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‘Acquittals can`t be reversed in a routine manner’

Acquittals by trial courts bolsters innocence of the accused and higher courts cannot reverse such o...

‘Death by mosquito bite is also an accident’

Death due to a mosquito bite is an accident and is covered under accidental death insurance, a consu...

‘Victims can directly appeal against acquittals’

The crime victims (or the next of kin) can approach the HC to challenge acquittals or seek enhancem...

Ramesh attacks media over reports of him quitting

"No political questions...The most juvenile media, I have ever come across," a visibly angry Ramesh ...

Court acquits 2 youths, accused of gangrape

The accused have been let off by a Delhi court on grounds of inconsistency in the victim`s statement...

Italy prosecutors appeal against Amanda Knox acquittal

Italian law permits prosecutors to appeal against not guilty verdicts.

Jaya DA case: Karnataka Advocate General quits

The 78-year-old Acharya told reporters here late Wednesday that there was "pressure from the governm...

`Equity is bottom line on climate change negotiations`

India today said the principle of "equity" for cutting carbon emissions should be the "bottom line" ...

‘I won’t contest the 2014 general elections’

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said he wants to bid adieu to politics “to make ...

Sony top contender for Olympus equity tie

Sony Corp is the leading contender among firms jostling for an equity stake in Olympus Corp.

3 UP BJP secys quit after Rajnath’s son elevated

Three BJP secretaries on Sunday resigned angry over promotion of senior leader Rajnath Singh`s son ...

Cong minister gets Sonia`s nod to quit WB govt

West Bengal minister Manoj Chakraborty, after being divested of two of his portfolios, was on Frid...

Cong minister gets Sonia`s nod to quit WB govt

Sulking West Bengal minister Manoj Chakraborty was on Friday allowed to quit her ministry by the Con...

Digvijay denies quitting as UP poll in-charge

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh dismissed as "baseless" media reports which claimed he had...

Female mosquitofishes prefer well-fed males

Female mosquitofish prefer males which are well fed, even if they are superficially identical to the...

Two accused of being Maoists acquitted by court

Two persons who had been accused of being Maoists and involved in killing of a CITU leader, were ac...

Mubarak a ‘tyrannical ruler’: Egyptian prosecutor

Mubarak is charged with complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during the uprising.

MCD official caught accepting "bribe" let off

An MCD official caught in a news channel sting operation, demanding and accepting bribe from a ric...

NCM questions high acquittal in Kandhamal case

NCM on Thursday sought to know the cause behind high rate of acquittal of accused persons in the com...

30 IPS officers quit jobs in 2008-10

Contrary to popular perception that IPS is an elite all-India service, 30 officers of the cadre have...

Employee even if acquitted can’t be reinstated: SC

An employee held guilty of criminal misconduct in departmental proceedings cannot be directed to b...

Britain appoints new envoy to Libya

Britain appointed Dominic Asquith as the new ambassador to Libya, the Foreign and Commonwealth Offic...

Sreeramulu quits BJP in Karnataka

Trouble appeared brewing for the ruling BJP in Karnataka with former minister B Sreeramulu quit the...

In shoals, fishes like school kids follow rules

By tracking the fish using computer imaging and fitting mathematical models to how the fish interact...

Justice Kandpal desires to quit inquiry commission

Justice (retd) BC Kandpal, heading the inquiry panel probing into scams unearthed during the previ...

Dengue cases close to 800 in the capital

Dengue cases in the national capital neared the 800 mark on Wednesday after another 21 people test...

Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in four cases

The radical Lal Masjid`s chief cleric Abdul Aziz has been acquitted by a Pakistani court in four of...

Over 100 Air India pilots threaten to quit

Over 100 pilots have threatened to quit AI, charging the management with adopting discriminatory a...

Google mulls bid for Yahoo!: Report

US Internet giant Google is mulling a bid for rival Yahoo! and has talked to at least two private-eq...

SC to hear appeal against 26/11 accused

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a petition moved by the Maharashtra Government challenging the...

‘Terrorists are like mosquitoes; hard to control’

A senior official of Maharashtra termed terrorists as "mosquitoes" who are difficult either to be c...

Strauss-Kahn back in France after New York sex scandal

Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned to Paris to a media frenzy and an uneasy welcome from his Socialist...

Dengue toll rises to 19 in Orissa

Of the 19 dengue victims, 15 alone belonged to the coal belt in Angul, while the rest four hailed fr...

`Won’t declare dengue as epidemic in Orissa`

Orissa government has claimed dengue had been detected in 465 districts spread over 20 states in Ind...

Chattisinghpora massacre: Two Pakistanis acquitted

A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted two Pakistani nationals, suspected to be Lashkar-e-Taiba mili...

HC upholds acquittal of suspected Al-Badr module

The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a Jammu and Kashmir native of the charge of being...

Where is the need for me to quit: Janardhana Reddy

K`taka Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy said the question of his resignation does not arise as th...

Scientists on trail of West Nile Virus

Scientists are now one step closer in solving the mystery of how the West Nile Virus migrates.

MCD to launch drive to control mosquito breeding

Persons or institutions will be prosecuted under MCD Bye-laws for creating mosquitogenic conditions ...

Shakeel Ahmed Khan quits RJD

Senior RJD leader and former Bihar minister Shakeel Ahmed Khan on Friday resigned from the RJD.

Quitting daily aspirin ups heart attack risk

Heart patients who discontinue taking the prescribed aspirin are two thirds more likely to suffer an...

Read Gita in school or quit India: K’taka minister

Karnataka education minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has said that it the duty of every Indian to r...

Egypt`s iconic antiquities chief fired

Zahi Hawass was among a list of Cabinet ministers protesters wanted to see gone.

Three acquitted in Kandhamal riots case

Three persons were acquitted in an arson case in the 2008 Kandhamal riots for lack of evidence by ...

`Legislators should quit for unified Andhra`

Rayalaseema students Joint Action Commitee convener, Suresh, demanded the resignations of legislator...

Smelly feet used as a trap for mosquitoes?

The scientists first came up with the idea after seeing how mosquitoes were drawn to smelly socks. ...

Kandhamal case: 8 acquitted for lack of evidence

A fast track court on Friday acquitted eight persons for offences committed during the 2008 riots in...

Goa minister`s son acquitted in rape case

The Goa Children`s Court has acquitted Rohit, son of state Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte, ...

Goa minister`s son acquitted in German rape case

The Goa Children`s Court has acquitted Rohit, son of state Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte...

China: Executive quits after affair with socialite

A member of a firm associated with Red Cross resigned from its board after admitting to an affair...

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