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JNUSU President sent to three-day police custody

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JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy for holding an anti-national event inside the university premises, was today remanded to three-day police custody by a Delhi court. Kanhaiya was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen where the police sought his custodial interrogation for five days to ascertain the […]

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4 suspected ISIS operatives sent to NIA custody

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A suspected ISIS operative arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strikes in India was today remanded to NIA custody till February 19 by a Delhi court. Azhar Iqbal, who was arrested from Madhya Pradesh by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), was produced before District Judge Amar Nath during in-camera proceedings and according to […]

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SC refuses to interfere in trial court proceedings

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The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the order of the Delhi High Court rejecting the plea of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings in the National Herald case before the trial court but gave them some relief by expunging certain observations of the High Court. The […]

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PIL in Delhi HC for payment of arrears of EDMC employees

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A plea was today filed in the Delhi High Court by Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) seeking directions to the AAP government and EDMC to release arrears of the corporation’s employees. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath tagged the matter with the other pleas seeking payment of salary of […]

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CPI(M) leader P Jayarajan surrenders before court in Kannur

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CPI(M) Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan, who is listed as an accused in a case relating to the murder of aBJP functionary in 2014, today surrendered before the sessions court here. Jayarajan arrived at the court in an ambulance and surrendered before at 11 AM. He has been remanded in judicial custody for a month. […]

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Goa terror suspect gets bail

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Terror suspect Sameer Sardana was today granted bail by a local court after the prosecution said he could not be linked to any militant group though he was found in possession of “incriminating documents which endangered national security”. The Dehradun-based man, son of a retired Major General, was being investigated by Goa’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) […]

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SC refuses to restrain states from banning mobile internet

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The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain states from banning mobile internet, saying that such steps are necessary to maintain law and order. A Bench of R Banumathi and Chief Justice T S Thakurdismissed an appeal challenging a judgment of the Gujarat High Court which had upheld the ban on mobile internet under section 144 […]

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PIL seeking direction to EC on polls dismissed

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A PIL seeking to direct the Election Commission, under the overall supervision of Governors of the respective state governments, take control of government machinery from the date of election notification till declaration of elections results, was disposed by the Madras High Court today. The bench, comprising Justices S Manikumar and C T Selvam, disposed of the […]

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Odd-even misdirected, enforce pollution norms: PIL

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On a day the second phase of the odd-even scheme was announced, a PIL was today moved in the High Courtalleging that the government has “maliciously misdirected themselves” to cut the number of vehicles on road instead of enforcing pollution control rules. The petition by NGO ‘Campaign for People Participation in Development Planning’ alleges that […]

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Qureshi’s wife seeks legible documents from IT dept

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Businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi’s wife today told a Delhi court she has not yet received some legible documents from the Income Tax Department in a case in which she is accused of giving false information about her foreign bank accounts. The Department’s advocate, however, informed the court that they have already supplied legible documents to accused […]

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Court to examine IT case papers vs Qureshi’s wife

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A Delhi court would next week scrutinise documents in a case filed by Income Tax (IT) Department against businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi’s wife for allegedly giving false information about her foreign bank accounts. Counsel for Nasreen Moin Qureshi, the Pakistan-origin wife of meat exporter Qureshi, submitted in the court that he has not yet received […]

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Court acquits ex-Cong MP, others in rape

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A fast track court today acquitted former Congress MP Mahabal Mishra, his family members and others in a case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006, citing lack of evidence. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat absolved Mishra and seven others, including his wife Urmila, daughter Kiran and brother Heera Mishra, of […]

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