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Pro-reservation students on protest inside Allahabad jail

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Pro-reservation protestors late on Friday began an indefinite sit-in at the Allahabad prison in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Saturday. Students jailed for protests last week against the withdrawal of the new reservation policy in the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission examinations said the sit-in would continue till their demands are met, and the new policy […]

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Mexican court overturns conviction in journalist’s murder

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The highest court in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz threw out the conviction of the purported killer of journalist Regina Martinez, whose family said they will appeal the decision. “I am certain of the guilt of Jorge Antonio Hernandez Silva,” the victim’s brother, Angel Alfonso Martinez Perez, said in a statement. “I knew and followed the investigation, […]

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Children can’t assert rights, so fight for them: NCPCR chairperson

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Children cannot fight for their own rights, so having laws protecting such rights is not enough, people need to be aware of them and fight for them, Kushal Singh, chairperson, NCPCR, said Friday. Speaking at the 24th edition of the Tara Ali Baig Memorial Lecture organised by SOS Children’s Village here, Singh, who heads the […]

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Scheduled Castes of all religions should enjoy benefits: Jayalalithaa

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to bring in necessary laws to include all Scheduled Castes (SC), regardless of their religion, under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. In a letter to Manmohan Singh, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa said: “The social […]

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‘Gandhi to King’ concert to mark US civil rights march

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The American capital is set to begin the 50th anniversary celebrations of Martin Luther King’s famous civil rights march on Washington with a concert named ‘Reflections on peace: from Gandhi to King’. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, the US civil rights leader led a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug 28, 1963 and […]

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Micromax mobile promoter sent to CBI custody in bribery case

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A Delhi court Thursday sent the Micromax mobile company’s promoter Rajesh Agarwal to seven days CBI custody in a bribery case. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge Poonam Bamba also sent six others including four public servants to CBI custody till Aug 14. The CBI Wednesday arrested Agarwal, co-founder and director of Micromax Technologies […]

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Cabinet nod to consumer awareness plan

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Aug 8 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Thursday approved the continuation of a consumer awareness scheme at a cost of Rs.409.29 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan, said a statement. The scheme would strengthen the consumer movement by spreading consumer literacy and a campaign about consumers’ rights and responsibilities, said the statement. […]

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CBI took action against 32 of its officers in three years

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The vigilance department of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken action against 32 of its officials for involvement in corruption in the last three years, a response to an RTI query showed. “The 32 officials had to face action for involvement in different cases of corruption. The guilty were warned, punished and transferred […]

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Shanghai judges sacked for soliciting prostitutes

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The municipal legislature of Shanghai Thursday sacked four senior judges from the city’s higher court for soliciting prostitutes at a night club, Xinhua reported.    Chen Xueming was sacked by the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress from his posts as a member of the Shanghai Municipal Higher People’s Court’s judicial committee, chief of […]

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SC to take up Amit Shah’s plea Monday

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The Supreme Court will on Monday hear BJP leader Amit Shah’s plea seeking modification of its order asking him to report to the CBI office every alternate Saturday after he was allowed to enter Gujarat following the trial in Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case being shifted to Mumbai. As senior counsel M.N.Krishnamani pointed to the […]

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No criminal offence made out against Dikshit

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The Delhi Police on Thursday told a city court that no criminal offence is made out against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in BJP leader Vijender Gupta’s complaint against her for allegedly misusing government funds in an advertisement campaign ahead of the 2008 Assembly polls. Filing its status report in the case before Special Judge Narottam […]

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‘CBI took action against 32 of its officers in three years’

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The vigilance department of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken action against 32 of its officials for involvement in corruption in the last three years, a response to an RTI query showed. “The 32 officials had to face action for involvement in different cases of corruption. The guilty were warned, punished and transferred […]

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