Governor flooded with petitions on Sanjay Dutt sentence
byMumbai, April 5 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has been flooded with at least 60 representations either seeking or opposing clemency for Bollywood actor…
Crime
Quit if you can’t abide by constitution, Katju to Jayalalithaa
byHyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markanday Katju Friday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to suspend 30 policemen…
Trinamool councillor Kow arrested from Balia
byKolkata, April 5 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Shambhunath Kow, prime accused in the murder of party leader Adhir Maity in…
31 years after staged shootout, three UP cops get the noose
byLucknow, April 5 (IANS) Three decades after the cold-blooded shooting of 12 villagers and a police official, a special CBI court Friday sentenced three…
Gang-rape accused says inmates, police beat him in jail
byNew Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Vinay Sharma, an accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape case, Friday arrived in court with a fractured hand and…
Italian PM speaks to Khurshid about marines
byNew Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti Friday spoke to External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid about the two Italian marines facing…
BJP’s woman leader assaulted in posh Delhi locality
byNew Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A woman leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that she was assaulted by a gang of…
Fodder scam: Land deeds go missing in Bihar
byPatna, April 5 (IANS) The Bihar government Friday ordered a probe to locate registration documents pertaining to lands that were purchased with funds siphoned…
Five suffer serious burn injuries in Noida village fire
byLucknow, April 5 (IANS) Five people, including a woman, sustained injuries when a fire broke out in a Noida village late Thursday night, police…
Former Odisha minister’s son gets bail in dowry case
byBhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) The district and sessions court Friday granted bail to Raja Shree Mohanty, son of former Odisha minister Raghunath Mohanty, over…