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4 awarded life term in 2 murder cases

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Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by acourt here for murdering a taxi driver last year and fleeing with his vehicle. Additional District and Sessions Judge Basrrudin held Naresh and Praveen, both residents of village Kirara here, guilty of the murder of taxi driver Surender of Niyoli Kalan. It slapped a fine of Rs.1 […]

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Minor orphans rescued, put up in shelter homes

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The Delhi government has informed a court here that it has rescued three minor orphans, whose mother had died in a road accident, and has placed them in shelter homes for their proper care and protection. The government’s report came in compliance of order of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Presiding Officer Santosh Snehi Mann directing […]

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Three get life imprisonment for killing farmer

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A local court of Chhattarpur(MP) has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for killing a farmer at a village in the district over six years back. The convicts — Babulal, Veer Singh, and Shivpal — had murdered farmer Narayan Lodhi over a land dispute at the latter’s agricultural field in Chilmanpurwa village of the district on […]

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Man gets jail for threatening to throw acid on student

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A Delhi court has convicted a man for threatening to throw acid on a student and stalking her on her way to college. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan held Syed Arshad Kadri, a native of Uttar Pradesh, guilty of offences under sections 354 (molestation) 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, while relying […]

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Pak terrorist Naved before CJM for recording statement

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The CJM sent the LeT terrorist in judicial custody for two days as part of the process to ensure that he is giving the statement voluntarily. Amid tight security, Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub was today produced before a Chief Judicial Magistrate here by NIA for recording his statement in connection with Udhampur terror attack […]

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Man gets 10yrs jail for rape on pretext of marriage

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A man has been awarded ten years in jail for raping a woman on false promise of marriage by a Delhi court, which refused to take a lenient view saying the crime committed by him was very serious as he has ruined the victim “physically, psychologically and financially.” “Here was an innocent lady who handed […]

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Bribery case: Court rejects bail plea of Churchill Alemao

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The bail application of former PWD minister Churchill Alemao who was arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery scam, was rejected the second time by the special court in Panaji on Monday. The special judge BP Deshpande, pronounced an order in open court. Alemao was arrested on August 5 and has been in custody […]

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20.8 per cent green cover in Delhi due to plantation: Delhi High Court told

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Forest cover in the national capital increased from six per cent in 1999 to 20.8 per cent in 2013 mainly due to plantation activity carried out in non-forest areas, the city government has told the Delhi High Court. The government has also told the court that around five lakh seedlings have been planted in order […]

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Udhampur attack: Truck driver remanded in custody

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NIA today produced truck driver Khursheed Ahmed Bhat, who allegedly took LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub and his accomplice to Jammu before the Udhampur attack, in a court here which remanded him in 14-day custody. Amid tight security, NIA produced him in the court of Judge Y P Kotwal in the High Court complex here […]

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AAP MLA Surinder Singh seeks bail,court to give order

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AAP MLA from Delhi Cantonment area Surinder Singh, arrested for allegedly assaulting an NDMC worker, today questioned jurisdiction of a court here to deal with the case lodged under the SC/ST Act and sought bail. Singh, his driver Pankaj and assistant Praveen, who were arrested yesterday, were produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha. The police […]

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Court to hear arguments on Somnath Bharti’s plea on Sep 26

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A Delhi court today decided to hear next month the arguments on AAP leader Somnath Bharti’s plea seeking lodging of an FIR against police officials for “implicating” him in a case of alleged molestation of some African women during his purported midnight raid last year. Additional Sessions Judge Bhupesh Kumar fixed the plea for arguments […]

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63-yr-old gets 10 yrs in jail for raping minor

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A 63-year-old man was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years by a local court  of Moga (Pb) for raping a minor. Additional Sessions Judge Gurjant Singh pronounced the verdict yesterday holding Jagan Nath guilty of raping the 13-year-old girl. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Nath. The case was registered on March 21, […]

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