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Shiney Ahuja charge-sheeted in rape case

   13 August 2009 at 11:02

The police have filed a 109-page charge sheet against Shiney Ahuja on Tuesday, charging him with rape, wrongful confinement and threatening his maidservant at his residence in Lokhandawla on June 14. Ahuja has been remanded to judicial custody till ..

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PIL for fresh probe into Batla House encounter

   12 August 2009 at 16:36

Another application has been filed before the Delhi High court by an NGO, on whose plea the National Human Right's Commission (NHRC) conducted an inquiry into Batla House encounter case, raising doubts about its findings. Seeking a fresh probe by a ..

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Delhi: CP shootout not a conspiracy, Rathi's lawyer tells co

   12 August 2009 at 12:22

Assistant Commissioner of Police S S Rathi and nine others sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two innocent businessman 12 years ago in Connaught place have told the Delhi High Court that there was no conspiracy angle in the case and therefore ..

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Kasab trial: US witnesses, FBI officers to depose

   12 August 2009 at 11:06

A few US nationals will be deposing before the special sessions court in the 26/11 terror attack case this week. According to sources, agents of Callphonex, a Voice over Internet Protocol service provider based in New Jersey, are likely to depose in ..

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Gujarat govt tells SC it will pay 10 Lakh as compensation to

   12 August 2009 at 10:07

The Gujarat Government informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the family members of Sohrabuddin, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in November 2005.A bench, headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee, d ..

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Shopian case: Tampering of key forensic evidence?

   11 August 2009 at 17:25

Investigations into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian took a new turn when it came to light that key forensic evidence relating to the vaginal swabs of the two victims have been allegedly tampered with. While there was no official word from ..

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SC Judge views narco tests cd in Sister Abhaya case

   11 August 2009 at 12:35

In a major twist to Sister Abhaya murder case, the CBI today informed Kerala High Court that a Supreme Court Judge had visited the Forensic Science Laboratory in Bangalore and viewed the CD documenting the narco analysis tests conducted on the three ..

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Delhi: DDA given clean chit in housing scam

   11 August 2009 at 12:34

In a major relief to the DDA , the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has given a clean chit to the housing agency in the multi-million housing scam that came to the fore last year, highly placed sources said today.The revelation was made dur ..

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SC dismisses PIL to prosecute Mayawati in Nataakbaaz row

   11 August 2009 at 12:32

The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking prosecution of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for calling the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi a ‘naatakbaaz.’. The petitioner had sought directions to the Union government to lay ..

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Ajmal Amir Kasab Trial: Kasab wants to observe Roza in jail

   11 August 2009 at 12:30

Lone Pakistani terrorist captured during the 26/11 attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab today said he wished to observe ‘Roza’ in jail, during the holy month of Ramzan, beginning from August 23.As soon as court’s proceeding for the day was com ..

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