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India Post penalised for delaying Speed Post letter

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A Speed Post letter that crawled to its destination and cost an unemployed man the chance of a job has earned the postal department the wrath of India’s top consumer court, which pulled it up for deficiency in service and ordered payment of compensation. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissed the pleas of head […]

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IPL scandal: Court rejects Ankeet Chavan’s bail plea

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Suspended cricketer Ankeet Chavan, an accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, was on Tuesday denied bail by a Delhi court which said social stigma cannot be a ground to give him the relief. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma dismissed his plea for bail, which was sought on ground that his marriage is fixed for […]

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IPL scandal: Sreesanth and 3 others remanded in JC

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Arrested cricketers S Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila besides two bookies were today remanded in judicial custody till June 4 by a Delhi court which rejected the investigators’ plea for two more days of custodial interrogation of the Indian pacer in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma turned down […]

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Delhi cops bring Dawood angle in spot-fixing scandal

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The Delhi Police on Tuesday told a court that the IPL spot fixing scandal was allegedly linked to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim as bookie Ashwini Aggarwal alias Tinku Mandey was in touch with him and his aides. Senior public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan told chief metropolitan magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma that interception of various telephone […]

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2G case: Court warns Niira Radia for evading questions

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Former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia was on Tuesday warned by a Delhi court for “evading” questions relating to the 2G spectrum allocation case in which she is considered as a “sensitive” and “important” witness. “You are a very sensitive witness. Be brief and be specific in your answers,” Special CBI Judge OP Saini told her […]

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TRAI moves court against cable operators

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has moved to a Delhi court against cable operators for not providing details of subscribers of set-top boxes to multi-system operators (MSO) which is necessary to ensure accountability in digitisation of cable TV services. In its complaints before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash, TRAI said cable operators were […]

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2 bookies held in Mumbai for accepting bets from Pak

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With this, 12 persons have been arrested so far by Mumbai police in connection with the betting case being probed by it including Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa and CSK owner Gurunath Meiyappan. In the continuing crackdown on IPL betting syndicates, Mumbai crime branch on Monday arrested two bookies who were allegedly in contact with their […]

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Air hostess suicide case: Trial against Kanda begins

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A fast track court on Monday commenced trial in the suicide case of an ex-air hostess in which former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda is the main accused. Kanda is facing trial for alleged offence of rape, unnatural offence and abetting suicide of the air hostess, who had worked in his company. His aide Aruna […]

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Seven yrs term for molesting and attempt to kill

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Additional sessions judge Sanjeev Kumar sentenced Delhi resident Saligram, who had molested the wife of one of his colleagues after finding her alone in her house and had stabbed her several times with a knife when she protested. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on the convict. “… the offences of the […]

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Spot fixing: Sreesanth and 3 others in 2-day custody

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Arrested Indian pacer S Sreesanth, cricketer Ajit Chandila and two bookies were on Sunday remanded to two more days of police custody by a Delhi court in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal case. Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Agagrwal sent Sreesanth, Chandila and two arrested bookies Chandresh Patel and Ashwani alias Tipu to police custody till […]

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Gujarat court grants bail to bookie in IPL betting case

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A local court Sunday granted bail to an alleged bookie, who was arrested along with cash and gold worth Rs 1.54 crore and charged with accepting bets on IPL matches. Vinod Mulchandani, who was nabbed on Saturday, was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate K S Trivedi by the crime branch, which sought his custody for five […]

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Delhi HC rules out dogma of “same work same pay”

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The dogma of ‘same work same pay’ cannot be applied in the case of difference in salaries of contractual and regular workers as the later category goes through the rigours of selection processes, the Delhi High Court has ruled. “There cannot be complete parity between contractual employees and those who undergo selection process and are […]

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