7/11 Mumbai train blasts: Bombay High Court acquits all 12 accused; says prosecution 'utterly failed' to prove case
Punching holes in the police investigation, rejecting the pressure-cooker bomb angle and doubting the confessional statements and testimony of witnesses, the Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted all the 12 accused in the July 11, 2006, serial bombing in the local trains which shook Mumbai.
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'Why ED being used for political battles?': Supreme Court rejects plea against Siddaramaiah's wife in MUDA case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea by the Enforcement Directorate against the Karnataka High Court's order quashing the criminal proceedings in a money laundering case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi arising out of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam.
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V S Achuthanandan, veteran Communist leader, passes away
Kerala's former Chief Minister and the senior most CPI(M) leader of the country V S Achuthanandan died at the age of 101 in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.
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150 Lok Sabha MPs, 60 lawmakers in Rajya Sabha submit notices seeking impeachment of Justice Varma
lose to 150 MPs in Lok Sabha and over 60 lawmakers in Rajya Sabha on Monday submitted separate notices to the presiding officers of both the Houses seeking impeachment of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma from whose residence burnt wads of currency notes were found.
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Dharmasthala mass burials case: No officer has asked to leave the SIT, says Home Minister Parameshwara
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara Monday said the no IPS officers assigned to probe the mass burials in Dharmasthala have written to the government to leave the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
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India-UK signing of trade pact on July 24; Piyush Goyal to accompany PM Modi
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi to London for the signing of the free trade agreement between India and the UK on July 24, an official said on Monday.
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Jagan-led YSRCP used liquor scam cash to fund 2024 Assembly elections, says SIT
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CID, appointed by the TDP-led NDA government to investigate the alleged liquor scam in Andhra Pradesh during YSRCP regime, has established that approximately Rs 200-300 crore was systematically siphoned off from the total proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 3,500 crore mobilised by the liquor syndicate specifically for unlawful election expenses during the 2024 Assembly Elections by the YSRCP.
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19 killed as Bangladesh military plane crashes into school, leaves scores injured
A Bangladeshi military aircraft crashed onto a school campus Monday afternoon, killing at least 19 people and injuring 50 others, according to Brig. Gen. Muhammad Jahed Kamal, the director of Bangladesh’s fire department.
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SBI raises Rs 25,000 crore via share sale to institutional investors
State Bank of India , the country's largest lender by assets, said on Monday it has raised Rs 250 billion ($2.90 billion) by selling shares to institutional investors.
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'Saiyaara' surpasses Rs 100 crores in just 4 days, sets new box office record
Mohti Suri's Saiyaara has stomped its way past the coveted Rs 100 crore (gross) milestone at the global box office, bring back the romance genere in the Bollywood.
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