| RK
Sharma, 3 others get life term |
New
Delhi, March 24:
A fast track court on Monday gave life imprisonment to the suspended
IPS officer RK Sharma and three others convicted for the murder
of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar.
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| Govt
to go for nuke energy: PM |
New
Delhi, March 24:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said his government
was committed to developing nuclear energy as part of a multi-pronged
strategy for energy security as the country could not depend
on just one or two sources to meet the growing demand for power.
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| Plan
to amend land acquisition law |
New
Delhi, March 24:
The Centre is contemplating amending the land acquisition law
to ensure adequate compensation, both monetary and psychological,
to people whose lands are acquired.
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| Blackberry
services under scanner |
New
Delhi, March 24:
The government has asked telecom companies to make possible
within 15 days, monitoring of content transmitted through Blackberry
or stop the service that is already under official scanner for
security lapses.
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| `Dalmiya
misappropriated Rs 2.90cr' |
Mumbai/Kolkata,
March 24:
Three years after he was voted out of the BCCI, former Cricket
Board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya faced charges of misappropriation
of Rs 2.90 crore over which the Mumbai Police will be filing
a chargesheet on Wednesday.
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| Burney
asks new Pak Govt to release Sarabjit |
Islamabad,
March 24:
Pakistan's incoming government should convert the death sentence
of Indian national Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment on
"humanitarian grounds" and ensure his early release,
caretaker Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney said on Monday.
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| New
Pak PM to be sworn-in today |
Islamabad,
March 24:
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif will boycott the swearing-in ceremony
of Pakistan's new prime minister on Tuesday to protest against
Pervez Musharraf's presence whom he has called "an illegal
and unconstitutional" President.
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