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NEW DELHI: Refusing to give up his efforts to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G scam, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today said he will move the Supreme Court within a month to challenge a Delhi court's order rejecting his plea as he has a "very very strong case". Swamy described Special CBI Judge O P Saini as a "good man" but said the "order is bad" and he was surprised by it.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 AT 07:53 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the trial court's dismissal of the case against Home Minister P Chidambaram on the 2G spectrum issue, BJP today said it would continue to target him and the Government on the issue and await the decision of the higher courts in the matter. "This judgement has come from the lower court. There is a heirarchy of courts and there are two higher courts.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 AT 07:27 PM (IST)
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MUMBAI: In a major jolt to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), the Bombay High Court (HC) on Friday rejected its plea to hold a rally at the historic Shivaji Park at Dadar in central Mumbai. However, reacting sharply to the judgement Thackeray said that he would hold rallies on streets and the Maharashtra Government was free to register cases against him. It is to be seen whether Thackeray faces contempt of court.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 AT 06:53 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Indian cricket was today hit by a major sponsorship crisis after Sahara India ended its 11-year-old financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors' ownership just hours before the players auction for the fifth edition.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 AT 04:00 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI: In a huge relief for Home Minister P Chidambaram, a Delhi court today dismissed a petition by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy seeking to make him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case. "Your prayer to summon Chidambaram as an accused is dismissed," Special Judge O P Saini said on Swamy's petition reading out from his much-awaited judgement.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 AT 03:50 PM (IST)
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The latest US sanctions against Iran signed by US President Barack Obama would bar foreign firms dealing with the Central Bank of Iran from access to the US financial system. That would hurt Iran's oil exports comprising 80 per cent of its revenues. The European Union has embargoed oil imports from Iran. The measures aim at forcing Iran to give up uranium enrichment and halt nuclear weapons pursuit.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 10:51 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar's plea to transfer their trial in their daughter Aarushi's murder case from Ghaziabad to a Delhi court. A bench of Justice B.S.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 10:22 PM (IST)
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KOLKATA : Highlighting the poor state of health services in West Bengal, 19 infants have died in two district government hospitals in the past two days, a state official said Friday. Nine infants died at Malda Medical College and Hospital, while 10 perished at the Bankura Sammilani Medical College since Wednesday. "Ten babies have died at the hospital in the last two days.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 10:21 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday blamed the UPA government for "misusing" the telecom policy and said the Supreme Court order on the 2G spectrum allocation was similar to parliament's Public Accounts Committee report on the issue. A day after the Supreme Court gave an order cancelling licences of 122 telecom companies that were granted licence during former telecom minister A.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 10:20 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI: Army Chief Gen V K Singh seems to have won the first round in the legal battle on the age row with the Supreme Court today saying the manner in which his statutory complaint was rejected by the Government "appears to be vitiated". Posting the matter for hearing on February 10, the court sought to know whether the Government would like to withdraw its December 30, 2011 order.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 04:50 PM (IST)
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AMETHI: Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi today termed corruption, anarchy and politics of opportunism as the biggest enemies of people of Uttar Pradesh even as she said she would limit campaigning to the family pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli. "I have been asked to look after 10 constituencies, five in Amethi and five in Rae Bareli and I am going to do that...
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 04:38 PM (IST)
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MUMBAI: In true band baaja baarat style, Bollywood couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza tied the knot today according to Marathi traditions in the presence of Bollywood and political biggies. The marriage came at the end of an eight-year-long courtship with Riteish (32) and Genelia (24) taking their vows around a sacred fire at the suburban Grand Hyatt hotel.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 04:36 PM (IST)
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NEW DELHI: Amid continued attack on government over corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today acknowledged that the efforts to ensure transparency, accountability and probity in public life would take a long time.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 04:30 PM (IST)
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MUMBAI: Counting of votes for the 27 zilla parishads and 10 corporations would be taken up together on February 17, the State Election Commissioner, Dr Neela Satyanarayan announced on Thursday. The State Election Commission (SEC) now has 1.81 lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) - and it is in a position to hold the counting on the same day.
Friday, February 03, 2012 AT 11:15 AM (IST)
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