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Shankar, Jaini in top-10; Lahiri fight back in Queens Cup

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Anirban Lahiri fought his way back in the second round with a three-under 68 even as Manav Jaini (68-72) and Shankar Das (70-70) advanced to the top-10 at the half-way mark of the Queen’s Cup golf tournament at the Santiburi Country Club on Friday. Lahiri, who seemed to have put himself in a spot with […]

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SAI cycling academy set to get UCI nod

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The SAI National Cycling Academy (SAINCA) is set to get the nod of sport`s world governing body UCI, which has agreed to make the world-class facility its satellite centre. According to a Cycling Federation of India (CFI) release, the academy will be a UCI training centre by September. The centre was inaugurated at the IG […]

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India wins five medals at Jr Asian Wrestling C’ship

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Young Indian grapplers reaped rich dividends at the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship, winning a gold, three silvers and one bronze medal in the tournament at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, here today. Female wrestler, Vinesh (51 Kg) won the gold in Greco Roman Style, while male grapplers Ravinder (60Kg), Sandeep (84 Kg) and Anil (50 Kg) clinched silvers […]

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HC dismisses plea seeking Uniform Civil Code

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The Delhi High Court has declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) for time-bound implementation of Supreme Court’s suggestion to provide a uniform civil code applicable throughout the country. Citing several apex court judgements, which have held that the judiciary cannot direct the executive to introduce a particular legislation, a bench of Chief Justice […]

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2G: Not involved in Rs 200 crtransaction: A Raja

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Former Telecom Minister A Raja, an accused in a 2G scam-related money laundering case, today told a special court that he was not involved in the Rs 200 crore transaction, which as per the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was a bribe given to DMK-run Kalaignar TV by DB Group company. Arguing on the bail application filed […]

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Rape, murder of 4-yr-old girl: Convict moves SC

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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Tuesday the appeal of a 48-year-old man awarded death penalty by the Rajasthan High Court for abducting, raping and killing his four-year-old neighbour at Sriganganagar in 2012. Besides the convict, his juvenile son also took part in the offence of rape and murder of the minor. […]

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Court acquits man in negligent driving case

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A Delhi court has acquitted a man of the charges of allegedly negligently driving his tempo and grievously injuring a minor girl after the police failed to examine the “sole eye witness” in the case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sharad Gupta let off Delhi resident Bhola Sahani noting that police has failed to examine mother […]

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IAS officer, dad let off in disproportionate assets case

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Former Land Disposal Commissioner of Delhi Development Authority Anand Mohan Sharan, facing trial in disproportionate assets case, was today acquitted by a Delhi court. Special CBI Judge Manoj Jain also absolved Anand’s father Krishan Mohan Sharan, a retired Indian Railway official, of the charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption under the provisions of the Prevention […]

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SC rejects Roy’s plea for house arrest, lifts curbs on sale of assets

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Change of the judges on the bench failed to revise the fate of yet another plea by the Sahara Group as the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to release Subrata Roy from jail and also junked a request to shift him to a guest house for putting him under house arrest. In its first order […]

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Himachal HC rejects HPCA plea to implead CM

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The Himachal High Court today dismissed the plea of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) to implead Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh as party in his individual capacity in a HPCA case. A division bench of the HC comprising Acting Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan rejected HPCA’s plea to make Registrar (Cooperative) […]

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HC wants state to form panel on traffic congestion

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A Division bench of the Gauhati High Court today directed Assam Chief Secretary to constitute a committee to take short/long term measures on the issues of traffic congestion of Guwahati. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhoy Manohar Sapre and Justice A K Goswami after hearing a PIL directed that the committee submit a concrete […]

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SC allows Supertech to remove materials from towers

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The Supreme Court today allowed real estate major Supertech Ltd to remove construction materials from its sealed 40-storey twin towers in NOIDA to ensure safety of the residents and others. A bench of justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan allowed the plea of Supertech Ltd that keeping the safety aspects in mind, the construction […]

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