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Coal scam case against Jindal: CBI files probe report

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CBI today filed a report on its further probe in a coal scam case involving Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and others. The report filed before Special Judge Bharat Parashar in a sealed cover included statements of certain persons recorded during […]

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Assault case: 5-yr RI for man, 2 others get relief

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A 22-year-old youth was awarded five years rigorous imprisonment after being held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of a person following a scuffle over a mobile phone. Ray Kalicharan Karotiya (22), Saroj Madan Karotiya (36) and Mayur Shridhar Salvi (25) had on February 1, 2014 attacked Vijay Sarpate, who […]

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Ex-DG of Mines Safety convicted in graft case

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After two decades of probe and trial, a special CBI court has convicted former Director General of Mines Safety Captain Brij Nandan Singh for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The court has sentenced him to undergo five years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh on him, […]

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Death sentence to B’deshi, in Shramjeevi blast case

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A Bangladeshi national, having links with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) terror outfit, was today awarded death sentence by a local court here for the 2005 Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others. Ubed-ur-Rehman alias Babu is the second accused who has been awarded death sentence in the case. Additional Sessions […]

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Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping

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A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago. Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Padma Charan Dash awarded the jail term to Kalandi Malik of Daniabar village and also slapped a fine of Rs 90,000 on him. Failure to pay the […]

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Bangladeshi held guilty in Shramjeevi Express blast

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A Bangladeshi national, with links to Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) terror outfit, was today held guilty by a local court here for the 2005 Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others. Ubed-ur-Rehman, alias Babu, was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Buddhiram Yadav. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced […]

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DA case probe against Virbhadra Singh, others complete: CBI

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CBI today told Delhi High Court that its investigation in a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others was “complete” and it wanted to file the charge sheet in the matter. The agency told Justice Vipin Sanghi that a case was made out against Virbhadra and others and since […]

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Man jailed for 7 yrs for bid to murder cop

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A Muzaffarnagar court here has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for attempting to murder a police constable. Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar sentenced Mehboob to imprisonment for seven years and slapped a fine of Rs 13,000 on him for attempting to murder constable Sanjay Singh. According to prosecution, on April 15, 2013, […]

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SC lets Asaram to be brought to AIIMS for check-up

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The Supreme Court today allowed self-styled religious figure Asaram Bapu to be taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here from Jodhpur jail under police custody for medical examination. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana however refused the plea of 75-year-old man, who heads a sect, seeking […]

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Man told to pay Rs 16K to daughter, not to dispossess wife

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A man has been directed by a city court not to dispossess his estranged wife or commit domestic violence against her and pay Rs 16,000 per month as interim maintenance to their minor daughter. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Kumar dismissed the man’s appeal against a trial court’s order askim him to pay maintenance to his […]

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Obscenity with women should’nt go unpunished

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Taking a stern view of a man making obscene gestures at a woman, a Delhi court has sent an accused to jail observing that not punishing the “lawless indecent behaviour” would encourage such acts. The court sentenced the man, a Delhi resident, to month-long rigorous imprisonment, but did not order any compensation after the 25-year-old […]

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Further probe into bar bribery scam against Mani ordered ?

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In a fresh development in the bar bribery scam, a Vigilance Court today ordered further probe into the case in which Kerala Congress (M) supremo and former Finance Minister K M Mani is an accused. The direction was issued by Thiruvananthapuram Special Vigilance Court Judge A Saffrudin on a petition by Vigilance Superintendent of Police […]

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