
New Delhi: In a setback for India, the government has decided to withdraw the additional charges slapped by the TADA court against underworld don Abu Salem. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI after holding consultations with top-level Home Ministry and MEA officials decided to withdraw the charges. The charges go against the terms and conditions under which the underworld don was extradited from Portugal. Sources said that the CBI...

03:38 PM, Feb 22, 2012

New Delhi: The Supreme Court stayed the TADA proceedings in two cases against alleged gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case in view of Portugal court's order terminating his extradition to India. The court has issued notices to the Central government and the Ministry of External Affairs and wants a response in three weeks. Abu Salem in his application has said that trial, which can lead to death...

12:53 PM, Feb 17, 2012

New Delhi: A day after Portugal's Supreme Court rejected India's case for Abu Salem's extradition, it now says that the CBI violated terms of the extradition by allowing the gangster to be tried under charges that can lead to a death penalty. While the CBI is looking at legal options to counter the claims, the TADA court in Mumbai will on Wednesday hear Salem's plea to end the ongoing trial...

09:47 AM, Jan 18, 2012

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed Devender Pal Bhullar, who has been given a death sentence, to amend his clemency petition. Bhullar was convicted in a Delhi car bomb blast case and sentenced to death. Bhullar's counsel has been allowed to plead that the death penalty should only be handed out by a constitution bench of the apex court and there should be no death penalty if there is...

12:32 PM, Sep 05, 2011

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi government in response to Devender Pal Bhullar's mercy plea, who has been convicted in a Delhi car bomb blast case and sentenced to death. The apex court also clarified that there will be an automatic stay on the execution of the convict as long as the petition is in the Supreme Court. Pleading that a...

10:59 AM, Jul 11, 2011

The convicts will have to spend 50 years in jail or till they turn 65 years of age. ...

04:25 PM, Jul 06, 2009

New Delhi: An elbow injury has ruled out Indian seamer Praveen Kumar from the five match ODI series against South Africa starting in Durban on Wednesday. Ishant Sharma who featured for India in the Test series againt the Proteas but was not considered for the one dayers has been named as Kumar's replacement. Earlier, Kumar who was seen with a heavily bandaged bowling arm during the nets on Monday, had...

04:32 PM, Nov 28, 2007

Durban: Sachin Tendulkar has for the first time admitted that the match-fixing episodes in 1999-2000 had initially affected his game and the Indian team had to go through a difficult and painful phase as spectators looked at us with suspicion. Tendulkar said he was not in the right frame of mind during India's disastrous tour of Australia where they were thrashed 0-3 in 1999-2000. I can tell you that I...

12:27 PM, Nov 28, 2007

Priya Dutt said that what ever the law had to offer the family had to face it. ...

02:56 PM, Nov 27, 2007

New Delhi: Former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist on Saturday termed the racist e-mail scandal involving his country's police officers very disappointing, but claimed that Indian students Down Under are positive about their stay. If it (racist e-mail) is a recent news, as we will try to find it out, and if it is proven to be correct then it is very disappointing, Gilchrist said. The cricketer said the Australian government...

12:03 AM, Oct 23, 2007

TADA judge absolved Dutt of the charge of conspiracy in the Mumbai blast case. ...

11:51 PM, Oct 22, 2007

SC had told Dutt to surrender before TADA court after getting the judgement. ...

08:19 PM, Oct 22, 2007

Ahemdabad: In awe of Sachin Tendulkar's magnificent double century, India coach Gary Kirsten on Friday described the knock as best ever played by a batsman in one-day cricket. Tendulkar on Wednesday added another feather to his decorated cap by scoring one-day cricket's first ever double hundred during the Gwalior match. It was the best innings I have ever seen and I take a lot of pride in that. I am...

08:03 AM, Aug 21, 2007

Film industry rallies behind the actor who will walk free on Tuesday. ...

02:37 PM, Aug 20, 2007

Those affected by the riots are still knocking on court's doors! ...

01:20 PM, Aug 02, 2007