SC directs fresh trial of Delhi 1997 blast accused
August 31st, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday directed a fresh trial of a terror accused whose conviction and sentencing had been set aside by a court bench on ... Read more...
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India seeks access to Headley, Rana
June 14th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 14 (IANS) As India and the US reiterated their commitment to bringing to justice the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, India sought access to two ... Read more...
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Convicted Tahawwur Rana loses retrial plea
June 12th, 2012 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 12 (IANS) A Chicago court has dismissed a retrial plea by Pakistan born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, convicted of providing material support to Pakistan based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), ... Read more...
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‘China committed to limiting death penalty’
March 9th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) China is committed to limiting death penalty and it has always been very prudent in using capital punishment, according to an official with the country's top ... Read more...
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Iran overturns death sentence for CIA ’spy’
March 6th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, March 5 (IANS) The Iranian Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty given to an Iranian-American CIA "spy" by a lower court, an official said Monday."The case of the ... Read more...
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Sankararaman murder: Court tells police to verify tape
February 27th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) The Madras High Court Monday ordered Tamil Nadu Police to examine the veracity of the taped recordings of alleged conversation between Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi and ... Read more...
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Judge falls asleep during Swedish trial
February 8th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Gothenburg, Sweden, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Swedish court has ordered a retrial after an appeals court judge fell asleep during a trial. The unnamed judge insist that he did not fall ... Read more...
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Verdict on appeal of Shivani murder case convicts Wednesday
October 11th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court will Wednesday pronounce its verdict on appeals of former Indian Police Service officer R.K. Sharma and three others against their ... Read more...
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Rajiv Gandhi killer’s mother demands fresh trial
August 13th, 2011 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS) A day after the president rejected the mercy petitions of three men on death row for former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, the mother of ... Read more...
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Wrongly jailed for 18 years, US man gets $1.4 mn (Lead)
July 1st, 2011 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 1 (IANS) A US man who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly charged of killing six people has received $1.4 million in compensation, Xinhua reported.Anthony Graves ... Read more...
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US man wrongly jailed for 18 years gets $1.4 mn
July 1st, 2011 - 5:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 1 (IANS) A US man who spent 18 years in jail for slaying six people he did not commit Thursday received $1.4 million in compensation, Xinhua reported.Anthony Graves ... Read more...
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Woman excuses herself from jury duty for Oprah show
April 28th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Chicago, April 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A judge on Wednesday agreed to grant the request of a juror to stay out of the jury proceedings and attend Oprah Winfrey’s show. The woman is ... Read more...
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PPP leaders laud Awan’s resignation to plead ZAB retrial case
April 18th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr 18(ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders have supported former Law Minister Babar Awan's decision to resign from his post in order to plead the retrial case of former Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Name new law minister, Pakistan court to government
April 15th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has told the Pakistan government to name a new law minister to attend a judicial panel meeting after Babar Awan quit to argue ... Read more...
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Pak Law Minister resigns, to plead Zulfikar Bhutto retrial case
April 13th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 13(ANI): Pakistan's Law Minister Babar Awan has presented his resignation to the Supreme Court in order to plead the retrial case of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.During the Wednesday ... Read more...
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Pakistan minister offers to quit for Zulfiqar retrial
April 13th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) Pakistan's Law Minister Babar Awan offered to resign in the Supreme Court Wednesday, a media report said.Federal Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan made ... Read more...
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Reggae star Buju Banton found guilty of cocaine conspiracy charges
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:34 am ICT by BNO News
TAMPA, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- Reggae star Buju Banton was found guilty of cocaine conspiracy charges on Tuesday, just over a week after winning a Grammy Award. He could face up to ... Read more...
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Reggae star Buju Banton wins Grammy, faces prison on drug-related charges
February 14th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- Reggae star Buju Banton on Sunday won a Grammy Award, but he could be facing up to 20 years in prison on drug-related charges in a U.S. ... Read more...
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Sex attacker jailed for 6yrs after victim tracks him on Facebook
February 12th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): A young mother in UK turned detective and tracked down her sex attacker on Facebook.Alpha Gray, 30, made the mistake of telling the woman his unusual first ... Read more...
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Online outcry forces China to grant retrial for man sentenced to life for evading road tolls
January 15th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Jan 15(ANI): China has granted a retrial for a man sentenced to life in prison for evading road tolls, after the severity of the sentence caused a huge online outcry.According to ... Read more...
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China Agrees to Retry Farmer Given Life for Toll Evasion
January 15th, 2011 - 1:33 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A report from the Associated Press has revealed that a farmer who was sentence to life in prison after he evaded highway tolls will be given another trial, ... Read more...
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Review Of ‘No One Killed Jessica’: Must Watch Movie Of The Month!
January 7th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Film: No One Killed JessicaDirector: Rajkumar GuptaCast: Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan, Myra KarnMusic: Amit TrivediGenre: DramaRating: ****Director Rajkumar Gupta has quite satisfactorily dramatized the much talked Jessica Lall murder case. ... Read more...
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Couple jailed for 7yrs for holding five Thai women as sex slaves
December 18th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 18 (ANI): A couple in Australia, who held five Thai women as sex slaves in a Fairfield brothel, has been jailed for at least seven years.Trevor McIvor, 63, and his ... Read more...
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Wesley Snipes’ lawyers file fresh appeal against his 3-year prison term
December 18th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Incarcerated Wesley Snipes' lawyer has filed a fresh appeal against the star's three-year prison term for tax evasion.The lawyer is requesting the officials to free the actor so ... Read more...
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Donal Kinsella awarded 9 million Euros in the sleepwalking case
November 18th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dublin, Nov 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Irish High Court has awarded a man €10 million for being mocked. The court ordered the company to pay the man the amount for casting insinuation ... Read more...
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‘Teesta Setalvad not worried about court probe’
November 5th, 2010 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 4 (IANS) The Citizens for Justice and Peace, the Mumbai-based voluntary organization fighting for the 2002 Gujarat riot victims, stated Thursday that its secretary, Teesta Setalvad, was not worried ... Read more...
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Californian woman spanked at work entitled to $1.4 m settlement
October 29th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 29 (ANI: A 57-year-old saleswoman from California, who won a whopping 1.4 million dollars from her ex-employers after being spanked during a company team-building exercise, finally has the right to ... Read more...
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Ace woman boxer Sarita Devi threatens to give up Arjuna Award
October 1st, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.1 (ANI): Ace woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi staged a silent protest outside the residence of Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill. on Friday demanding a retrial of the Asian Games' ... Read more...
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Ace woman boxer threatens to quit boxing, give up national award
September 25th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep. 25 (ANI): Ace woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi declared that she would quit boxing forever and also give up the Arjuna Award conferred by the government if the trials ... Read more...
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John Travolta Drops Extortion Case Against Bridgewater & Lightborne Due to Stress
September 7th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A judge located in the Bahamas has dropped the charges against Tarino Lightbourne and Pleasant Bridgwater for extorting money from the Travolta family after the death ... Read more...
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Charges dropped against the two accused in the John Travolta extortion case
September 6th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Nassau, Sep 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The two people who were charged with trying to extort money from John Travolta have been released by a court. One of the medics who ... Read more...
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Johnny Depp, Eddie Vedder Get Together On Stage For The West Memphis Three
September 2nd, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Johnny Depp got together with Eddie Vedder and Natalie Maines for a weekend concert to raise funds for the West Memphis Three. The gig was organized ... Read more...
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Wesley Snipes waits for his surrender date
August 24th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Wesley Snipes continued to spend his time in Florida as his surrender date remains to be decided. The federal Judge presiding over the case issued an ... Read more...
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Rod Blagojevich Convicted on One Count, Mistrial Called on 23 Others
August 18th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rod Blagojevich has been convicted by jury on one count of making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), but the judge declared a mistrial ... Read more...
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Prosecutors Pledge Retrial As Rod Blagojevich Is Convicted Of 1 Of 24 Counts Against Him
August 18th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 18, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Rod Blagojevich happens to be a member of the Democratic Party of America and was also the Governor of the state of Illinois from ... Read more...
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