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In a relief to ten police officers, the Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected a plea to prosecute them for the custodial death of POTA detainee Khwaja Yunus in 2003, but increased by Rs 17 lakh the compensation amount to be given to his mother Aasiya Begum.
Yunus, 70, said he was relinquishing his post to prevent undue disruption of the bank's work.
'Unfortunately, prostitution is looked down upon.' 'It should be legalised.' 'Imagine the sexual frustration in the country if it didn't exist!' Chunky Pandey tells Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni how he bagged Begum Jaan and more.
Let us explore the beauty of the mountains.
Fathima Begum, mother of terror accused Mohammad Niaz Abdul Rashid, arrested in France early this month, on Wednesday claimed her son was innocent and did not have links with any terrorist organisation, including the banned Students Islamic Movement of India in India.
The warden of Banda district jail Shahnaz Begum, the lone jail staffer who had spoken out against rape accused Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Legislative Assembly Purshottam Naresh Dwiwedi during the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department probe, has alleged that she was getting death threats from her seniors."I have been getting death threats from seniors, including the jailor and deputy jailor. I have also been removed from ail duty," alleged Begum.
Khan, 37, was injured in the terror attack and later flown to Delhi in an air ambulance for specialised treatment. However, he succumbed to injuries at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
The Shiv Sena and MNS on Monday threatened to stall the run of the hit reality TV show Bigg Boss, protesting the inclusion of Pakistani artistes in the fourth season hosted by superstar Salman Khan.
Legendary Mubarak Begum looks back at happier times.
The wife and son of Syed Salahuddin, head of the PoK-based Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit, have been given security clearance for issuance of passports which they had sought for performing Haj pilgrimage.
Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe said despite demands by the party, the Colors channel did not remove the two Pakistani participants -- Veena Malik and Begum Nawazish Ali -- from the show.
A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, who went missing on the way back from a holiday in Dhaka, have confirmed in a statement issued by terrorists that they are in the "Islamic State".
Daily wage labour who make safety pins are the newest casualty of Chinese imports.
In an escalation of cross-border military confrontation, 8 civilians were on Tuesday killed and 22 injured in Jammu region due to Pakistani shelling, prompting a strong retaliation by the Indian army in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed and 14 posts were destroyed.
With Women's Day coming up on March 8, we invited readers to write in and tell us about the woman they admire the most. Here is the first response!
Two officers -- Lt Colonel Mukesh Jha and Major Amardeep Singh -- are among the five injured army personnel.
Whether its fashion, bold make-up or funky hairdos, our B-town beauties never fail to surprise us with their choices every time they step out.
'If a hero wanted Mr Rafi to sing for him, naturally it had to be him.' 'Then if it was Dilip Kumar, who is a soft-spoken man, he naturally wanted Talat Mehmood.' 'Raj Kapoor wanted only Mukesh. Now you tell me, where did I stand a chance?'
Dedh Ishqiya is slated to release next year on January 10.
Have the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and ULFA's Paresh Barua faction joined forces?
Two women, both aged 27, have succumbed to swine flu in Bengaluru, raising the toll in Karnataka due to the virus to five and across the country to 27.
Pakistani singer Atif Aslam's concert in Pune on April 25 has been cancelled after strong opposition from the Shiv Sena.
Vidya Balan gets candid about her films but dodges question on censor board!
As the sun sets over the charred ruins of what was a bustling neighbourhood till only two weeks ago and the shadows lengthen into night, panic escalates in northeast Delhi's riot-scarred locality of Shiv Vihar.
The communal violence in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday took a violent turn with miscreants burning alive six members of a family in a village in the early hours of Sunday.
An encounter with movie veteran Chandrashekhar.
The late Nawab of Pataudi's widow wants the current residents on family property in Bhopal evicted.
This was how music maestro A R Rahman reacted to his double-Oscar feat. Besides God, the 'Mozart of Madras' also dedicated his Oscars to his "loving" mother Kareema Begum, who was seated among the audience at the Kodak Theatre.
Just who is Seema Pahwa? Find out more about this amazing actress in this video interview.
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League will field a person from each province as covering candidate for Gen Musharraf in the presidential poll, he said.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he was encouraged to join the Army by his mother as he was not good at academics and that he often felt "lonely" during his eight-year reign. Musharraf, who has maintained his iron grip on Pakistan since 1999 after deposing the then premier Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup, said he was not very good at studies unlike his brothers and therefore his mother Zarreen Begum "the most important person in his life" encouraged him to
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje claimed the deputy chairperson of planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia was very pleased with the performance of the state.
Among the Pakistani victims, five are male and two female.
Mohd Azmal Haque -- who retired as a junior commissioned officer last year -- has been asked to prove that he is an Indian and not an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant.
Still to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones in violence in parts of northeast Delhi, relatives are anxiously waiting outside GTB hospital's mortuary for the postmortem to be conducted before the bodies are handed over to them.
'We still look at films with A-listers.' 'There is change, but it's minor.' 'We still haven't learnt how to invest in stories.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'You know the difference between being brought up by a mother and a step-mother?' 'As long as Amma was there we had nothing to fear. Now the step-mother is there and we are on the streets.'
Muslims, who constitute over 60 per cent of the total electorate of 2.53 lakh, hold the key in this constituency.
