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July 2009

Hasina sidelines party veterans, inducts six new ministers

July 31, 2009 India

Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina Friday removed four “reformists” from the party’s presidium and inducted six new ministers in the government as part of sweeping changes. ‘Reformists’ are those who attempted intra-party reforms while Hasina was in jail on graft charges during 2007-08 and whose loyalty to her was doubtful, media [...]

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Over 2 mn people living with HIV: Minister

July 31, 2009 Health

There were an estimated 2.3 million people living with HIV in India in 2007, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Rajya Sabha Friday. The minister said under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)-3 for the period of 2007 to 2012 about Rs.22.62 billion has been earmarked for carrying out various prevention and care and [...]

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Life term for killing husband upheld

July 31, 2009 India

The Delhi High Court Friday upheld the life sentence for a woman who had killed her husband in 1996 for marrying another girl. Asra Bano had strangled her husband to death in July 1996 after she came to know that he had secretly married another girl. According to the prosecution, Asra Bano had chopped off [...]

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Congress committed to development of Bundelkhand: Rahul

July 31, 2009 India

Three days after he met the prime minister to seek a special package for the Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday said the party would do everything for the welfare and development of the region that he says is steeped in poverty. “We have submitted a memorandum to the prime minister (on Bundelkhand). [...]

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16 let off in Kandhamal violence case

July 31, 2009 India

A fast track court here Friday acquitted 16 people accused of torching a police outpost and killing a policeman when Orissa’s Kandhamal district experienced widespread communal violence last year. All the 16 accused were acquitted Friday by the fast track court of Phulbani for want of evidence. The 16 were accused of torching the Gochhipada [...]

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Apex court refuses to suspend phasing out old vehicles

July 31, 2009 India

The Supreme Court Friday refused to suspend a Calcutta High Court order, directing the phasing out of all commercial vehicles older than 15 years from the metropolis to check pollution. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam refused to stay the July 2008 verdict of the high court saying it would [...]

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Court orders dropping of MCOCA charges against Malegaon blast accused

July 31, 2009 India

In a major setback to the investigating authorities, a Mumbai special court Friday ordered dropping of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the 11 accused, including Sadhvi Pragnya Thakur, in last year’s Malegaon bomb blast case. “The MCOCA special court granted the relief on grounds that the charge-sheet [...]

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Bangladesh complete clean sweep over Windies

July 31, 2009 Sport

Bangladesh completed a test and one day clean sweep over West Indies with victory in the final one day international. Bangladesh, who have dominated throughout their tour of the Caribbean against a weakened West Indies missing all their leading players, won by three wickets after chasing down a total of 248. The Asian side had [...]

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Barcelona ahead of Real Madrid in ‘Operation Exit’

July 31, 2009 Sport

Massive global media attention has been focused on the summer star signings of Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid. Barca raised eyebrows by swapping top scorer Samuel Eto’o for Inter Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic – plus almost 50 million euros (70.30 million dollars). Real, for their part, have engaged in the most profligate spending spree ever [...]

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Rupesh-Thomas pair reaches New Zealand Open final

July 31, 2009 Sport

Indian men’s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas notched up a straight-game win over Malaysian rivals Teik Chai Gan and Bin Shen Tan to cruise into the finals of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in Auckland on Friday. The top seeded Indian duo took just half an hour to beat [...]

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