Case against Modi should be closed: BJP
February 11th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) With the special investigation team (SIT) submitting its final report to a Gujarat court on Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 communal ... Read more...
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Death for three confirmed in 2003 Mumbai blasts case
February 10th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Friday upheld the death sentence of the three people, including a woman, convicted for the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts.A special Prevention ... Read more...
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Maldives: a nation of 1,190 coral islands (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Maldives is located in the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean, 400 km southwest of India's southern coast.It is an archipelago of 1,190 coral islands grouped in a double chain of ... Read more...
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Aarushi murder: Court adjourns hearing till Feb 29
February 4th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Saturday adjourned the hearing in teenager Aarushi Talwar's murder case till Feb 29.Satish Tamta, counsel for ... Read more...
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Commercial vehicles causing jams, not our fault: Delhi Police
February 2nd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Blaming the city's transport department for allowing overloaded commercial vehicles to enter the city, which eventually caused jams, Delhi Police Thursday said it was ... Read more...
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Income Tax official gets 4 years jail for bribery
February 1st, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) A special court has convicted a former additional commissioner of Income Tax for corruption and sentenced him to four years jail.
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Court seeks police report on ‘ink attack’ on Ramdev (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) A Delhi court has asked police to file a report by Feb 22 on an incident in which a man allegedly hurled black ink at ... Read more...
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Apex court suggests changes in corruption law
January 31st, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday urged the government to make changes in the Prevention of Corruption Act to fix a time frame of three months for ... Read more...
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Swamy mocks at Sibal, Khurshid
January 31st, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy Tuesday mocked at cabinet ministers Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid, both lawyers, after the Supreme Court upheld his plea on ... Read more...
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Sutil gets 18-month suspended sentence for nightclub brawl
January 31st, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) A Munich court has handed a 18-month suspended sentence and a euro 200,000 fine to former Force India driver Adrian Sutil for injuring the chief executive ... Read more...
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Apex court verdict vindicates PM, says PMO
January 31st, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Tuesday said the Supreme Court verdict on time-specific sanction for prosecuting alleged corrupt public servants has "completely vindicated" the ... Read more...
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Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government
January 31st, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said the government has to decide within three months whether or not to give sanction on an application seeking prosecution ... Read more...
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Uphaar fire tragedy: Court seeks file on ex-cop
January 30th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday asked the union home ministry to place on record a file related to a plea seeking saction for the prosecution ... Read more...
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Four accused in Adnan Patrawala murder acquitted
January 30th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) A Mumbai sessions court Monday acquitted four accused in the 2007 Adnan Patrawala murder case after the prosecution failed to prove its case, a lawyer said. ... Read more...
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‘The Social Network’ actor found with pot
January 27th, 2012 - 4:51 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 27 (IANS) Actor Armie Hammer, seen in "The Social Network", had to spend a night in a Texas jail after he was found in possession of marijuana.The ... Read more...
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom denied bail
January 25th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wellington, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has been kept in custody ahead of a possible extradition to the United States. US officials have launched a heavy clamp down on ... Read more...
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Juror jailed for online research about accused
January 24th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 24 (IANS) A woman juror in Britain has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court after conducting an internet search on a man whose ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers strike work against bills (Lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi lawyers Friday observed a day-long strike as part of the Bar Council of India's nationwide protest against two bills, including one which they claim ... Read more...
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Death term sought for Katara murder convict (Lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, ... Read more...
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Death term sought for Katara murder convict
January 20th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers strike work against bills
January 20th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi lawyers Friday observed a day-long strike as part of the Bar Council of India's nationwide protest against two bills, including one which they claim ... Read more...
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Jail custody of AMRI directors, officials extended
January 19th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A West Bengal court Thursday denied bail to six directors and two officials of the city's AMRI hospital, where a fire last month killed 94 people,
and ... Read more...
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US military unveils initiatives targeting sexual assault
January 19th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced four initiatives Wednesday designed to aid victims and strengthen prosecution of military sexual assault cases."First, I've directed the establishment of ... Read more...
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Tax sleuths to verify high-value transactions
January 18th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indian government will run a special drive from Jan 20 to March 20 to verify high-value transactions including investments, deposits and expenditure in a ... Read more...
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Judge visits slums over gangrape case (Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) A Delhi court judge hearing a gangrape case visited a slum cluster in north Delhi Thursday, a day before issuing her order in the mater.Additional ... Read more...
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Casey Anthony reveals that she became pregnant after being raped
January 12th, 2012 - 11:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) More details are coming out after two depositions Casey Anthony were made public on Wednesday. One of the psychiatrists who interviewed the acquitted murder suspect has ... Read more...
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Court approves prosecution of Chidambaram’s ex-client
January 7th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday gave the go-ahead to the Delhi government to continue prosecution of three cases against hotelier S.P. Gupta, a former client ... Read more...
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Judicial custody of AMRI directors extended till Jan 19
January 5th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) A West Bengal court Thursday denied bail and extended till Jan 19 the judicial custody of six directors and two officials of the city's AMRI hospital, ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoist slaps defamation case on government
January 4th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Jan 4 (IANS) A suspected Maoist, Arun Ferreira Wednesday slapped a Rs.2.50 million defamation case against the Maharashtra government after walking free at the end of over four years ... Read more...
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Seven-year jail for cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 3 (IANS) A person found guilty of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh will now face imprisonment of seven years, against the earlier three, and a minimum fine of ... Read more...
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2G: Apex court notice to CBI on Behura’s bail (Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea by former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, accused in ... Read more...
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New US sanctions against Iran
January 1st, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 1 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has signed into law a wide-ranging defence funding bill that also calls for sanctions against financial institutions doing business with ... Read more...
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Hospitalised AMRI director denied bail
December 29th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) A West Bengal court Thursday denied bail to a director of the AMRI Hospital where a fire earlier this month killed 94 people, and ordered ... Read more...
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Is CIC empowered to prosecute for perjury? Court issues notice
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Department of Personnel Training (DOPT) on a plea seeking its direction on whether the Central Information ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill approved; PM in, CBI, lower bureaucracy out (Second Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The union cabinet Tuesday approved the much-awaited Lokpal bill, bringing the prime minister under the anti-graft ombudsman with riders but excluding the CBI and ... Read more...
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