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Hyderabad man, wife get two-year jail term for ousting mother
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): In a remarkable judgment, a local court in Ranga Reddy district convicted a married couple for forcing the man's 66-year-old mother to leave her house.
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SC issues notice to Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang on plea challenging his ap
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on a plea challenging his appointment to the post on the ground that he is disqualified from holding office since he was convicted and sentenced in 2016 to a year's jail ter
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Nepal court announces 16 yrs jail term, 1 million penalty for ex-UN worker
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 8 (ANI): A court here on Monday announced 16 years of prison sentence and penalty worth one million (in Nepali Rupees) for a former United Nations official from Canada found guilty of child abuse.
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MDMK Gen Sec Vaiko sentenced one-year jail term in a sedition case
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 5(ANI) : Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko on Friday was sentenced to one-year jail term by a special Chennai Court in a case of seditious speech filed against him in 2009.
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US urges Pak to release those held for blasphemy, asks China to curb relig
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to release over 40 people from the religious minority community who have been serving jail term or facing execution on blasphemy charges in the country.
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Court quashes Lt Col's jail term by court martial in tank munition sale ca
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jun 13 (ANI) A military court has quashed the jail term and dismissal from service of a Lieutenant Colonel who was awarded the punishment by a General Court Martial for allegedly selling parts of tank ammunition worth over Rs 41 lakhs in the civilian market.
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Bihar: Abandoning elderly parents will now land sons, daughters in jail
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jun 12 (ANI): Bihar Cabinet-led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has approved a proposal to punish sons and daughters who abandon their elderly parents with a jail term.
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Three get life sentence, three policemen convicted in the Kathua rape case
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Pathankot (Punjab) [India], Jun 10 (ANI): Over a year after the gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old giri in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir that caused nationwide outrage, a Pathankot court convicted mastermind Sanjhi Ram and two others for murder, gangrape and conspiracy and senten
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MCOCA court hands out 10-12 years jail to six in cheating case
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): A court of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) here on Friday handed over 10 to 14 years jail term along with fines to six people in a cheating case involving crores of rupees.
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Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen begins 3-year jail term
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New York [USA], May 7 (ANI): Michael Cohen, former lawyer of US President Donald Trump, on Monday, began serving a three-year prison term for federal crimes including charges of tax evasion and campaign finance violations.
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani's brother convicted for graft charges
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 05 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's younger brother Hossein Fereydoun has been sentenced to an unspecified jail term in a corruption case, reported Al Jazeera.
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Brazil court reduces ex-president's jail term
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Apr 24 (ANI): Brazil's second-highest court has reduced the sentence of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by almost three years.
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