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Having sex on false promise of marriage is rape: HC

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Having sexual relations with a woman on false promise of marriage amounts to rape, the Delhi High court has said. Having sexual relations with a woman against her will or without her consent also amounts to rape under the Indian Penal Code. If the consent was obtained on a false assurance or promise of marriage, […]

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Indian widow told to pay 12000 pounds to get ‘stolen’ George Cross back

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The controversy over the rightful ownership of the George Cross awarded to a pre-independence Indian soldier has ended, with a court in the UK, where  Ashok Nath, its current owner is settled, declaring that the medal is the property of the soldier’s widow Brahmi Devi, who lives in a Himachal Pradesh village. The medal, received […]

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80 percent migrant kids have little or no education

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According to the study by a noted NGO, while Maharashtra government’s Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, rules stipulate a tracking system to monitor drop-out rate and absentee children, till date there is no system to ensure enrolment of children into schools or a mechanism to monitor that they do not end up as labourers. […]

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Salman Khan rash driving case verdict put off to June 24

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A Mumbai sessions court on Monday deferred till June 24 the verdict in the appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against a magistrate’s order in the 2002 hit-and-run case. Khan had appealed against the magistrate’s order directing a retrial of the case under the stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Sessions […]

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Man acquitted of charge of molesting air hostess

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A man, accused of misbehaving with an air hostess in a Delhi-bound flight of Thai Airwaysin 2004, has been acquitted by a court here due to lack of evidence against him. The court acquitted Arunabha Goswami, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, for the offence under section 354 (outraging woman’s modesty) of IPC saying police have […]

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Batla House:Accused denies encounter took place

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Another accused in the 2008 serial blasts, Zeeshan Ahmed, also deposed as defence witness through video conferencing from Sabarmati jail. An alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, who is an accused in 2008 Delhi serial blasts, on Friday appeared as defence witness in Batla House encounter trial where he denied that any gunbattle had taken place […]

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Sudipta wants to repay ‘genuine customers’

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Saradha Group chairman Sudipta Sen, the main accused in the multi-crore chit-fund scam, today claimed that he wanted to hand over all his assets to the court to repay ‘genuine customers’. Sen, who is in custody on the charge of allegedly duping lakhs of investors in ponzi schemes, was represented by his counsel in the […]

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US national gang-rape: Accused remanded in JC

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Three Nepalese citizens, arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old US woman Manali, were on Friday remanded in 10-day judicial custody by a local court. Arjun (22), Lucky (24) and Som Bahadur Tamang (24) were sent to judicial custody by the fast track court. “Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Gaurav Sharma sent the accused to judicial remand till […]

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2G: Court dismisses complaint against PM, Maran

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Garg in his complaint had alleged that the Prime Minister and Maran had “unlawfully changed and diluted” the original Terms of References (ToRs) for vacation and reallocation of spectrum leading to the 2G scam. A Delhi court today dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Telecom Minister […]

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Batla House case accused says he never confessed

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The lone alleged Indian Mujahideen militant facing trial in the 2008Batla House encounter case here has pleaded innocence before a Delhi court while refuting police’s claim that he had confessed to his role. “I am innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case,” said Shazad Ahmed while recording his statement before additional sessions judge Rajender Kumar Shastri. Shazad is […]

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SC to hear plea against restart of Sterlite plant in TN

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Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow TNPCB’s plea against an order of National Green Tribunal (NGT) allowing UK-based Vedanta Group company, Sterlite Industries Ltd, to recommence operation of its copper plant in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), in its plea, has sought quashing of NGT’s May 31 order […]

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Hindu terror remark: Plea to make PM, Sonia witness

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A plea was on Thursday filed in a Delhi court to seek its nod to examine Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi as witnesses in a private complaint case filed against Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his alleged “Hindu terror” remarks made at Jaipur. Taking up the application, Metropolitan Magistrate Harun […]

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