Key plotter gets life-term Many anticipated the death penalty for Shaikh Ali Umar, who filled RDX explosives in vehicles and drove a Maruti van to launch an armed assault at the Mumbai municipal corporation building, but he was awarded a life sentence.
Govt notice to Tata Tea Keralas Left Democratic Front is all set to slap a notice on the Tata group for allegedly encroaching on government land in the tea growing hills of Munnar.
Indiras life part of Youth Cong curriculum The Congress leadership has asked its youth wing members to read Katherine Franks highly-controversial biography of Indira Gandhi.
Ado over polygraph tests The Ahmedabad Metropolitan Court has reserved its judgment till June 14 on whether to conduct narco analysis tests on six accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter and Kausar Bi killing, including IPS officer DG Vanzara, Rajkumar Pandyan and Dinesh MN.
AIADMK workers block roads, protesting against Karunanidhis remarks Thousands of AIADMK cadres were taken into custody across Tamil Nadu and many were injured in a baton-charge by police at Karoor near Tiruchirappalli, when they resorted to road blockades to protest against chief minister M Karunanidhis alleged derogatory remarks against their party chief Jayalalitha.
Javed Ahmad Mir, second right, Senior Separatist leader of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, shout slogans along with his supporters during a demonstration in Srinagar on Friday. They were protesting against human rights violation in Kashmir by Indian security forces. AP
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