Spanish mayor arrested on corruption charges
September 21st, 2012 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Orense (Spain), Sep 21 (IANS/EFE) Francisco Rodriguez, the mayor of this northwestern Spanish city, was arrested Thursday on corruption charges.The leader of the Socialist Party in the Galicia region, Pachi ... Read more...
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Court rejects plea to cancel ex-army chief’s bail
September 19th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday rejected the plea of Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh for cancellation of bail of former army chief Gen. V.K. Singh in ... Read more...
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Verma, wife sent to judicial custody in OSA case
September 14th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday sent businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Maria Neacsu to 14 days' judicial custody in a case under the ... Read more...
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Ear-slicing Bulgarian to be deported from Britain
September 14th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 14 (IANS) A gangster known as the "Butcher of Bulgaria" for slicing off people's ears and fingers will be deported from Britain to serve 18 years in jail ... Read more...
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Court seeks report on plea against Raj Thackeray
September 13th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday asked police to file an action taken report on a complaint filed against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for ... Read more...
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No blood stains seen on Rajesh Talwar’s dress: Witness
September 12th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 12 (IANS) In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, a doctor and CBI witness told a special court here Wednesday that he did not notice any blood stains on ... Read more...
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Verma, wife move release application in money laundering case
September 11th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife, arrested for their alleged role in a money laundering case, Tuesday moved an application for their release in a ... Read more...
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Kanda, Chaddha in judicial custody till Sep 25
September 11th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday extended till Sep 25 the judicial custody of former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and his employee Aruna Chaddha, accused ... Read more...
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Charge sheet filed in Delhi against four terrorists
September 10th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A set of charges were filed in a Delhi court against four suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives accused of planning to execute blasts at major shopping ... Read more...
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Act against lax Gurgaon poll officials, court tells cops
September 10th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 10 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday ordered the Gurgaon police commissioner to take action against officials accused of fraud during the 2009 assembly elections, ... Read more...
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Police post set afire in Ghaziabad (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 10 (IANS) Three policemen, including a station in-charge, were injured in Ghaziabad Monday when angry college students attacked a police station and burnt it down.According to state home ... Read more...
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Court order on plea against V.K. Singh’s bail Sep 19 (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday reserved its order till Sep 19 on the plea of Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh seeking the cancellation of bail of ... Read more...
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Can’t book Nirmal Baba over complaint, cops tell court
September 10th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Police Monday told a Delhi court that they cannot book self-styled godman Nirmal Baba over a complaint of cheating and breach of trust given by ... Read more...
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Court order on plea against V.K. Singh’s bail Sep 19
September 10th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday reserved its order till Sep 19 on the plea of Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh seeking the cancellation of bail of ... Read more...
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Police cut short quizzing cartoonist Aseem Trivedi (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Barely a day after a cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was sent to seven days police custody after being arrested on sedition charges, investigators cut short his ... Read more...
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Anna’s cartoonist supporter sent to police custody
September 9th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) A Mumbai court Sunday remanded Aseem Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly derogatory sketch ... Read more...
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CBI clerk, seven others sent to jail for fraud
September 6th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) A special court here Thursday sent to 14 days judicial custody a CBI data entry operator and seven others for allegedly hacking the bank account ... Read more...
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Fresh case registered against Gopal Kanda
September 6th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A fresh case was registered here against former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, for not appearing before ... Read more...
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Verma, wife sent to 10 days CBI custody
September 4th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife to 10 days CBI custody in a case filed against them under the Official ... Read more...
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Bill to eliminate manual scavenging tabled in Lok Sabha (Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) A bill that seeks to prohibit manual scavenging, rehabilitate those engaged in such inhuman employment and impose stringent measures to stop such practices was introduced ... Read more...
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Ready to face arrest for protesting against corruption: Kejriwal (Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Voicing his protest against harassment of India Against Corruption (IAC) activists, Arvind Kejriwal Monday said they were ready to face punishment if the government ... Read more...
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Police file report against Prashant Bhushan
September 3rd, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Delhi Police Monday filed a report in a complaint against lawyer and erstwhile Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan for an allegedly seditious speech on ... Read more...
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Muslim cleric held in Pakistan blasphemy case
September 2nd, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) A Muslim cleric has been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly putting some pages of the Quran among burnt papers to strengthen a case of blasphemy against ... Read more...
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Defeated Goa poll candidate wants poll expenses back
September 1st, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) A defeated independent candidate who polled 625 votes in the March assembly polls has written to the Election Commission of India demanding his election expenses back.Trajano ... Read more...
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Aruna Chaddha moves bail application
August 31st, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Aruna Chaddha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide case, moved a bail application in a Delhi court Friday.A close associate of Chaddha ... Read more...
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Court notice to police officers in CWG case
August 31st, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A court Friday asked the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) and additional DCP of the economic offences wing to appear before it in a complaint ... Read more...
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Warrants against five in 1981 plane hijacking
August 31st, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A court here has issued non-bailable warrants against five Sikh militants involved in a 1981 Air India plane hijack, and said they would face a ... Read more...
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Police get more time to probe why Kanda ignored warrant
August 31st, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday granted 10 days to the police to probe why former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and his brother Govind Kanda were ... Read more...
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Painter refutes CBI claim in Aarushi murder case
August 31st, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A witness in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case Friday refuted CBI's claim that he painted the flat soon after the crime, leading to destruction ... Read more...
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Court grants bail to BJP leader Gupta
August 31st, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta was Friday granted bail by a local court in a defamation case filed by Chief Minister Shiela ... Read more...
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Woman killed as lightning strikes UP village
August 31st, 2012 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) A woman was killed and 12 injured when lightning struck in Mirzapur district late Thursday, police said.The incident happened at Veerpur village in Mirzapur district, about ... Read more...
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Abhishek Verma’s wife denied bail
August 30th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday dismissed the bail plea of businessman Abhishek Verma's wife in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Additional Chief ... Read more...
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Delhi court issues summons against Raj Thackeray
August 30th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday issued summons to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for humiliating people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by calling ... Read more...
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More trouble for Kanda, could face charges in cheque bounce case
August 30th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Even as he is fighting off charges of involvement in the suicide of ex-employee Geetika Sharma, former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda could be booked ... Read more...
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Chaddha’s judicial custody extended till Sep 11
August 30th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday extended till Sep 11 the judicial custody of Aruna Chaddha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide.Additional Chief Metropolitan ... Read more...
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