinakaran (Lead)
April 29th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stayed an enquiry against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who is facing impeachment on charges of misconduct, corruption and ... Read more...
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Supreme Court stays enquiry proceedings against Justice Dinakaran
April 29th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stayed the enquiry proceedings by the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who is ... Read more...
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Justice Dinakaran seeks stay on inquiry, member’s removal
April 26th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing an impeachment motion, Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on inquiry proceedings against him under ... Read more...
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AIFF drops charges, Houghton resigns as chief football coach
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Saturday decided to drop all charges, including that of racial abuse, against chief coach Bob Houghton, who also tendered ... Read more...
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Peshawar varsity teachers sexually harassing girls: Lawmaker (Lead)
April 20th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Some senior teachers at the University of Peshawar were asking girl students to become friendly with them or face failure in examinations, a lawmaker has said.Nighat ... Read more...
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Peshawar varsity teachers sexually harassing girls: Lawmaker
April 20th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Senior teachers at the University of Peshawar were sexually harassing girl students, a lawmaker has dramatically told the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly.Nighat Orakzai of the Pakistan Muslim ... Read more...
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PM agrees to JPC probe, says parliament can’t be paralysed (Lead)
February 22nd, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday agreed to the opposition's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam, saying the country could ... Read more...
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Senior Kashmir police officer retired for fudging date of birth
February 19th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has retired a senior police officer who was found to have fudged his date of birth and sought to prolong his service by ... Read more...
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Pak runaway keeper Zulqarnain’s intention to sue PCB futile, says legal advisor
January 25th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 25(ANI): Runaway Pakistani wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider's intentions to initiate legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board are useless, the board's legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi has said.Reacting to Zulqarnain's threats, ... Read more...
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Now, a multi-billion rupee police arms purchase scam surfaces in Pak province
November 20th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Nov 20 (ANI): The National Accountability Bureau of Pakistan has sought to investigate a multi-billion-rupee arms purchase deal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after an official inquiry discovered "serious irregularities" and a "huge ... Read more...
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Fire destroys Buddhist tribal chief’s palace in Bangladesh
November 12th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 12 (IANS) A fire has destroyed the palace of Raja Debashish Roy, chief of the Chakma Buddhist tribe, in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, a media report said Friday.The "mysterious" fire ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha panel holds Justice Sen guilty of corruption
November 10th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A three-member committee formed by the Rajya Sabha to enquire into a impeachment motion against Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen has held him guilty of corruption. ... Read more...
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