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NRI student’s death: Court denies bail to two guards

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A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of two security guards arrested in connection with the death of NRI student Anmol Sarna. Metropolitan magistrate Deepak Wason rejected the bail application of Surender Bali, 40, and Naresh Mishra, 60, saying the probe was at an initial stage and the allegations against them of beating […]

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China tightens noose on internet

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China is set to tighten supervision of websites and cell phone applications to fight lewd content and aggressive remarks aimed at young people. Dubbed as “Green Web”, the two-month action would start in late September and target online information deemed lewd, pornographic or violent as well as posts that reveal personal information about youngsters or […]

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SC rejects Swamy’s plea against Chidambaram

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The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking the prosecution of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram along with former telecom minister A. Raja in the 2G case. Dismissing the curative petition, the apex court bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice G.S. Singhvi, Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan said: […]

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Decide what amounts to indecent representation of women: Panel

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A parliamentary committee has urged the government to form an expert body to decide which material would fall in the category of indecent representation of women and consider setting up a central authority on the issue. The committee, which was looking into the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, submitted its report to Rajya […]

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SC slams government for double-speak on coal blocks

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The government once again was rapped by the Supreme Court Tuesday for not giving details about each coal block it had allotted since 1995, saying its latest affidavit was completely opposite of what was said earlier. “This affidavit is completely opposite to what you have told the court,” the apex court bench of Justice R.M. […]

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Jaganmohan Reddy released from jail

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YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday walked out of the Chanchalguda jail after spending 16 months in prison. The leader left the jail for his home ‘Lotus Pond’ at Jubilee Hills in a bulletproof Scorpio. Jagan’s cousins — Avinash Reddy and Yeshwant Reddy — furnished the two securities of Rs 2 lakh each in the CBI […]

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Court slams channel for show on Indian-origin doctor

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An Australian court Tuesday slammed a television channel for airing a programme on unethical medical practices when a high-profile case of an Indian-origin doctor, charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a patient, is currently underway. Brisbane District Court judge Terence Martin slammed Channel 7 for airing current affairs programme ‘Today Tonight’ Monday night on […]

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Dec 16 gangrape: HC to start hearing from Wednesday

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The Delhi High Court will start from Wednesday the day-to-day hearing on the death sentence awarded to four men in Delhi’s Dec 16 gangrape-cum-murder case. The trial court Sep 13 awarded the death sentence to Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20), convicted in the case, and referred the case […]

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SC declines plea for CBI probe into Asaram case

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The Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a petition that sought a court-monitored CBI probe into the alleged rape of a minor by Asaram Bapu in Rajasthan. Asking petitioner and Chennai-based lawyer D. Irudayanathan to approach the Rajasthan High Court, the apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice J.S. Khehar allowed him to […]

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NHRC orders relief for kin of electrocution victims

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Haryana government to pay a sum of Rs.3 Lakh each as monetary relief to the next of kin of two people who were electrocuted due to negligence of the state power distributor. Prahlad and Rahul Mandal were electrocuted Aug 28, 2011 in Faridabad district “due to the negligence […]

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Will soon bring in anti-communal violence bill: Shinde

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The government would soon bring an Anti-communal Violence Bill, Home Minister Sushulkumar Shinde said Monday after the proposed legislation was discussed at the National Integration Council meeting here. “The bill was discussed… We will bring it soon,” said Shinde. “There were some corrections suggested,” Shinde said about the bill that has been hanging fire for […]

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Jessica murder: Perjury complaint against Munshi

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Cases have been filed before a court here seeking prosecution of actor Shayan Munshi and a ballistic expert for turning hostile in connection with the Jessica Lall murder case. Two complaints against Munshi and Prem Kumar Manocha were filed by the Delhi High Court Registrar before the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash on […]

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