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“Decide soon Pak woman’s plea for hubby’s surgery”

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The Delhi High Court today asked the government to decide soon on a plea by a Pakistani woman, whose husband is battling for life due to chronic kidney and liver failure, seeking permission to undergo surgery at a private hospital here. The court said this after the counsel appearing for the Centre said they needed […]

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Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine

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The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings in 18 defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Tamil bi-weekly ‘Nakkheeran’ Editor R R Gopal. Justice P N Prakash ordered the stay while admitting petitions filed by Gopal seeking quashing of the criminal defamation cases filed against him since 2006 and pending in the […]

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Agencies not doing work: Delhi HC on waterlogging

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Lambasting the local bodies for not doing their work and passing the buck on each other, the Delhi High Court today said the severe waterlogging on the roads in the national capital was due to clogging of drains by plastics and other non-biodegradable materials. “Each of the agency in the capital of Delhi do not […]

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Rahul to SC, prefer to face trial in RSS defamation case

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Rahul Gandhi today preferred to face trial as an accused in a defamation case for his remark against the RSS on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, telling the Supreme Court he stood by every word of his statement made during a poll rally in 2014. The Congress Vice President expressed his readiness to face trial […]

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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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SC denies nod to Vedanta Group for exporting iron ore from Ktk

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The Supreme Court today refused permission to Vedanta Group to export iron ore mined from Karnataka while allowing National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to continue with the dual pricing of the minerals. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said in its verdict that NMDC is free to fix the price of minerals and continue […]

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Court directs Kejriwal to appear before it on Dec 24

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accused of giving false information in an affidavit filed in run up to 2013 assembly polls, was today directed to to appear before a city court on December 24 which granted him a day’s exemption from personal appearance. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria directed the AAP leader to personally appear before […]

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Consider enhancing pay of Delhi cops: Delhi HC to Centre

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The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to consider enhancing the salaries of Delhi police personnel to bring them at par with the Chandigarh Police. A bench of justices G S Sistani and I S Mehta told the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider Delhi police constable Babu Lal Mitharwal plea for ‘equal pay […]

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Can’t tolerate water-logging year after year: Delhi HC

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“We cannot tolerate this year after year.” This was the sharp reaction of the Delhi High Court today on the water-logging on major roads and crippling of traffic movement in large parts of the national capital. “There is no justification for clogged drains. We cannot tolerate this year after year,” the court said when it […]

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Singur: SC sets aside land acquisition for Tata’s Nano plant

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In a ruling which can have far- reaching consequences, the Supreme Court today set aside the controversial acquisition of 997.11 acres of land in Singur in 2006 by the then Left Front government in West Bengal to set up Tata Motors’ ambitious Nano car manufacturing plant. The verdict, which came as a huge setback to […]

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Consensual physical relations between adults no offence: Delhi Court

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A man, accused of raping and assaulting a woman, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said physical relations between two adults with their free consent was no offence. The court said there was no evidence that the man had threatened the 22-year-old woman or disrobed her, after the woman said she was forcibly […]

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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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