Woman sets kids, one of them a baby, self on fire Tuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Upset over not being allowed by her husband to attend a relative’s wedding, a woman allegedly set herself and her two daughters on fire. Neelam (30) and her eightmonth- old baby Sakshi died of their injuries while the other daughter, Meenakshi (4), is battling ....
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Bellary gets back to miningTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Once a byword for iron orefuelled prosperity, the Bellary-Hospet region had gone into a tailspin after the Supreme Court’s blanket ban on mining in Karnataka in July 2011. But things are beginning to look up again with the first of the mines indicted for violations restarting operations on Friday. Those....
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A dummies guide to vulgarity by BMCTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Garment stores should not be allowed to display mannequins in lingerie or skimpy clothes outside their shops, the civic authority’s top policy body has ruled in a debate on vulgarity. At a meeting last week, the BMC’s General Body approved a resolution barring stores across the city from placing....
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‘93 blast-accused surrenderTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Zebunisa Kazi, whose conviction in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case was upheld by the Supreme Court, surrendered, along with another convict Sharif Parkar, before the special TADA court on Monday. Zebunisa, 75, a cancer patient, came to court on a wheel-chair. She was slated ....
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Memorial scam: Mayawati aides siphoned off Rs 1,400cr, says LokayuktaTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
The Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta on Monday indicted 199 people, including two ex-BSP ministers, for financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 1,400 crore in the construction of memorials and parks during the previous Mayawati regime. Those indicted also include two former MLAs, a sitting MLA, five mining officers, 57 engineers ....
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Three acquitted of gangrape after victim turns hostileTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Three men were acquitted of charges of gang-raping and abducting a girl by a Delhi court, which said the victim had turned hostile and failed to support the prosecution case. Additional Sessions Judge T R Naval freed Nazeemuddin, Deepak Aggarwal and Idrish Malik of the charges....
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BJP demands ouster of CBI officer who ‘tipped off Singla’s family about raids’Tuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Police used water cannons to disperse scores of BJP workers protesting near the CBI office on Monday, demanding the ouster of CBI region chief Mahesh Aggarwal, who allegedly leaked information about the raids on former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla in the railway ....
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No two-finger tests on rape victims, says SCMonday, May 20, 2013,09:10:44 AM
The Supreme Court has held that the two-finger test on a rape victim violates her right to privacy, and asked the central government to provide better medical procedures to confirm sexual assault. A bench of Justices B S Chauhan and F M I Kalifulla said even if the report of the two-finger test is affirmative....
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Dragon arrives to tango with elephantMonday, May 20, 2013,09:10:44 AM
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang gestures on his arrival in New Delhi on Sunday. Keqiang met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed various issues, including the boundary dispute. Meanwhile, despite high security and closing of a few Metro stations, there were protests across ....
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Haryana gets NHRC notice after 6 villages ban girls from attending schoolSunday, May 19, 2013,10:38:36 AM
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an explanation from the Haryana government over reports that six village panchayats in Mahendergarh district have stopped sending teenage girls to school due to recurring instances of sexual harassment. Taking suo motu....
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Cong’s Karnataka innings begins with a ‘clean slate’Sunday, May 19, 2013,10:38:22 AM
Largely keeping away “tainted” MLAs, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his ministry with the induction of 28 ministers. Mining baron and Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad, elected from Bellary, former working presidents of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee ....
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Man dies after UP cops inject him with acidSunday, May 19, 2013,10:38:22 AM
In a case of alleged police brutality, a murder suspect from Uttar Pradesh died after he was injected with acid and kerosene during interrogation. Three policemen have been suspended. On Thursday, the deceased, identified as Balveer, was brought to Avagarh police station in Etah district in....
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Walmart lobbying case ‘closed’ due to lack of evidenceSunday, May 19, 2013,10:38:22 AM
An investigation into whether Walmart may have bribed Indian officials to gain wider access to the country's vast market has been ‘closed’ due to lack of evidence, a report said on Saturday. The one-man committee of retired justice Mukul Mudgal probing the ....
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Officer killed as army foils infiltration bidSunday, May 19, 2013,10:38:22 AM
A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed on Saturday during an infiltration bid by militants along the Line of Control in the Kupwara district of J&K. Another soldier was also injured in the gunfight. Troops of the 56 Rashtriya Rifles spotted suspicious movement of two to four people ....
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5 drown in Lakshadweep after boat capsizesSunday, May 19, 2013,10:38:22 AM
Five people, including two children, drowned when a boat with 27 passengers on board sank due to high tide near the estuary at Kadamat Island in Lakshadweep on Saturday. The passengers were on their way from Amini island to Kadamat when the boat sank around 9.30 am, police sources in ....
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Liyaqat Shah gets bail; no link with terror plotSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:23:18 AM
Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah was granted bail by a Delhi court on Friday. The court said the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) investigation ‘confirms’ that there is no substantial link regarding his involvement in the ....
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Wheat WindfallSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:23:00 AM
Villagers empty the trailer of a tractor from its cargo of wheat at a local distribution point on the outskirts of Amritsar. According to the Union Agriculture Ministry, this year’s wheat harvest is expected to be more bountiful as compared to last year. ....
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Hang on, it's no wagahSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:23:00 AM
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde at the 11th BSF investiture ceremony in New Delhi on Friday. Shinde decorated 15 BSF personnel with the police medal for gallantry and 34 other officers and troopers with the police ....
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India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas. ....
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