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Ahmedabad, November 9: Sabarmati Central Jail authorities have decided not to send police officers accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case to Mumbai for trial despite an order to produce them in court on November 9. The authorities have cited administrative reasons to keep the accused in Ahmedabad, but the real reason could be a threat to their lives by a banned Islamic outfit. The

Ahmedabad, November 9: Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia has compared chief minister Narendra Modi to a monkey, prompting the ruling BJP to file a complaint against him with the Election Commission. Modhwadia also went on to equate Manmohan Singh with a lion and said that a monkey sitting on the top of a tree is trying to challenge the lion, hinting at the chief minister without taking his

Dharmapuri, November 9: Angered by a man committing suicide over his daughter marrying a Dalit boy, a crowd of caste Hindus torched 285 huts in three Dalit colonies in the district, but there were no casualties as all the people had fled to neighouring areas, police said. They said the crowd first targetted Natham, the boy's village and two other Dalit colonies Kondampatty and Anna Nagar on

New Delhi, November 8: Three pleas for registration of FIRs against activist Arvind Kejriwal, yoga guru Baba Ramdev and noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan for their alleged remarks against Parliamentarians and supporting plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir respectively were dismissed on Thursday by a court in New Delhi. Metropolitan Magistrate Purshottam Pathak dismissed all the three complaints seeking

New Delhi, November 8: Hopes second term will make ties stronger Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama on his re-election as US president and hoped that the relations between the two countries would improve further. He said in a congratulatory message: “I look forward to continuing our rewarding association in order to build further on the enduring foundations of

New Delhi, November 8: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that a politically and economically powerful person in Malaysia was stalling the probe into the foreign angle in the Aircel-Maxis case involving the former Union Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, and others. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, told a Bench

Gurgaon, November 7: Leaders of India Inc on Wednesday welcomed the re-election of Barack Obama as the US president saying that continuity will be good for bilateral relations, but some of them expressed concerns over the outsourcing issue. "This is a good development for India. Between two large economies there will be issues and concerns. Outsourcing is also a concern and I hope it will be

New Delhi, November 7: Divisions persisted within BJP over the continuance of Nitin Gadkari as its president even as its core group yet again stood behind him insisting that there was "no legal or moral wrongdoing" by him in the running of his company. The party's second public backing for Gadkari in a fortnight came on a day of hectic activities in the wake of public demand by eminent lawyer and

New Delhi, November 6: The Election Commission (EC) Tuesday rejected Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's plea to derecognise the Congress as a party for extending a Rs.90 crore loan to Associated Journals Ltd, publisher of the now defunct National Herald. "Your letters dated Nov 3 and Nov 5 are not maintainable," the EC said in a letter to Swamy. The EC further told Swamy in its letter: "If

Lucknow, November 6: According to reports, the Muslim Jubilee Girls Inter College management has decided to strictly enforce the new rules with immediate effect and has warned that those found violating the directive would be expelled. The college administration justified its decision saying that it would curb incidents of eve-teasing and would promote Islamic culture among students. A member of