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Decide what amounts to indecent representation of women: Panel

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A parliamentary committee has urged the government to form an expert body to decide which material would fall in the category of indecent representation of women and consider setting up a central authority on the issue. The committee, which was looking into the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, submitted its report to Rajya […]

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SC slams government for double-speak on coal blocks

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The government once again was rapped by the Supreme Court Tuesday for not giving details about each coal block it had allotted since 1995, saying its latest affidavit was completely opposite of what was said earlier. “This affidavit is completely opposite to what you have told the court,” the apex court bench of Justice R.M. […]

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Jaganmohan Reddy released from jail

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YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday walked out of the Chanchalguda jail after spending 16 months in prison. The leader left the jail for his home ‘Lotus Pond’ at Jubilee Hills in a bulletproof Scorpio. Jagan’s cousins — Avinash Reddy and Yeshwant Reddy — furnished the two securities of Rs 2 lakh each in the CBI […]

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Court slams channel for show on Indian-origin doctor

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An Australian court Tuesday slammed a television channel for airing a programme on unethical medical practices when a high-profile case of an Indian-origin doctor, charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a patient, is currently underway. Brisbane District Court judge Terence Martin slammed Channel 7 for airing current affairs programme ‘Today Tonight’ Monday night on […]

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Dec 16 gangrape: HC to start hearing from Wednesday

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The Delhi High Court will start from Wednesday the day-to-day hearing on the death sentence awarded to four men in Delhi’s Dec 16 gangrape-cum-murder case. The trial court Sep 13 awarded the death sentence to Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20), convicted in the case, and referred the case […]

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SC declines plea for CBI probe into Asaram case

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The Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a petition that sought a court-monitored CBI probe into the alleged rape of a minor by Asaram Bapu in Rajasthan. Asking petitioner and Chennai-based lawyer D. Irudayanathan to approach the Rajasthan High Court, the apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice J.S. Khehar allowed him to […]

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NHRC orders relief for kin of electrocution victims

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Haryana government to pay a sum of Rs.3 Lakh each as monetary relief to the next of kin of two people who were electrocuted due to negligence of the state power distributor. Prahlad and Rahul Mandal were electrocuted Aug 28, 2011 in Faridabad district “due to the negligence […]

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Will soon bring in anti-communal violence bill: Shinde

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The government would soon bring an Anti-communal Violence Bill, Home Minister Sushulkumar Shinde said Monday after the proposed legislation was discussed at the National Integration Council meeting here. “The bill was discussed… We will bring it soon,” said Shinde. “There were some corrections suggested,” Shinde said about the bill that has been hanging fire for […]

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Jessica murder: Perjury complaint against Munshi

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Cases have been filed before a court here seeking prosecution of actor Shayan Munshi and a ballistic expert for turning hostile in connection with the Jessica Lall murder case. Two complaints against Munshi and Prem Kumar Manocha were filed by the Delhi High Court Registrar before the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash on […]

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Undocumented immigrants in US reach 11.7 million

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The number of undocumented immigrants in the US after having fallen due to the recession, has begun increasing again as the economy has improved and now totals 11.7 million, said a report released Monday. The report by the Pew Research Center, prepared from government figures, offers an X-ray of the displacement of undocumented immigrants during […]

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Delhi gang-rape convicts to be produced in HC

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The Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants for Tuesday to four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case on the trial court’s reference for confirmation of the capital punishment given to them. A bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani directed Tihar Jail authorities to produce Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur […]

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SC issues notice over enforcing Disaster Management Act

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The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government, disaster relief agencies, the meteorological department and some states on a PIL seeking implementation of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, in “letter and spirit”. The states that have been issued notice include Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and […]

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