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CBI court sentences Nithari killers to death

CBI court sentences Nithari killers to death

Rediff.com8 Dec 2017

The court has also slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on Koli and Rs 25,000 on Pandher, CBI spokesperson said.

More bones found in Nithari

More bones found in Nithari

Rediff.com1 Feb 2007

The bones, portions of jaws, were discovered by the families of victims who have been holding protests in the area for the last three days.

The Curious Case Of Sheena Bora's Teeth

The Curious Case Of Sheena Bora's Teeth

Rediff.com12 Jul 2024

One of the high points of the proceedings was when Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer smartly utilised Dr Zeba Khan's expert status to pose her A Most Curious Question. He asked her if a skull can grow new teeth, even after the person, who it belonged to, had died, three years before. We can be sure that the discrepancy between the number of teeth discovered in the skull unearthed in 2012 and the skull shown in court in September 2019 will come up soon in Courtroom No 51. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora Murder Trial.

Forensic experts visit Gujarat mass grave

Forensic experts visit Gujarat mass grave

Rediff.com28 Dec 2005

A Central Bureau of Investigation team, which has already arrived in Gujarat, is also expected to visit the site to ascertain whether the remains belong to the massacred victims whose bodies were yet to be recovered in the Bilkis Bano case.

Centre asks about Noida killings

Centre asks about Noida killings

Rediff.com29 Dec 2006

The Centre is trying to ascertain the facts behind the finding of skeletal remains of children in Noida in Uttar Pradesh, and whether it has "inter-state ramifications".

CBI likely to table Panderwada report in HC today

CBI likely to table Panderwada report in HC today

Rediff.com6 Dec 2006

The Central Bureau of Investigation report of DNA tests conducted on the skeletal remains of 20 post-Godhra riot victims of Panderwada town in Panchmahals district is likely to be tabled in Gujarat high court on Wednesday.

Mass grave found in former LTTE stronghold in Lanka

Mass grave found in former LTTE stronghold in Lanka

Rediff.com25 Feb 2014

Skeletal remains of 80 bodies have been dug out of a mass grave in a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam stronghold in Sri Lanka, fuelling speculation that the bodies are of Tamil civilians who disappeared during the war with the rebels.

Pompeii: How Life Changed In A Day

Pompeii: How Life Changed In A Day

Rediff.com26 Sep 2024

'They were ahead of their times. We don't expect this from a civilisation of the first century AD.'

Shraddha murder case: Search for body parts continues

Shraddha murder case: Search for body parts continues

Rediff.com19 Nov 2022

Aaftab Amin Poonawala will be taken to different locations in south Delhi on Saturday as the Delhi Police are trying to locate more body parts which he had allegedly disposed of after killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, officials said.

Sandhya death case: Police add abduction, murder charges

Sandhya death case: Police add abduction, murder charges

Rediff.com19 Feb 2013

The Mumbai crime branch probing the death of Sandhya Singh, sister of Bollywood composers Jatin and Lalit, has added charges of abduction, robbery and murder in the case.

History and Mystery in Egypt

History and Mystery in Egypt

Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

Time travel in the land of the pharaohs.

Nithari: Koli guilty of rape, murder in 4th case

Nithari: Koli guilty of rape, murder in 4th case

Rediff.com22 Dec 2010

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ghaziabad held Surinder Koli guilty of rape and murder of 12-year-old Deepali, whose body parts were found in a drain in Nithari in 2006.

Gujarat skeletons: Court allows lab change

Gujarat skeletons: Court allows lab change

Rediff.com12 Jan 2006

The skeletal remains of post-Godhra riot victims of the Lunawada mass grave site will now be sent to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics instead of Red Hill Laboratory (both in Andhra Pradesh).

CBI directed to collect samples from mass grave

CBI directed to collect samples from mass grave

Rediff.com29 Dec 2005

The samples will be sent to the forensic laboratory at Red Hill in Hyderabad for DNA testing.

Petition filed in connection with mass grave

Petition filed in connection with mass grave

Rediff.com28 Dec 2005

The matter is expected to come up for hearing on Thursday.

Nithari: Tests confirm 4 women, 15 kids killed

Nithari: Tests confirm 4 women, 15 kids killed

Rediff.com13 Feb 2007

Tests revealed that the forensic examination of skeletal remains, including 16 complete and three incomplete skulls, suggested that four of them were of adult females, an equal number of male children and the remaining were of girl children.

CBI rushing team to mass grave site in Gujarat

CBI rushing team to mass grave site in Gujarat

Rediff.com27 Dec 2005

The CBI will also rope in experts to conduct the DNA test, the sources said and added that the skeletal remains could be brought to Delhi.

Mass grave unearthed in Gujarat

Mass grave unearthed in Gujarat

Rediff.com27 Dec 2005

Relatives of victims of the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat Tuesday claimed to have exhumed skeletal remains from a mass grave in Panchamahal district of those believed to have been killed in the post-Godhra riots.

MP: Foetuses recovered from pit

MP: Foetuses recovered from pit

Rediff.com20 Feb 2007

At least 10 still-born babies were reportedly born and 35 dilatation and curettage procedures carried out in the hospital in last one year, sources said.

Skeleton found in NZ forest is of Indian

Skeleton found in NZ forest is of Indian

Rediff.com12 Jan 2006

The skeletal remains of a man found in a forest in New Zealand last November was that of an Indian who went missing more than a decade ago, police said.

It's a match: DNA proves remains belong to Sheena

It's a match: DNA proves remains belong to Sheena

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

A local court remanded Indrani and her driver Shyam Rai to judicial custody for two weeks while the other accused Sanjay Khanna was taken to Kolkata for being produced in a court there.

Cops find threatening e-mails sent by Indrani to Sheena

Cops find threatening e-mails sent by Indrani to Sheena

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

The Mumbai's Khar police probing the murder, which has caused sensation and ripples, found three e-mails in Sheena's inbox while scrutinising Indrani's laptop.

Blood samples of Shraddha Walkar's father, brother collected for DNA test

Blood samples of Shraddha Walkar's father, brother collected for DNA test

Rediff.com19 Nov 2022

In a statement, police also said in view of the the "deceptive nature" of responses provided by the accused, an application for conducting his narco analysis test was made and it has been approved by the court.

The Nehruvian Who Fell Out With Sonia Gandhi

The Nehruvian Who Fell Out With Sonia Gandhi

Rediff.com12 Aug 2024

Because of his proximity to Indira Gandhi, he was able to intervene directly at the level of the PMO, which he did in the days leading up to the partition of Pakistan in 1971 when he transferred crucial information about Pakistan's moves via information handed to him by an East Pakistani diplomat in Poland where he was posted.

Oh, Kolkata!

Oh, Kolkata!

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

5 Must Do Things in Kolkata.

Does Your Heel Hurt While Walking?

Does Your Heel Hurt While Walking?

Rediff.com19 Aug 2024

Heel pain can be due to plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis or heel pad syndrome, says rediffGURU Dr Shakeeb Ahmed Khan.

Sheena's father surfaces, says hang Indrani if guilty

Sheena's father surfaces, says hang Indrani if guilty

Rediff.com1 Sep 2015

A day after gory details of Sheena Bora murder case were revealed by police in court, her biological father on Tuesday came out in the open for the first time while skeletal remains purportedly of the 24-year-old unearthed in Raigad were sent to Forensic Science Laboratory in Mumbai.

Latest buzz on the Sheena Bora case

Latest buzz on the Sheena Bora case

Rediff.com29 Aug 2015

As the probe in the Sheena Bora murder gathers pace with accused Sanjiv Khanna confessing to his complicity, here are the latest updates in the murder that has gripped the nation.

Where planes go to die

Where planes go to die

Rediff.com10 Jul 2019

Have you ever wondered what happens to aircraft after they become too old? They are put to rest -- they undergo funeral-esque rituals known as 'pickling'; their engines are removed, the windows covered and the fluids drained. But of course these giants are too big to bury. In the parched deserts, where a dry climate is an old machine's best ally, aircraft, young and old, lie nose to tail, row after row like fallen soldiers in the secluded airplane boneyards. And these airplane graveyards become the perfect playground for photographer Troy Paiva.

Delhi cops seize 'sharp object' from Aaftab's flat

Delhi cops seize 'sharp object' from Aaftab's flat

Rediff.com19 Nov 2022

A Delhi Police team searched for the murder weapon at a forest in Gurugram using a metal detector on Saturday, but returned empty-handed after one-and-a-half-hours, sources said.

Sheena murder: Indrani, Khanna blame each other

Sheena murder: Indrani, Khanna blame each other

Rediff.com30 Aug 2015

In a new twist to the Sheena Bora murder saga, Indrani Mukerjea and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna have blamed each other for the crime during police interrogation.

Sheena Bora case: Car traced, Raigad cops admit lapses

Sheena Bora case: Car traced, Raigad cops admit lapses

Rediff.com29 Aug 2015

The car in which Sheena Bora was allegedly killed was on Saturday traced while questions cropped up of a cover-up by police in not registering a case of murder or accidental death 3 years ago when a partially-burnt body believed to be hers was found.

Abducted J-K soldier's family awaits DNA results as army recovers body

Abducted J-K soldier's family awaits DNA results as army recovers body

Rediff.com22 Sep 2021

After a year, a father's hope of finding the body of his son, Shakir Wagey, who worked with the Territorial Army and was killed by terrorists, was rekindled on Wednesday when the Army recovered a decomposed body near a mobile tower in this district of South Kashmir.

Sheena Bora Case: Now divorced, Indrani, Peter meet

Sheena Bora Case: Now divorced, Indrani, Peter meet

Rediff.com11 Oct 2019

This week was the first time Peter and Indrani appeared in court no longer married, footloose and fancy free once again, even if in jail.

Sheena Bora case: Charged with murder, Indrani Mukerjea seeks divorce from Peter

Sheena Bora case: Charged with murder, Indrani Mukerjea seeks divorce from Peter

Rediff.com17 Jan 2017

Indrani's former husband Sanjeev Khanna was also charged with murder.

Prayers set to resume at Kedarnath on Wednesday

Prayers set to resume at Kedarnath on Wednesday

Rediff.com10 Sep 2013

The sanctum-sanctorum of the Himalayan shrine has been spruced up under the supervision of a team of Kedarnath-Badrinath Committee and administrative officials.

Sights And Dazzle Of Japan

Sights And Dazzle Of Japan

Rediff.com25 Jun 2024

Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.

Sheena Bora Case: How will Peter eat fruit?

Sheena Bora Case: How will Peter eat fruit?

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

He was getting fruits, but no implement to cut them with. He told the judge, sadly: "I have tried and it is very difficult, your honour." His statement quickly brought up the imagery of Peter trying to cut a pineapple with his teeth or a papaya with a pen or a toothbrush.

Sheena case: Peter Mukerjea grilled again as cops dig deeper

Sheena case: Peter Mukerjea grilled again as cops dig deeper

Rediff.com3 Sep 2015

Former Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea, husband of accused Indrani Mukerjea in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, underwent a fresh round of questioning on Thursday and is likely to be confronted with his wife.

Sheena murder: Sanjeev Khanna sent to judicial custody till Sept 21

Sheena murder: Sanjeev Khanna sent to judicial custody till Sept 21

Rediff.com8 Sep 2015

Sanjeev Khanna, the step father of Sheena Bora and a key accused in the sensational murder case, was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till September 21.