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Madras HC grants 24hr parole to Nalini for father’s rites

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Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was today granted one-day parole by the Madras High Court for attending the 16th day obsequies of her father, who died last month. She had filed a petition seeking three days leave from today for attending the obsequies of her father, who passed away […]

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Woman sentenced to life for murdering infant

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A local court has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering her nine-month-old baby boy by flinging him into a farm well near here in 2015. Principal District and Sessions court judge A.Nashima Bhanu also slapped a fine of Rs.1000 on Vijayalakshmi. The woman, who got married in 2013, was living with her […]

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Plea in SC for restraining Vijay Mallya from leaving India

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a plea filed by a consortium of 17 PSU banks seeking a direction that industrialist Vijay Mallya be restrained from leaving India. “List it for hearing tomorrow,” a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit said, when Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing […]

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Former MP Anadi Sahu summoned to depose before court

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A local court here issued summons to former MP and ex-IGP Anadi Sahu to depose before it either in person or through his lawyer on April 5 in connection with a civil defamation case filed by former DGP Sanjeev Marik. The summons was issued by the Senior Division Civil Court. Marik had on March 4 […]

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Nalini moves Madras HC for 3 days leave for father’s rites

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Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Madras High Court seeking three days leave from tomorrow for attending the 16th day obsequies of her father, who passed away last month, to held here on March 9. In her petition, Nalini submitted that she had made a representation on […]

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Former MLA Ramesh Jena’s bail plea rejected

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Former MLA Ramesh Jena and four others were sent to jail as a court here today rejected their bail pleas. Rejecting the bail applications of the four persons who were arrested yesterday, the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Sarita Mohanty sent them to judicial custody till March 18. While Jena (38) and his three associates […]

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Labourer gets life term for wife’s murder

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A district court here today convicted a 35-year-old labourer from Bhiwandi for murdering his wife and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Principal District Judge Sunil Kotwal held Pradeep Harijan, a resident of Gayatri Nagar area in the powerloom town, guilty under section 302 (punishment for murder) of Indian Penal Code. According to prosecution, Harijan often […]

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NGT to resume crucial hearing on Art of Living three-day event

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The National Green Tribunal will resume a crucial hearing tomorrow on pleas seeking cancellation of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living three-day ‘World Culture Festival’ on the Yamuna flood plains to celebrate 35 years of the foundation. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar will hear the matter in which Delhi Development Authority […]

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Two sentenced to life for murdering elderly woman

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Two persons were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering a70-year old woman farmer in 2015. District Mahila Court Judge N Thirunavukkarasu awarded life sentence to Annadurai (45) and Murugan (48) of Vengambur for murdering Pavayee. According to prosecution, the accused had murdered the woman by slitting her throat when she […]

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Delhi HC denies bail to man accused of supplying documents to ISI

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Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to one of the five accused arrested for allegedly supplying sensitive documents to ISI operatives of Pakistan, saying allegations against him were “very serious in nature”. Justice P S Teji denied relief at this stage to accused Fareed Khan, an army hawaldar who allegedly shared secret information […]

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PIL alleges illegal constructions in Kalyan-Dombivali

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A PIL today urged the Bombay High Court to order demolition of illegal constructions coming up in Kalyan-Dombivili municipal area in neighbouring Thane district despite a court ban due to lack of grounds for dumping waste material. The PIL was mentioned today before a division bench headed by Chief Justice D H Waghela which posted […]

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Ponty shootout case: Reply to Namdhari’s bail plea

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Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Police’s reply on the bail plea of sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, who along with 20 others is facing a murder trial in a 2012 shootout here that claimed the lives of liquor baron Ponty Chadhaand his younger brother Hardeep. Justice P S Teji also asked […]

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