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The special TADA court will begin the trial of extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 serial blasts case on Wednesday with the prosecution examining its first witness. The first witness to be examined will be an immigration officer, who was on duty in India when Salem was brought to Mumbai in 2005 after being deported from Lisbon, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said. "The charg..

The hearing in the Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the prime accused was adjourned till 6th June by a Puducherry court. Principal and District Sessions Judge of Puducherry D Krishnaraja adjourned the hearing in view of the pendency of a petition filed by Jayendra Sarawasthi in the Supreme court challenging the..

GHAZIABAD: If one is a victim of cyber crime, one can file a direct individual complaint with the CBI. This was revealed by the special joint director of CBI, M L Sharma, at the inauguration of an 18-day ‘train the trainers’ workshop on Information Technology in crime investigation, which started at the local CBI Academy on Monday. Sharma said in view of the growing instance of cyber crime, th..

Ministry's website hacked over online porn law Indonesia's parliament on 25 March passed a new information bill that criminalises the transmission of pornographic material on the web. In response, hackers defaced the website of Indonesia's information ministry. The hackers posted a message on the information ministry's website, saying: 'Prove that the law has not been made to cover government s..

SC declines to stay proceedings against Punjab CM The Supreme Court today declined to stay proceedings in corruption cases against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family members but issued notices to them on a petition filed by his predecessor Amarinder Singh seeking a fair trial outside the state. "We are not staying the proceedings (before a court) in Punjab," a ..

SC gives notice to Badal and family in transfer of case to Delhi New Delhi, Apr 11 (UNI) The Supreme Court today issued notices to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, his son Sukhbir Singh Badal and the wife of Sukhbir Singh on a petition seeking transfer of a corruption case pending against Mr Badal from Punjab to Delhi. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan..

SC declines to stay proceedings against Punjab CM The Supreme Court today declined to stay proceedings in corruption cases against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family members but issued notices to them on a petition filed by his predecessor Amarinder Singh seeking a fair trial outside the state. "We are not staying the proceedings (before a court) in Punjab," a ..

The Delhi High Court issued notice to the CBI on bail applications of arms dealer Suresh Nanda on Thursday, his son Sanjeev and their chartered accountant Bipin Shah in a case of manipulating evidence on the alleged kickbacks received by him in defence deals. Justice Rekha Sharma, issuing notice to the probe agency, asked it to file its response by 23rd April. Appearing for Nandas, senior c..

Fri, Apr 11 12:55 AM TWO MOTORCYCLE-BORNE youth snatched a bag from a French national after dragging her along a 10 feet stretch on Mall Road here on Wednesday evening. The victim, Tiphaine Angioletti, who suffered serious head injuries, was given five stitches. Tiphaine and her husband Robert were coming from the Golden Temple in a rickshaw, when the youth made an unsuccessful attempt to sn..

Spouse of corrupt babu equally guilty: HC The Bombay High Court has held that the spouse of a government officer involved in a corruption case is equally guilty, considering the fact that both of them have benefited from the ill-gotten wealth. This ruling was passed by Justice V R Kingaonkar of the Aurangabad Bench of the High Court in a case where he held Dhule resident Mangalabai..

'84 riots case: CBI against giving status report to victims The CBI opposed a plea by victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots seeking details of its status report filed before a Delhi court in a case allegedly involving former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler, claiming that it would compromise the security of witnesses. "The CBI raises objections on making available a copy of status report (t..

HC reprieve to ex-minister New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI) The Delhi High Court has set aside a summon issued by the Metropolitan Magistrate to a former Delhi Minister Dr Narendra Nath. Hearing the petitioner Dr Narendra Nath, Justice Muralidhar Reddy ordered as quashed the judgement of Metropolitan Magistrate summoning him in a case of 2001 ..

New Delhi, April 8: In a judgement that expands the ambit of the Domestic Violence Act, the Delhi High Court has held that the law protects not only a man's wife but also a 'mistress' or a live-in partner. "We find no reason why equal treatment should not be accorded to a wife as well as a woman who has been living with a man as his common-law wife or even as a mistress," a Bench comprising Just..

Chargesheet filed against former RAW officer New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Probe into the alleged leaking of secret information in a book on RAW came to an end when the CBI today filed a chargesheet in a designated court here accusing its former official of violating the Officials Secrets Act. The complaint (chargesheet) was filed against Maj Gen (retd) Vinay Kumar Singh and Vivek ..

SC stays death sentence of two Mumbai blast convicts The Supreme Court has stayed the death sentence awarded by the TADA court to Mushtaq Moosa and Asgar Yousuf – two other co-accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case, till it pronounces its final judgement. The apex court’s ruling comes three days after it stayed the capital punishment awarded to Zakir Hussain Noor Mohammed Sha..