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December 22, 2011 12:36 PM

13-year jail term to Australian teenager for murdering Indian student

An Australian court today sentenced a Melbourne teenager to 13 years in jail for murdering Indian student Nitin Garg. The teenager, whose identity has not been revealed as he is a minor, had pleaded guilty in April to one count of murder and one count of attempted armed robbery in the killing of 21-...

December 22, 2011 11:58 AM

Chandy urges TN to adopt a flexible stand on Mullaperiyar dam issue

The Empowered Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to ascertain the safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam will arrive in Idukki district of Kerala today. The high level team assisted by technical experts and officials will be inspecting the 116 year old dam tomorrow.Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister...

December 22, 2011 11:53 AM

HC upholds Sukhram's conviction in 1996 telecom scam

Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of former Telecom Minister Sukhram and also the three year jail term awarded to him in the 1996 telecom scam.While dismissing Sukhram's appeal against his conviction, a Bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and G P Mittal also upheld the convictio...

December 22, 2011 9:01 AM

Court bars anti-social content on social websites

A Delhi court has restrained social- networking sites including Facebook, Google and Youtube from web casting any anti-religious or anti-social content promoting hatred or communal disharmony.Additional Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar, in an ex-parte order, directed the social networking websites to remove...

December 21, 2011 9:42 PM

Rescued 22 Indian fishermen to be repatriated soon

The 22 Indian fishermen who were rescued in two separate incidents by the Sri Lankan Navy, off the north-western coast in the last three days, will soon be repatriated.The fishermen were in five different boats. Sources in the government indicated that Indian Consulate in Jaffna and the Sri Lankan N...

December 21, 2011 9:20 PM

Home Ministry gives sanction to charge sheet David Headley

The government has given its sanction to chargesheet nine people including Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley, LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and two ISI officers for plotting terror attacks in India, including the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai.Besides Headley and Saeed, the Home Ministry gave san...

December 21, 2011 9:19 PM

22 prominent poets, novelists to get Sahitya Akademi award

Eminent Bengali poet Manindra Gupta, Assemese poet late Kabin Phukan, Kashmiri poet Naseem Shafaie, Urdu poet Khaleel Mamoon, Hindi Novelist Kashinath Singh, Odia novelist Kalpanakumari Devi and Kannada novelist Gopal Krishna Pai are among the 22 prominent poets and novelists who have been selected ...

December 21, 2011 9:14 PM

22 writers named for Sahitya Akademi awards

Eminent Bengali poet Manindra Gupta, Assemese poet late Kabin Phukan, Kashmiri poet Naseem Shafaie, Urdu poet Khaleel Mamoon, Hindi Novelist Kashinath Singh, Odia novelist Kalpanakumari Devi and Kannada novelist Gopal Krishna Pai are among the 22 prominent poets and novelists who have been selected ...

December 21, 2011 8:39 PM

SC's empowered committee to inspect Mullaperiyar Dam on Dec. 24

Two technical experts of the Supreme Court's empowered committee C D Datte and D K Mehta will inspect Mullaperiyar Dam on 24th of this month. The technical members will be inspecting the dam as per the instructions of the empowered committee Chairman former chief Justice of Supreme Court, A.S. Anand...

December 21, 2011 8:21 PM

Govt is in process of setting up several institutes like AIIMS: Sonia

The Congress President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has said that government is in the process of setting up several institutes like All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, across the country to ensure better health services to the common man.Addressing the 39th convocation at AIIMS in New Delhi on Wed...

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