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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to one of the accused ? Dev Colabawala ? who had claimed that he did not even touch the victim.

Suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) men David Headley (49) and Tahawwur Hussain Rana (48), now in US custody for planning terror attacks in India and Denmark, used satellite phone during their visits to Mumbai and Kochi last year before 26/11, Indian investigators have found.

Sixteen people ? part of a network that smuggles tiger parts from India to China ? were arrested in the past week from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, wildlife officials said.

A resident medical officer of Kolkata?s Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital has been arrested on charges of rape. Shaibal Maitra (36) was arrested on Friday after a 35-year-old woman, who was earlier Maitra?s patient, lodged an FIR with Entally police station in central Kolkata.

The last sandwich from a stall owner in Charkop resulted in a fight between two groups leading to a brutal murder on Tuesday night near the Charkop depot.

Lending finishing touches to the fortnight-long exercise undertaken to quell dissidence among its legislators in Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday described the rebellion against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa as unfortunate.

In a party meeting in Lucknow, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders discussed everything from organisational matters to price rise. They also discussed black-marketing of fertilizers. Everything but the possible return of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh.

Mumbai, Nov. 19 -- The Shiv Sena has narrowed down its search for nominees for the mayoral to four candidates. The post has been reserved for a woman from the open category. Elections for mayor will be held on December 1.

What should have been a leisurely siesta for the senior citizen turned out to be a nightmarish experience.

Drug peddlers, active on the Indo-Nepal border, pose a serious challenge to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Bihar police personnel. The seizure of narcotics valued at Rs 41.56 crore in the last eight months points to a serious problem along the porous border.

Drug peddlers active on Indo-Nepal border have posed a serious challenge to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Bihar police personnel. The seizure of narcotics valued at Rs 41.56 crore in the past eight months points to a serious problem along the porous border.

Nitin Gadkari may take over as the next BJP president as early as next month. With the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parental body of the BJP, succeeding in pushing his name for the post, the Sangh does not wish to delay the changeover at the top.

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Clones of Naxalite guerrillas are roaming the outback in the Maoist heartland. Their critics swear at them. The police swear by them.

The state?s Tribal Development Minister Babanrao Pachpute has come up with a brainwave to make tribals ?self-reliant?.

The government is expected to announce Governors for five states, including Punjab, this week that could see two senior Congress leaders who did not make it to the Union Cabinet being rehabilitated in gubernatorial offices.

Six days after Bengal fisheries minister Kiranmay Nanda dropped a bombshell in Kolkata by advocating early Assembly polls in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued a gag order at a Left Front meeting on Tuesday.

Special Cell of Delhi police on Tuesday arrested two people who had helped the Pakistanti spy Amir Ali in getting passport and other documents from Lucknow. The police had taken them to Delhi. Amir was nabbed at airport in Delhi on Monday.

Three armed men dragged a family out of their Honda City car and drove away with it on Monday afternoon in Dwarka.

New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbours in Palam Village, southwest Delhi. The two accused, who have been arrested, reportedly took her out on the pretext of shopping. Police said the girl was a class VII student in a government school. According to police, the accused knew the victim and her family.