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Woman sentenced to death for arson in China

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A Chinese woman was sentenced to death Wednesday for arson which caused the death of three firefighters on New Year’s day this year, according to a court ruling. Li Lijuan, 49, a ,former employee of the Hangzhou Yusei Machinery Co Ltd set fire to a company warehouse at 2 a.m. Jan 1 when 193 workers […]

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CBI should appeal in Lavalin case, says Congress

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While the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court here Tuesday gave a clean chit to CPI-M state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and six others in the SNC Lavalin corruption case, the Congress party in Kerala expects the CBI will go in for an appeal. Reacting to the verdict, Congress state chief Ramesh Chennithala expressed surprise […]

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Public awareness key to Lokayukta success, say judges

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The institution of Lokayukta can function effectively only if there is an awareness in public of its role, judges said. “There has to be a proper and broader understanding of the office of Lokayukta” and its “evolving jurisdiction has to be settled by the High Courts and the Supreme Court”, said Justice Manmohan Sarin at […]

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Court orders Musharraf’s release

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court Thursday issued orders for the release of former president Pervez Musharraf a day after he was granted bail in the murder case of a tribal elder, Xinhua reported. Musharraf has already got bail in two other cases including the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The court Wednesday granted bail […]

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Odisha judge gets used bullets, detonator in parcel

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A judge in Odisha Tuesday received a parcel containing a threat letter, two used bullets and an obsolete detonator, police said. The parcel, which arrived through the postal department’s speed post, was received at the office of Debasis Panda, sub-judge at Koraput town, about 500 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar. Inspector in charge of […]

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Same-sex marriage drawing overseas couples to New Zealand

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More than a third of the same- sex couples getting married under a new law in New Zealand are coming from overseas, authorities said Tuesday. In the period till the end of September, 40 of the 177 same-sex marriages involved couples from abroad, Xinhua reported from Statistics New Zealand. Out of these, 61 were between […]

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Dubai court upholds death sentence for Indian

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A Dubai court has upheld the death sentence awarded to an Indian national for killing a woman, from whom he had bought a washing machine, by slitting her throat. The 28-year-old Indian man, identified by the initials of his name AM, admitted in a court of appeal in Dubai to attacking the woman with a […]

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Cycle rally for safety of women

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Jamia Milia Islamia will organise a 1,100-km-long cycle rally to spread awareness regarding safety of woman and to provide them a secure environment in the country. The rally, to be flagged off Nov 9 by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, will cover a distance of approximately 1,100 km. It will pass through the […]

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Court notice to UGC over private varsities

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Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the University Grants Commission (UGC), asking it about the steps it has initiated to implement regulations pertaining to establishment and operation of private universities in the state. From the news item that has appeared in The Tribune, it […]

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Need for statutory forum for electronic media

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Concurring with an Uttar Pradesh court’s observation underlining the need for a statutory forum for the electronic media, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said “it’s quite natural” to have such a mechanism when TV channels often compromise on the veracity of the news to improve their ratings. Kerala is home to a dozen Malayalam […]

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Supreme Court directions on civil servants will serve public interest

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The Supreme Court’s directions that civil servants should have an assured minimum tenure and should refrain from acting on verbal orders given by politicians will serve public interest by improving governance and bringing greater accountability in the system, say retired bureaucrats who have held key positions in the government. Former cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramaniam said […]

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Ensure encroachment-free water bodie

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The Delhi High Court has directed the city police to ensure that water bodies like lakes and ponds are not encroached upon or allotted in future to make good the deficiency of land during consolidation proceedings. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan, in an order earlier this week, asked the […]

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