UN suspends support to Honduran electoral court; says elections there likely won't be credibleSeptember 23rd, 2009 UN suspends support to Honduran electoral courtUNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has suspended technical assistance to Honduras' electoral court, saying turmoil there means presidential elections scheduled for November will not be credible.
BJP leader shot dead in Uttarakhand police stationAugust 23rd, 2009 DEHRADUN - A member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead allegedly by his rival inside an Uttarakhand police station, an official said Sunday. Kala Dungi block president Balwant Singh Kaniyal, who is also accused in a murder case, had a fight Saturday evening with the accused.
Bihar JD-U leader arrested for businessman's murderAugust 20th, 2009 PATNA - Vijay Krishna, a leader of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) who is a prime accused in the abduction and murder of Patna businessman Satyendra Kumar Singh, has been arrested, police said Thursday. "A team of Bihar police arrested Vijay Krishna from Faridabad in Haryana," Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Vineet Vinayak confirmed.
Chargesheet filed in TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan murder caseJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police on Monday filed a 620-page chargesheet on a local court against five persons who were arrested for alleged connection with the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan. The 26-year-old journalist was shot dead in Delhi on September 30, 2008 when she was driving from her Jhandewalan office to her Vasant Kunj residence.
NCP suspends MP accused of murder (Lead)June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Maharashtra arrested on charge of murder, was suspended from the party Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. A senior party leader, Patel told reporters here that the NCP's disciplinary action committee decided to suspend Patil from its primary membership.
NCP suspends Padamsinh Patil from primary membershipJune 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday suspended its murder case accused MP Padamsinh Patil from its primary membership. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP was facing tremendous pressure from all around over its Patil's alleged involvement in the double-murder case.
Boston agency suspends 1st driver for carrying cell phone after post-crash banJune 9th, 2009 Boston agency suspends driver over cell phoneBOSTON — The Boston area's transportation agency has suspended its first driver for violating a new cell phone ban. Spokesman Joe Pesaturo (pes-AH'-tuhr-oh) says a 35-year-old driver was suspended last week.
Brazilian supreme court justice suspends court order giving custody of boy to US fatherJune 3rd, 2009 Brazil suspends American dad's custody of boySAO PAULO — A Brazilian supreme court justice has suspended a court order granting custody of a 9-year-old boy to his U.S. father. The decision by Justice Marco Aurelio was in response to a request by a Brazilian political party.
Woman executive's killers booked for another murderMarch 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three men accused of murdering an IT executive were Saturday formally arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the murder of journalist Soumya Viswanathan. The three were already in judicial custody for the murder of Jigisha Ghosh.
Jigisha murder accused decline to face identification paradeMarch 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The three men accused in the murder case of call centre executive Jigisha Ghosh Friday refused to undergo a test identification parade (TIP), the police said. The police said they will seek the custody of the accused from a city court Saturday.
Murder accused gets life termMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A court here Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his acquaintance, who was having an affair with his wife, by setting him afire. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Chauhan also fined Mohammad Khursheed Rs.2,000 after holding him guilty of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
Delhi bombing suspect allowed to write exam from jailFebruary 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed a suspected Indian Mujahideen suspect, allegedly involved in the Sep 13 Delhi serial bombings, to appear for his MBA exams from jail premises here. Justice Reva Khetrapal asked the jail authorities and Sikkim Manipal University to make proper arrangement for accused Saquib Nisar so that he could appear in the MBA third semester examinations.
Case against Aarushi murder accused weak: CBI officerJanuary 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eight months after the murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official admitted Friday they have no 'clinching evidence' and that the case against the three accused is weak. 'We have completed our investigations and will be filing our charge sheet very soon.
Murder accused former BSP functionary surrenders in Uttar PradeshJanuary 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Yogendra Dohre alias Bhatia, a former functionary of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and prime accused in the murder of an engineer, Tuesday surrendered before a court after evading arrest for nearly two weeks. The court remanded him in police custody till Jan 19.
Most heinous crimes in Delhi committed by young novicesJanuary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a worrying trend, novices below 25 years committed 90 percent of the heinous crimes in the national capital, according to the Delhi Police annual crime report. The report, released by Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S Dadwal Friday, said of the majority of the total number of people convicted for heinous crimes - murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery and kidnapping - were beginners below 25 years and came from the low income group.
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