Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday extended till May 8 the stay order given against the arrest of industrialist Pawan Kumar Dhoot, who as an independent candidate is accused in the horse trading issue during 2012 Rajya Sabha polls.
After hearing petitions of Dhoot and another industrialist Sunil Maheswari, the single bench of Justice RR Prasad extended the stay against their arrest, but asked them to surrender to the CBI court on May 8.
The court had on April 26 stayed a special CBI court order till April 30 and posted the case for hearing on Wednesday. The CBI court had on April 15 issued arrest warrants against them.
The CBI which is probing horse trading allegations after Rs 2.15 crore was seized from a car in Ranchi on the polling day, will quiz the two industrialists on May 6....
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10:10 PM, May 01, 2013
Hindu groups based in the UK have called on the government to enforce stricter disclosure norms after it emerged that many restaurants serving Indian food in Scotland were using the wrong kind of meat. In the wake of the Europe-wide horsemeat scandal that is still under investigation, it emerged that more than a third of Scottish curry restaurants could be using cheaper meat such as beef in dishes that claimed...
08:24 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Taco Bell is the latest restaurant chain to acknowledge that its food has been adulterated with horse meat, yanking a variety of ground beef products from its three British outlets and issuing an apology to its patrons on Friday. Meanwhile, in Iceland, a food official said his team had found a beef product from a local producer that contained no meat at all. ...
09:00 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Sweden's IKEA stopped nearly all sales of meatballs at its furniture store cafeterias across Europe after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed some contained horsemeat. ...
06:21 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA. The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef has spread across Europe since January, prompting product withdrawals, consumer anger and government investigations into the continent's complex food-processing chains. ...
12:25 PM, Feb 19, 2013
An Irish meat processor says it's recalling 10 million burgers from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain because of fears that some could contain horsemeat. Government authorities say Spanish or Dutch ingredients suppliers are suspected of causing the contamination. ...
10:44 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Justifying his recommendation for dissolution of the Jharkhand Assembly and fresh elections in the state, caretaker Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday questioned why some political parties were demanding time from the Governor to form an alternative government if they had the numbers. ...
04:34 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Bokaro/New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday compared Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi to a horse which carries the groom to his wedding, drawing strong reaction from the Congress which said that the Opposition party should be worried more about the corruption charges against its president Nitin Gadkari. In Bokaro for a meet, Yashwant said, "Rahul Gandhi is like a horse which carries the groom on...
11:05 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Michael Schumacher could literally ride off into the sunset when he retires from Formula One next month after revealing a plan to take up competitive cowboy-style riding. The seven-times world champion, now 43, told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper in an interview on Thursday that his wife Corinna, a keen horsewoman, had suggested a possible future direction. "I'm thinking of getting involved in Western Riding competitions," declared the German. "Corinna,...
07:26 PM, Oct 18, 2012
London: Pot-bellied pigs, miniature horses and monkeys could be allowed to travel with you on planes under new British transport rules. The guidelines are part of a draft manual on equality for disabled people travelling on commercial passenger planes, Daily Mail reported on Tuesday. Animals should be allowed on flights if they are used for "emotional support" by their owners, the manual states. Transportation officers would have to determine whether...
05:01 AM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission has stopped counting of votes in the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand without a written clearance from the poll panel. The directive came after allegations of horsetrading by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) chief Babulal Marandi. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said that the party MLAs voted for JMM candidate Sanjeev Kumar in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls on the direction of the party leadership. Earlier, the BJP...
03:29 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis Director: Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg's 'War Horse' is a schmaltzy, sentimental saga of the love between a boy and his horse - boy meets horse, boy loses horse, boy is reunited with horse. It's the classic romantic formula... Although with an equestrian twist. Based on a 1982 children's novel that's also been adapted into a successful stage play, the story opens shortly before...
11:04 PM, Feb 10, 2012
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11:01 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Steven Spielberg's World War I drama 'War Horse' and Bollywood's 'Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu' hit screens on Friday. ...
08:22 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: One of the masters of the craft of filmmaking Steven Spielberg's new film 'War Horse' has the World War 1 as its backdrop. The film is based on the novel written by Michael Morpurgo which was first published in the United Kingdom in the year 1982. The main star cast of the film includes David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine and Peter Mullan. Their fine performances have won...
05:42 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Just as the human cast of director Steven Spielbergs Oscar nominated film 'War Horse' was vital, equally important was the casting of horses. Never before 'War Horse' had a film been attempted that was so dependent on the expressive abilities of so many horses. For this DreamWorks and Reliance Entertainment film a large horse unit was forged, comprising of over 100 horses and just for the role of...
05:41 PM, Feb 07, 2012
War Horse is a 2011 war epic motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on both War Horse, a children's novel set before and during World War I, by British author Michael Morpurgo, first published in the United Kingdom in 1982, and the 2007 stage adaptation of the same name. ...
07:57 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: One of the industrys most successful and influential filmmakers and multiple Oscar winning director, Steven Spielberg unfolds a heartwarming tale for all ages in his upcoming film 'War Horse', that has bagged 6 Oscar Nominations including that of Best Picture. Originally a novel, published in 1982,War Horse was an instant success across the world. In 2007, the novel was adapted into a stage play at Londons National Theatre...
12:58 PM, Feb 02, 2012
