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Swamy hails SC verdict convicting Sasikala and others

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed the Supreme Court verdict convicting AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala in disproportionate assets case, saying the 20-year-old wait has yielded results and it does not matter which party does corruption but the courts will take a tough stand. Swamy, who had filed the first complaint in 1996 as […]

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Katara case: Delhi HC unlikely to grant parole to Vikas

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The Delhi High Court today appeared disinclined to grant two months parole to Vikas Yadav, one of the three killers of Nitish Katara serving a 25-year jail term without remission, saying he has been taking law into his hands and has used “political clout”. “I am not inclined at such a early stage. Look at […]

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2G scam: Kanimozhi allowed to travel abroad

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A special court has allowed DMK leader Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, to travel abroad for five days this month. Special CBI Judge O P Saini allowed the DMK MP to travel to Rwanda and Uganda from February 19 to 24 after noting that the travel was not a private visit […]

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LIC agent acquitted in murder case

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An LIC agent from Valsad in Gujarat, who was accused of murdering a resident from Wada in neighbouring Palghar district, has been acquitted by a local court. Accused Dharmesh Umesh Mishra, 40, was acquitted by the district court yesterday after the prosecution failed to prove the charges against him. The prosecution told District Judge MM […]

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Death sentence to man for killing minor girl

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A man has been awarded death sentence by a court here for killing his friend’s daughter as she resisted rape attempt. “Additional District Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi, in his verdict pronounced yesterday, also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Shyamjeet,” Assistant District Government Counsel (ADGC), Ravinder Kumar Singh, said. “Shyamjeet, a resident of Sarai […]

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Delhi HC orders polygraph as other leads yield no result on Najeeb

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Delhi High Court today said it has asked the police to explore other avenues of probe, like a polygraph test of persons connected with missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, as all other leads have not yielded any result. “The student had gone missing in October (2016), it is February now. Nearly four months have gone […]

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Amnesty releases report on Muzaffarnagar gangrape survivors

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Amnesty International’s India chapter today released a report highlighting the plight of gangrape survivors of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and the delay in the trial of these cases. The report, titled ‘Losing Faith: The Muzaffarnagar gangrape survivors’ struggle for justice’, stated that the state government has failed to protect the women from threats and intimidation […]

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Minor’s sexual assault: Court irked over police lapses

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The lapses by cops in probing a sexual assault case of a minor allegedly by her teacher inside the classroom, have drawn flak from a Delhi court which has directed senior police officers, the school principal and several teachers to appear before it. The prosecution version created “doubt” on the genuineness of the investigation as […]

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Online trading scam: Yes Bank official arrested

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A Yes Bank official has been arrested in connection with the Rs 3,700 crore online trading scam by a Special Investigating Team of Uttar Pradesh police. Atul Mishra, a business relationship manager with the bank, is accused of helping the owners of the Noida-based firm that perpetrated the fraud in stashing around Rs 1,000 crore […]

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Jiah case: HC dismisses Rabia’s plea against CBI charge sheet

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The Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition filed by Rabia Khan, mother of late actor Jiah Khan, challenging the CBI’s charge sheet terming Jiah’s death as suicide and not homicide, paving the way for trial to commence against Sooraj Pancholi in the case. Actor Sooraj Pancholi is charged with abetment of Jiah’s suicide. A […]

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Court grants time to CBI to file final report in proper format

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A special court today granted two weeks time to CBI for filing in a proper format the final report in a coal block allocation scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the investigating officers (IO) plea seeking […]

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SC grants bail to Saradha scam accused Manoranjana Sinh

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The Supreme Court today granted bail to Saradha chit fund scam accused Manoranjana Sinh. A bench comprising justices Arunabh Mishra and Amitava Roy said that application for bail has been allowed but with some conditions. Manoranjana Sinh, lodged in a jail in West Bengal, is the estranged wife of former union minister Matang Sinh. Matang […]

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