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Alagiri plea to quash case rejected

In a setback to Union minister M.K. Alagiri, the Madras high court on Thursday refused to discharge the DMK strongman and his three associates from an assault case rejecting their plea that there was no case since the alleged “victim” had withdrawn his complaint.

SC seeks report from expelled K’taka MLAs

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a clear report from five expelled Independent MLAs of Karnataka whether they had at any point of time attended BJP’s meetings and functions, which were purely related to its internal party matters. A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph sought the details in view of the case revolving

‘Nandigram will get what it wants’

Acknowledging her debt to Nandigram, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that when she came to power she will give the East Midnapore block whatever it will ask for.

Balwa retracts PM statement

While saying that the media has reported him “out of context”, the Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa on Thursday retracted from his statement made in a Delhi court that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should have been made a witness in the 2G spectrum case. Talking to the media, Shahid Balwa’s lawyer, Vijay Agarwal

Airfares soar as Air India pilots' strike enters third day

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Despite contempt notices by the Delhi high court, the strike by some 600 Air India pilots entered the third day on Friday, forcing at least 95 flights to be cancelled, even as grounded fliers faced steep fare hikes by other airlines.

Radia sister floated 5 firms in British Virgin Islands?

The Enforcement Directorate, probing the 2G spectrum scam, has sought specific details about five companies allegedly floated by corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s sister in British Virgin Islands.

SC refuses to take up "premature" PILs on Lokpal Bill panel

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to go into a batch of PILs challenging constitutional validity of the notification on composition of a committee to draft the Jan Lokpal Bill, saying the petitions were "premature".

SP, BSP swing in favour of Congress

The Samajwadi Party and BSP swung the number game in favour of the ruling coalition in the PAC meeting on Thursday on the back of a top Congress leader clinching their support in his parleys with the leadership of the two parties late evening on Wednesday.

Govt releases 19.63 lakh tons of sugar for sale in May

The government on Friday allocated 19.63 lakh tonnes of sugar for sale in the open market as well as via ration shops for the month of May, marginally higher than the current month.

Cineyug founder brother: Karim is not gulity

The brother of Karim Morani, Cineyug Films Pvt. Ltd (CFPL) founder and Bollywood producer, has told the CBI that his brother was authorised to take all the decisions and steps in respect of any kind of loan or investment in any company and his brother was not in the wrong side of the law.

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