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'A civil democratic society can ill afford sacrificing the procedural safeguards legislatively provided'

'Sanction serves the salutary object of providing safeguard to the accused from unwarranted prosecution and the agony and trauma of trial, and in the context of the stringent provisions of the......

Why was Teesta's bail plea listed late, is it standard practice, SC asks Guj HC

Pulling no punches, the Supreme Court on Thursday wanted to know the reason for the delayed listing of activist Teesta Setalvad's bail plea by the Gujarat high court, wondering whether "this lady......

Why Does ED Have So Much Power?

When we know that the ED's conviction ratio is less than 1% of the cases that it prosecutes, when we know that ED 'raids' are today more than 25 times as they were before 2014, why are we giving......

Lok Sabha passes criminal procedure bill, Shah says will defend rights

The contentious bill providing for legal sanction to police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and detainees for investigation in criminal matters was passed by Lok Sabha on......

Batla House: Why Inspector Sharma didn't wear a bulletproof jacket

'The operation was planned in a manner so as not to alert the terrorists.''Every precaution was taken to keep it low-key so as not to alert the terrorists and surprise them and arrest them.'......

Domino's boys to deliver ITC atta, spices apart from hot pizzas

A combo pack of ITC-owned Aashirvaad atta and spices including chili, coriander and turmeric powders will be available on Domino’s app. The service will be available in Bengaluru first and......

'Our economic nirvana is not through GST'

‘I will call the GST Bill a self-goal by the BJP’ ‘You and I are going to pay more into the hands of the government’ ‘Tax terrorism has come back in a much bigger......

Govt open to minor changes in Insurance Bill

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the government was open to accommodating minor modifications to the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008, so that it could be passed in the current......

Jet lost Rs 200 crore during the 5-day stir

Saroj Dutta, executive director of Jet Airways said in Mumbai on Sunday that the five-day long strike by pilots of Jet Airways has cost the company in terms of revenue losses to the......

Simran Review: Kangana is adorable!

'If you have never seen Kangana Ranaut on screen before, and instead know more about her in real life and the spirited controversies that seem to happily follow her about, you realise that the......

Classic revisited: Three generations of Kapoors in Kal Aaj Aur Kal

In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Babita's 1971 film, Kal Aaj Aur Kal. There's something intimate about......

Meet the Bigg Boss Bangla contestants

Popular reality show Bigg Boss now has a new edition in Bengali. Kicking off its first season on June 17, the show features 13 contestants as inmates and will be aired for three months on ETV......

To-be-granddad Big B expresses joy with blog post

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is happy and thrilled about becoming a granddad, feels the grandchild will bring outthe child in him."Thank you all so much...for all the blessings, greetings and......

World TT: Manika in quarters of women's, mixed doubles

IMAGE: India’s Manika Batra is one win away from a historic medal after making it to the quarter-finals in the mixed and women's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships, in Houston,......

Olympic medallist Chanu gets FREE Domino's pizza for life!

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu's mother Leima receives the pizza from Domino's delivery person at her residence at Imphal East district in Manipur. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pratik Pota/Twitter An Olympic......

'Delhi police didn't force confession out of spot-fixing accused'

'The investigations were done properly and thoroughly. We established a link between Dawood Ibrahim and the core group that was accused of match-fixing.' 'The moment you increase the possibility of......

6 militants convicted for plot to kidnap Tendulkar

A Delhi Court on Friday convicted six Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami(HuJI) militants, including three Pakistanis, for plotting to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 2002. Additional......

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