NHRC seeks report on fake encounter in Manipur
August 30th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought within two months an independent investigation report on the killing of two suspected militants in alleged fake ... Read more...
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Maruti to decide on restarting Manesar plant
August 12th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 12 (IANS) The country's major carmaker Maruti Suzuki is expected to partially restore production at its Manesar facility within the next 10 days. An important exercise to this ... Read more...
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Still not clear why, how Osama was in Abbottabad: Daily
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 23 (IANS) The government's takeover of the plot where Al Qaeda chief was killed has led a leading Pakistani daily to point out that it was still not ... Read more...
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Sex case probe: Achuthanandan told to appear in court
June 19th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, June 19 (IANS) A Kerala court Tuesday asked former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who complained of sabotage of a probe into an alleged sex racket here in the early ... Read more...
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Court dismisses Achuthanandan plea for sex probe report
May 2nd, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 2 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition of Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan seeking a copy of the investigation report in the Kozhikode ice-cream parlour ... Read more...
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It’s official: Modi gets clean chit in Gulberg massacre
April 10th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, April 10 (IANS) A special panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots has given a clean to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, absolving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader of ... Read more...
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‘Identify graves of four Westerners killed by Al-Faran’
April 6th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A group of Jammu and Kashmir rights activists Friday appealed to the state rights panel to order the identification of the graves of four Western trekkers ... Read more...
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NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu police on killings
February 24th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu police in the killing of five men in a gun-battle in Chennai ... Read more...
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Pakistan disagrees with US findings on NATO attack
January 24th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan does not agree with the US findings on a NATO airstrike last year that left 24 of its soldiers dead, authorities said.Inter Services Public Relations, ... Read more...
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Driver killed in police firing in Jharkhand
January 17th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 17 (IANS) The driver of a vehicle was killed and his assistant injured when police opened fire on their vehicle in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Tuesday, according to ... Read more...
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Another land scam probe against Kumaraswamy
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 2 (IANS) The Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) special court here Monday ordered an inquiry into the allegedly illegal freeing of government land on the city's outskirts by former ... Read more...
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Pakistan rejects NATO attack report as biased
December 29th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday rejected as biased the US report on the NATO air strikes on two army border checkposts that caused the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers, ... Read more...
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54 found guilty for China train crash
December 28th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) Fifty-four people have been found accountable for a fatal high-speed train crash in China in July that killed 40 people, the government said Wednesday.All 54 will ... Read more...
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Pakistan rejects NATO strike probe report
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected an investigation report by the US into last month's NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, a media report said Friday.Geo News reported ... Read more...
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CPI-M politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan asked to appear in court
December 19th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 19 (IANS) Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Pinarayi Vijayan, the seventh accused in the Rs.374 crore SNC Lavalin scam and currently on bail, was ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: CBI to file report in court Nov 24 (Lead)
November 14th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Nov 14 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court Monday gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) time till Nov 24 to file a report in the case of missing nurse ... Read more...
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CBI submits report on missing Rajasthan nurse
November 11th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Nov 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday submitted its status report on the probe conducted so far into the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi before ... Read more...
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Sex scandal: Opposition walks out of Kerala assembly
October 20th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 20 (IANS) The Kozhikode ice cream parlour sex case which dates back to the early 1990s led to an opposition walkout Thursday in the Kerala assembly.The alleged sex ... Read more...
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Missing nurse: Court asks cops why all in case not quizzed
October 13th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Oct 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court Thursday sought an explanation from police why they have not questioned all those named in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, ... Read more...
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Court demands report on missing nurse case every other day
October 11th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Oct 11 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court Tuesday asked police to submit every alternative day the investigation report in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, who allegedly figured ... Read more...
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Five get organs from man with HIV
September 30th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 30 (IANS) Five people unknowingly received organs from an HIV-positive man in Taiwan due to "human error" at the hospital. All the organ receivers have so far tested ... Read more...
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Observe Lakshman Rekha in monitoring 2G probe: Apex court told
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The sanctity of the "Lakshman Rekha" became the focal point of an animated discussion on the 2G scam in the apex court Thursday. While ... Read more...
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CBI will study Swamy’s documents on Chidambaram, court told (Lead)
September 22nd, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that the CBI will study the documents from Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy linking Home Minister ... Read more...
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Kolkata airport official dies after fall
September 17th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) A Kolkata airport official died after falling from an upper floor of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) building here Saturday.K.K. Gupta, general manager, ATC, of the ... Read more...
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Gujarat to challenge Pandya case accquittals
September 13th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 13 (IANS) The Gujarat government has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the state high court's acquittal of the 12 people accused of murdering former ... Read more...
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Shanti Bhushan-Amar Singh CD not doctored: Police
August 30th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A controversial CD purportedly containing a conversation between Team Anna's senior member Shanti Bhushan, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and former SP ... Read more...
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Hearing on Yeddyurappa plea against mining deferred
August 10th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 10 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Wednesday deferred the hearing to Aug 17 on a writ petition filed by former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for quashing the Lokayukta's ... Read more...
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Ombudsman to act on governor’s sanction against Yeddyurappa
August 9th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 9 (IANS) The Karnataka Lokayukta would soon act on the governor's sanction to prosecute former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in the multi-crore mining scam under the Prevention ... Read more...
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New Lokayukta to study probe report on mining scam
August 4th, 2011 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 4 (IANS) Karnataka's new Lokayukata (ombudsman) Justice Shivaraj V. Patil Wednesday said he would study the investigation report into the multi-crore mining scam before admitting the petition of ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa will resign, says Karnataka BJP chief (Evening Lead)
July 28th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 28 (IANS) Beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will resign soon as directed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership, the party's state unit president K.S. ... Read more...
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Ready to quit if phone-tapping charges proved: Yeddyurappa (Lead)
July 25th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) A defiant Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday declared that he would resign from the post and active politics if the charges that state agencies ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa changes plans, returns to Bangalore Monday
July 24th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 24 (IANS) Karnataka's beleaguered Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is returning to Bangalore Monday morning after a week-long holiday in Mauritius with his family instead of flying to ... Read more...
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Congress-DMK alliance will continue: Pranab
July 9th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Two days after DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran resigned as union textiles minister, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met DMK chief M. Karunanidhi Saturday and said the ... Read more...
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Not resuming helicopter service in northeast: Minister
June 26th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 26 (IANS) Nearly two months after Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu died in a chopper crash, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said Sunday there were no plans ... Read more...
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Police unable to access murdered Pakistani journalist’s email
June 21st, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) The police have not been able to access the email of murdered Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, a media report said Tuesday.Shahzad, 40, was kidnapped in Islamabad ... Read more...
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