Plea to cancel bail of ex-Odisha minister, son
byBhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) Barsa Swony Choudhury, who slapped a dowry harassment case on her husband and father-in-law and former Odisha law minister Raghunath…
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UP bus blast: Pakistani convict gets life term
byGhaziabad, April 15 (IANS) A Ghaziabad court Monday awarded life term to two terror convicts, including a Pakistani national, who planted in an Uttar…
1993 blasts: Sanjay Dutt to move SC for relief Tuesday
byNew Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Pleading that he has to dub for a number of his films, actor Sanjay Dutt may move the Supreme…
Remove Katju as PCI chief, say activists
byLucknow, April 15 (IANS) Social activists here Monday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking the removal of Press Council…
Court seeks government reply on Musharraf’s treason proceeding
byIslamabad, April 15 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court Monday sought a reply from the government on petitions seeking former president Pervez Musharraf’s trial for…
Moscow varsity casino shut down
byMoscow, April 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow police have shut down an illegal casino operating on the premises of a state university, the interior ministry…
Congress seeks probe into Jagan’s activities in jail
byHyderabad, April 15 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh Monday demanded a high-level probe into allegations that YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan…
Two killed in accident in Jaipur tunnel
byJaipur, April 15 (IANS) A woman and her eight-month-old daughter were killed when a truck mowed them down while they were riding pillion on…
Badals meet PM, seek life term for Bhullar
byNew Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Monday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s immediate intervention in commuting the death sentence…
20 killed, 195 injured in Iraq bombings
byBaghdad, April 15 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed and 195 injured in a spate of bomb attacks that struck Iraqi cities Monday…