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  • Chandigarh: Five men arrested last week in Patiala on charges of planning a dacoity have confessed to carrying out at least four bombings targeted at Muslims in Haryana in 2009 and 2010, police said...

    2012-02-21 13:32:01 |
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  • New Delhi: Supreme Court has stayed trail of TADA cases against Abu Salem, in which convict my be punished with death sentences. Abu Salem is facing charges for his alleged role in 1993 Mumbai serial...

    2012-02-18 11:28:58 |
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  • New Delhi: The UPA Government is concerned over the possibility of the covert Israel- Iran conflict spilling over in the national capital, with Israel repeatedly pointing an accusing finger at Iran...

    2012-02-16 13:10:59 |
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  • Ahmedabad: In fresh trouble for the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to it for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt...

    2012-02-16 12:06:47 |
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SC: Who is the expert to say what’s...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing the debate on legality of decriminalising same sex behaviour in private among consenting adults by asking contestants whether the “order of nature” changes with time. The court was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgment on July 2, 2009, which ruled that sexual intercourse among adults of the same sex is not a criminal offence under Section 377 of the... read more

Modi has played a role in anti-Muslim riots: Ex...

New Delhi: A retired high ranking police officer KS Subramanian has supported suspended Gujarat IPS Officer Sanjeev Bhat’s claim that Chief Minister Narendra Modi had played a role from behind in anti-Muslim riots of 2002. Modi had personally instructed senior state police officials to remain passive against rioters which broke out next day of his instructions. Sanjeev Bhat has revealed that the Chief Minister had instructed police officials... read more

HC issues contempt notice to Modi Govt in 2002...

Ahmedabad: The Narendra Modi government was on Wednesday issued a contempt notice by the Gujarat High Court for not complying with its order regarding compensation to victims of the 2002 riots whose shops were destroyed. A Division Bench of Justices Akil Kureshi and C L Soni asked the Ahmedabad district collector to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated, based on a petition filed by 56 riot victims, whose shops were burnt... read more

'I sell potato balls to kids... I feel my Mushtaq...

In picture: Zannatbibi Sheikh, a fruit vendor in Patiya Ahmedabad: It is here that a pregnant Kausar Bano was raped. Here it is that Amina Behlim saw a neighbour being raped by 11 men and sheltered her for five years before arranging her wedding, fighting off the community. It is also here that the principal of a small school, who has been teaching children of Patiya for years, saw eight rapes. His hearing is since impaired, but the visions... read more

India unfazed by US, Israel pressure; not to ruin...

NEW DELHI: Unfazed by US sanctions and Israel linking Tehran to the attack on an Israeli embassy car here, India is set to ramp up its energy and business ties with Iran, with a commerce ministry team heading to Tehran to explore fresh business opportunities. The team is expected to go to Tehran later this month to discuss steps to expand India's trade with Iran, part of a larger strategy to pay for Iranian oil, said highly-placed sources.... read more