A justice in Punjab's Hoshiarpur court has set an example by carrying out a fast tracked trial and delivering justice to a rape survivor in just over a week after the police filed its chargesheet in the case. ...
12:04 PM, Jan 11, 2013
In one of the fastest rulings in a trial court, a court in this Punjab town on Thursday convicted and sentenced a rapist to 10 years jail - just nine days after the chargesheet was filed. Additional District and Sessions Judge JS Bhinder convicted Jai Prakash Diwedi, alias Pawan Dubey, of Uttar Pradesh, for the kidnapping and rape of a minor girl of a village in Garhshankar sub-division of Hoshiarpur...
09:17 AM, Jan 11, 2013
In one of the fastest rulings in a trial court, a court in the Punjab town on Thursday convicted and sentenced a rapist to 10 years in jail, just nine days after the chargesheet was filed in the case. ...
05:41 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Hoshiarpur: Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's kin have been fighting a 21-year legal battle to get justice for one of their relatives, who is believed to have been killed by the Punjab Police when terrorism in the state was at its peak. He has been missing since 1989. The family of Surjit Kaur, Bhagat Singh's niece, is hopeful that they will get justice for Kuljit Singh Dhatt, 45, of Ambala Jattan...
11:56 AM, Jan 07, 2011
Chandigarh: A former Babbar Khalsa militant escaped from police custody in Hoshiarpur on Monday, officials said. Search operations are on to nab the militant, arrested for the murder of a local Dera head. The militant escaped from the Hoshiarpur jail. ...
02:51 PM, Oct 18, 2010
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The victim, Gurjit Kaur, 20, was first strangulated to death and then given electric shocks to make it appear as a case of electrocution. ...
09:38 AM, Jul 25, 2010
The woman was identified as Amandeep Kaur Mann, a resident of Punjab's Hoshiarpur town. ...
09:09 AM, Jul 08, 2010
As cops chased them, the youth fled leaving ATM. They were nabbed later. ...
01:44 AM, Aug 03, 2009
London: A British sports agent representing two Pakistani cricketers accused of a betting scam told an undercover reporter that Test matches could be thrown for £1 million, a court in London heard on Monday. The claim emerged as the former investigations editor for Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid, Mazher Mahmood, gave evidence at the trial of ex-Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Asif. The jury...
11:47 AM, Mar 08, 2008
Chennai: After slumping to their second defeat in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, Chennai Super Kings opener Mike Hussey felt one of their top-order batsmen should have dug in and anchored the defending champions home against Trinidad and Tobago. Chennai's hope of making it to the semi-final of the Twenty20 tournament were dealt a severe blow last night when they lost to T&T by 12 runs in a low-scoring Group...
11:44 PM, Mar 05, 2008
Mumbai: Cricket legend Kapil Dev took a dig at the Indian cricket board on Thursday for not giving the triumphant Indian squad more time to unwind after their fabulous World Cup triumph on April 2, and for paying them much more money to represent their IPL franchises rather than the country. The players did not get time to unwind and enjoy their World Cup victory. They had worked three years...
08:08 AM, Mar 05, 2008
Karachi: Preferring to play down the controversy stirred by Shoaib Akhtar's recently released autobiography 'Controversially Yours', in which he has made some tall claims, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik said there was no point in giving much importance to the pacer's book. "When his own family does not take him seriously, I don't understand why is everyone taking his comments in his book seriously?," Malik told a TV channel in an...
12:38 PM, Mar 04, 2008
New Delhi: Shoaib Akhtar has been uncharacteristically effusive in his praise for two of India's best captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly, who he describes as a giant of a man in a slight body. In his just-released autobiography 'Controversially Yours', he says that Ganguly's decision to bring youngsters had changed the face of their team and Dhoni had benefited by that when he took charge of the side. ...
05:51 PM, Mar 03, 2008
New Delhi: Parthiv Patel will lead Rest of India in the Irani Trophy match against Ranji Trophy winners Rajasthan in Jaipur from October 1-5. Delhi batsman Shikhar Dhawan has been named the vice captain. Tamil Nadu's Abhinav Mukund, who debuted for India on the West Indies tour earlier this year, is in the squad alongwith Mumbai's Ajinkya Rahane, who made his international debut in the ODI series in England. Jharkand...
12:38 PM, Mar 03, 2008
St John's (Antigua): Wicketkeeper-batsman Denesh Ramdin and off-spinner Shane Shillingford have been recalled to the West Indies Test squad for their tour of Bangladesh next month. The 15-member squad, to play two Tests in the Asian country, also includes rookie openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell. But Chris Gayle remains an outcast, Ramnaresh Sarwan sidelined with an injury, and Dwayne Bravo overlooked. The 26-year-old Ramdin has not played for West...
12:27 AM, Mar 03, 2008
New Delhi: Owners of IPL franchise, Kochi Tuskers Kerala moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday to challenge the BCCI's decision to terminate the team's contract at its Annual General Meeting. Yes, we have moved the court and there is a hearing in the afternoon, said Kochi Tuskers Kerala chairman Mukesh Patel. Cracking the whip for breach of contractual terms, the Indian cricket board on Monday terminated its contract with...
01:07 PM, Mar 01, 2008
New Delhi: Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, newly appointed President of the BCCI, N Srinivasan, on Tuesday brushed aside the allegations of any conflict of interest of him holding the top BCCI post and owning the Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings, saying he doesn't own the franchise and it's India Cements Limited which have the ownership rights of the team. I have no personal conflict of...
12:00 AM, Mar 01, 2008
A VCD showing a cricket match between Hanuman and Ravana has been banned by Hosiarpur district administration. ...
09:35 AM, Nov 23, 2006
