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Controversial Dhoni photo ‘animated’, cops tell court

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Police Saturday told a Delhi court that Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s controversial photograph in a magazine, depicting him as a Hindu god and holding a shoe in his hand, was “animated”. In a report given to Metropolitan Magistrate Mayuri Singh, police told the court that the photo was a “work of art” and Dhoni […]

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Ex-royal’s daughters get Rs.20,000-crore relief from court

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A court here has declared a 32-year-old will “forged” and illegal” and granted inheritance of properties and assets worth a whopping Rs 20,000 crore ($4.4 billion) to the two daughters of the erstwhile Maharaja of Faridkot, Harinder Singh Brar. The properties and assets include the palatial Faridkot House on New Delhi’s Copernicus Marg, a royal […]

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2G court issues fresh summons to Anil Ambani

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A Delhi court today issued summons to Reliance ADA Group Chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani to appear as prosecution witnesses before it next month in the 2G spectrum allocation case. While Anil has been summoned on August 22, Tina has been asked to appear before the court on August 23. According to court sources, special CBI judge O P […]

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PM petitioned against amendments to RTI Act

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Activists have launched an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the amendment likely to be made to the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the upcoming parliament session. “We are informed that the government is thinking of amending the RTI Act to negate the Central Information Commission order that the political parties are public authorities under the act,” said […]

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Court to pronounce sentence in Batla House shootout

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A Delhi court Monday will pronounce the sentence in 2008 Batla House shootout case in which the lone accused and Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Shahzad Ahmad was convicted. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, who convicted Ahmad for killing Delhi Police Special Cell Inspector M.C. Sharma during Batla House shootout, will pronounce the quantum of sentence. Ahmad, from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, was […]

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Youth who tried to molest techie in Bengal train arrested

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A youth, who allegedly tried to molest a woman techie in a moving train in West Bengal, forcing her to jump out, was arrested on Saturday, police said. Debshankar Shaw, 36, was arrested from Uttarpara in Hooghly district on the basis of a sketch based on the description of the accused given by the victim. […]

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2G case: AIIMS team checks Dayalu Ammal’s health

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A four-member team of medical experts from New Delhi’s AIIMS carried out a check on Dayalu Ammal, the wife of DMK president M Karunanidhi, here on Saturday to ascertain whether she is in a good condition to depose before a CBI court in the 2G telecom scam. A key prosecution witness in the case, Dayalu […]

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SC seeks firm set-up to regulate new drugs’ clinical trials

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The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to discuss with states all facets of a legal framework to regulate and monitor clinical trials of new drugs by foreign firms across India. A bench of Justice R.M.Lodha and Justice Madan B. Lokur also asked petitioner Swasthya Adhikar Manch, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), NGOs […]

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Obama names Indian-American judge in California

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President Barack Obama has nominated yet another Indian American legal luminary, Vince Girdhari Chhabria, to a key judicial post in California. Nominated to be US district judge for the northern district of California, Chhabria is currently deputy city attorney for government litigation at the San Francisco city attorney’s office, where he has worked since 2005. Announcing Chhabria’s nomination […]

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Court issues warrant against Raj Thackeray

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Refusing to grant exemption from personal hearing to Maharashtra Navanirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and spokesperson Shirish Parkar, a Delhi court Friday issued non-bailable warrants against them on a complaint of making “hate speeches” against the people of Bihar. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Devendra Kumar Sharma issued NBWs against Thackeray and Parkar for Aug 24. Last month, […]

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Man says cash missing after Metro ride, CISF unsure

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  A money changer has alleged that he lost foreign currencies valued at Rs.150,000 after a Delhi Metro ride but the CISF Friday raised doubts about the claim. Police said Dileep Singh, who works for a private travel company, claimed he boarded Delhi Metro at Rithala station Wednesday afternoon. He was headed to Peeragarhi. After […]

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Acid attack on woman in Ghaziabad

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A 22-year-old married woman suffered serious burn injuries today when a man threw acid at her face after she rejected his proposal in Vijay Nagar area in Ghaziabad. The accused, identified as Lakhan, had proposed to the victim two days back at her residence while her husband had gone outside for work. However, she rejected […]

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