The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered that no one can leave Shopian without special permission and the police must exhume the bodies of two women, who were allegedly raped and murdered in the town. Kashmir Valley has been seething after a 17-year-old girl and her 22-year-old sister-in-law were found dead in a stream on May 30 in Shopian. The police and the state government first said the women had drowned.
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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee promised a people friendly Budget on Friday. She has delivered: the Budget left passenger fares and freight charges unchanged and announced dozens of new trains and ticket schemes for all passengers. The total plan expenditure will be Rs 40,745 crore, according to the Budget.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hailed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for doing a "competent job", saying her Budget would make train travel "enjoyable ". "She (Mamata) has prepared a budget which does not impose burden by way of increase in freight charges or passenger charges," Singh told reporters outside Parliament shortly after the Railway Budget 2009-10 was presented in Lok Sabha.
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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented a Budget which has a range of schemes for passengers and left ticket prices and freight charges untouched. Banerjee announced that Railways will not be guided by economic viability, but by social commitment.
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The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has filed an appeal against the Lahore High Court's order releasing militant leader Hafiz Saeed, whom India accuses of playing a key role in organizing the terrorist attacks on Mumbai last year.
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Air India on said it has taken adequate steps to ensure smooth operations across airports on Friday in view of the proposed two-hour agitation by a section of its employees to protest delay in payment of salaries.
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Air India on said it has taken adequate steps to ensure smooth operations across airports on Friday in view of the proposed two-hour agitation by a section of its employees to protest delay in payment of salaries.
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The Justice M S Liberhan Commission took 17 years to probe and submit a report on the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 16, 1992. Justice Liberhan says a burden is off his shoulders. For the BJP though the burden of history will not be relieved soon.
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Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which holds homosexuality as a crime won't be scrapped anytime soon. The Government says it has not made a decision on repealing the law and appears to be wary of religious objection to any amendments. "I have never said it will be repealed--the statement has been misinterpreted," said Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Monday. A leading Islamic seminary has opposed changing the law.
A law which holds homosexuality as a crime and was introduced during the colonial era will be amended only after consulting "all sections" of the society, including religious institutions. Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily says a decision on repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code will not be "rushed". Three Union Ministers are to meet and discuss Section 377 but they may take time on changing the law.
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The rains finally kept their long delayed date with Mumbai on Friday as they lashed the city and surroundings in full force, bringing welcome relief from the scorching heat.
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A probe to establish how an American managed to carry a gun in his luggage from the Delhi airport to Chennai says officials in Phoenix airport in Arizona failed to detect the weapon. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ordered a probe into alleged security lapses at New Delhi's IGI Airport where Sellmeyer Larry was detained on June 11 with an Austrian-made pistol, 35 bullets and three magazines from his baggage.
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