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Suicide blast in court

   11 July 2009 at 15:48

One person died and six others — four lawyers and two clients — were injured in a bomb blast inside an advocate’s chamber at the district court here on Friday. Bhojpur Police Superintendent Sunil Kumar said the bomb was tied to the ..

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Shopian officials sacked for lapses

   11 July 2009 at 15:46

SP Javed Iqbal Matoo, DSP Rohit Baskotra, SHO Shafiq Ahmad, SI Ghazi Abdul Karim suspendedForensic lab officer Hafiz Iqbal to be prosecuted ..

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High Court orders fresh autopsy on Shopian women

   11 July 2009 at 15:46

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to exhume the bodies of the two women who were murdered at Shopian for a fresh autopsy and collecting DNA samples.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Barin Gosh and ..

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Policemen to be interrogated in Shopian case

   11 July 2009 at 15:45

The four police officials suspended in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian will be treated as accused and interrogated by a Special Investigation Team set up by the Jammu and Kashmir government.Accepting a judicial co ..

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Chargesheet ready against Maya in corruption case: CBI to SC

   11 July 2009 at 15:09

CBI has informed the Supreme Court that it was ready with a chargesheet against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the five-year-old disproportionate assets case which the BSP supremo alleged was politically motivated."The competent autho ..

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Gujarat: Court grants permission for Narco test on Ashok Jad

   11 July 2009 at 13:23

A local court in Gujarat granted Criminal Investigation Department with permission to conduct narco test on Godman-turned-conman Ashok Jadeja, allegedly involved in duping people of several hundred crores of rupees on pretext of tripling the amount.M ..

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Ajmal Amir Kasab Trial: Cama hospital walls, lifts bear bull

   11 July 2009 at 11:36

Cama Hospital Administrative officer Shaikh Naziruddin, a panch witness in the 26/11 attacks case, today told the court that the staircase walls and lifts of fifth and sixth floor of the hospital building bore several bullet marks.Deposing before the ..

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J&K: HC Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani granted bail

   11 July 2009 at 11:35

A local court issued bail orders in favour of breakaway Hurriyat Conference (HC) ailing Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, admitted in the Sher-e-Kashmir (SeK) Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at Soura.Mr Geelani was arrested on June 6 from his Hyd ..

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Rape possible even in the absence of injuries: SC

   11 July 2009 at 10:51

An accused can be convicted for rape even if there are no injuries on the private parts of the victim as the same does not amount to consensual sex, the Supreme Court has ruled."Corroborative evidence is not an imperative component of judicial c ..

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Delhi: Panel to submit report in 7 days in Judge Assault cas

   11 July 2009 at 10:38

A day after a lawyer along with his colleagues manhandled a judge in the Rohini District Court, the Bar Council of Delhi constituted a three-member fact-finding committee, which will submit its report within seven days.Eminent lawyers, including Amar ..

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