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Had informed PM about Law Min’s view on 2G: Raja

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Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a special courtthat he had informed then Prime Minister Manmohan Singhabout the Law Ministry’s opinion to refer the matter of processing of applications seeking 2G spectrum to an empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM). Opposing CBI’s allegations that he had misled the Prime Minister and incorrectly stated that the […]

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Drunk driver is like ‘live suicidal human bomb’: Court

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A drunken driver is just like a “live suicidal human bomb”, a Delhi court has observed while upholding a six-day jail sentence awarded to a man for drunken driving. Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma passed the order dismissing an appeal filed by Badarpur resident Jogi Varghese against the trial court order sentencing him to […]

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Court refuses bail to two accused in espionage case

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A Delhi court has denied bail to two persons, including an army personnel, arrested for allegedly supplying sensitive documents to Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. The court dismissed the bail applications of former army personnel Munawwar Ahmad Mir and Farid Ahmad, who was serving as constable in 17, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry division of the […]

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Nigerian jailed for 10 yrs in drugs case

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A 42-year-old Nigerian national has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for trying to export 2.8 kg heroin out of India by a Delhi court which took a lenient view towards him considering his clean antecedents. Special NDPS Judge Deepak Garg, while awarding the minimum sentence for the offence, also referred to an observation […]

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Arrested TMC leader remanded to police custody

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Trinamool Congress leader Naren Chakraborty, arrested for trying to board a Chennai-bound flight with an unlicensed gun, was today remanded to a day’s police custody by a court in Barrackpore near here. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Barrackpore Mayukh Mukherjee remanded Chakraborty to police custody after he was produced in the court today amid tight […]

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Man jailed for 10 years for raping step-daughter

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A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by the district court here for raping his teenage step-daughter. Additional Sessions Judge U M Nandeshwar passed the judgement yesterday against the man, who is a resident of Bhiwandi taluka. Additional Public Prosecutor Ruma Navle told the court that the victim was raped in […]

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Man sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in rape case

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A Ballia court has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for raping a woman in 2008. Additional District judge Narendra Singh yesterday convicted Arun Singh and imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 on him. In April 2008, a 26-year-old woman was raped by Singh in Beria area in the district. ( Source – PTI […]

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AAP MLA Mahinder Yadav gets bail in rioting, assault case

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AAP MLA Mahinder Yadav, who was arrested for allegedly rioting and assaulting a public servant during a protest here seeking action against an alleged sexual offender, was today granted bail by a Delhi court. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh, who had sent Yadav to police custody for a day on Friday, released the legislator on bail […]

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Triple sucide: college head sent to police custody

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The woman head of a yoga and naturopathy college in Villupuram district, where three of its girl students committed suicide, was today sent to police custody till February 4 by a court near here. Vasuki Subramanian was produced before the Kallakurichi Judicial Magistrate court near here from the Cuddalore Central Prison. Yesterday, when she was […]

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Triple suicide: college head produced before court

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The woman head of a yoga and naturopathy college in Villupuram district, where three girl students committed suicide days ago, was today produced before a court near here. Vasuki Subramanian was produced before the Kallakurichi Judicial Magistrate court near here after she was brought from the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai this morning. She had […]

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Salman Khan files caveat in SC in hit-and-run case

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Bollywood actor Salman Khan today moved the Supreme Court, saying he should be heard before any hearing on the Maharashtra Government’s petition challenging his acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The Maharashtra Government had on January 22 filed a petition in the apex court against the Bombay High Court’s judgement acquitting Salman of ‘all charges’, […]

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Man accused of stalking AIIMS doctor walks free

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A man, accused of stalking and molesting a woman doctor at AIIMS, has been let off by a Delhi court which gave him benefit of doubt saying the prosecution could not prove its case. Metropolitan Magistrate Pooja Aggarwal acquitted the man, who was also an employee at the hospital, saying the alleged message sent by […]

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