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Man gets seven years jail for raping woman labourer

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A Muzaffarnagar court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment for raping a woman in Shamli district. Additional District Sessions Judge Manoj Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 9000 on the accused, Wajid Ali, last evening after holding him guilty under Section 376 of the IPC, according to prosecution. The woman, who worked as […]

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Accused appears in court after facing its wrath

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A retired government officer, chargesheeted along with underworld don Chhota Rajan in an alleged fake passport case, today appeared in a special court, a day after it expressed displeasure over her absence and ordered that she should be present on every date. The accused appeared today after the court yesterday expressed annoyance over her absence. […]

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Charges framed in 2013 Thane building collapse case

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More than three years after the collapse of an unauthorised building in the district in which 74 lives were lost, a district court here today framed charges against 27 people. The charges were framed under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and other relevant sections of IPC, apart from the […]

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MLA who allegedly slapped Dy Collector held

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NCP MLA from Karjat in Maharashtra Suresh Lad, who had allegedly slapped a senior government officer in a meeting held recently, was today arrested by police and produced before a court which granted him bail. A fortnight ago, the MLA was caught on camera slapping Deputy Collector (land acquisition) Abhay Kalgudkar after a disagreement over […]

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Never blamed RSS as a body for Gandhi’s killing: Rahul to SC

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today told the Supreme Court that he had never blamed RSS as an institution that killed Mahatma Gandhi but had stated that a person associated with it was responsible for his assassination. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman, which was hearing the petition filed by Gandhi challenging […]

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Sessions court sets aside lower court order to summon police

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A sessions court has set aside lower court’s order to summon three police officers and held that a case cannot be filed against them without permission from the government. Additional District Sessions Judge D C Singh yesterday allowed the plea of the then SP Shamli challenging the order summoning them on a private complaint. According […]

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Life imprisonment for three in 8-year-old murder case

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Three persons were sentenced to life imprisonment in an eight-year-old murder case by a local court. Additional Session judge SP Mishra yesterday gave life imprisonment to Shelendra, Nirmal and Mahesh for murdering Ran Singh on August 7, 2008. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 13000 each on the convicts. Police said Singh was […]

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SC to hear fresh plea on human pyramid during ‘Dahi Handi’

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a fresh plea seeking to relax the cap of 20-feet height of the human pyramid fixed by it for the Dahi Handi ritual during Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra. A bench comprising justices A R Dave, U U Lalit and L Nageswara Rao said that it will hear today […]

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Youth held for driving minor girl to suicide

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A 25-year-old youth has been sentenced to 12 years rigorous imprisonment by a local court for driving a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide after he kissed her on a public road in 2014. Fast-track women’s court judge Raja Lakshmi also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Chandrasekhar, who was a student of the Teacher […]

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NRHM scam:CBI court issues warrant against ex-minister, parents

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A special CBI court today issued non-bailable warrant against former minister Anant Kumar Mishra and his parents in connection with National Rural Health Mission scam. CBI had filed a charge sheet in a case against former health minister Mishra alias Antu Mishra and his parents Dinesh and Vimla, sources said. The court today issued the […]

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Swiss asked to compensate for wrong meal on flight

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The apex consumer commission has directed a foreign airline to pay a compensation of Rs 20,000 to a customer and upgrade his economy class ticket to business class if he travelled in future, as a penalty for serving him non-vegetarian food instead of a Jain meal he had opted for. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal […]

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Kalani’s lawyer wants to withdraw from murder case

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In a sudden move, the counsel for incarcerated former Ulhasnagar MLA Suresh Pappu Kalani, who is facing trial for the murder of Ghanshyam Bhatija, informed a sessions court here that he wants to withdraw from the case. Kalani’s counsel Bhojraj Jeswani, who appeared for the ex-MLA until recently, filed an application in the court yesterday […]

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