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  • Women misuse rape law to force lovers to marry them Court

    Penal provisions on rape have been misused by some women who develop consensual physical relationship with their lovers and after the breakup file false rape cases to force them to marry them, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Kailash Gambhir said rape law was often misused by women as weapon for "vengeance and vendetta" to harass and blackmail their male friends by filing false cases to ...

  • Camaraderie consistent selection CSKs mantra of success Fleming

    Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming Saturday attributed "loyalty to players" and "consistency in selection" for the success of his team which has played in five IPL finals and won two of them. "We had a strategy right from outset that we will be loyal to players that became apparent when we retained 95 percent of our players when all the players went for auction the second time. What we ...

  • Kerala cops bring Bitti Mohanty to Jaipur

    A Kerala Police team Saturday arrived in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur with former Odisha police chief's son Bitti Mohanty, who jumped parole in 2006 while serving a sentence in a jail here for raping a German tourist. Mohanty, son of former Indian Police Service officer B.B. Mohanty, was brought to Jaipur in the morning and taken to the Central Jail, a Rajasthan Police officer told IANS. "He ...

  • Four arrested in Delhi for making selling firearms

    Four people were arrested here for manufacturing and supplying high quality illegal firearms to criminals in the national capital region and Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Allauddin, 40, Mohammad Rustam, 28, Shakir, 30 and Shehzaad, 22, all from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were arrested Friday from near Shanti Van in north Delhi. "The gang was operating for the last several years. We got a ...

  • Rahul Gandhis Maharashtra visit cancelled

    Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Maharashtra Monday to interact with farmers has been cancelled, his office said Saturday. However, it did not assign a reason for cancelling the visit. An earlier statement had said that Rahul Gandhi was to go to villages in Osmanabad and Jalna districts of Maharashtra. He was to visit piped water schemes and interact with ...

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Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind." -- John Donne And so feel most opponents of the death penalty, including Tim Robbins, the writer-director of "Dead Man Walking," one of the first films to openly tackle this issue. But you wouldn't know Robbins' politics from watching the film because he does the audience the service of not preaching h ... ...

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  • Mumbai police cancel permit for Muslim rally

    In a surprise move, Mumbai police has refused to allow a 300-km long Muslim reservation march from entering Azad Maidan Monday, the organisers said here Saturday. "The Muslim Reservation Federation (MRF) had applied for permission April 30 for the march to culminate at Azad Maidan. It had started from Malegaon eight days ago," said MRF spokesperson Halim Siddiqui. "In a last minute move, ...

  • Dravid to retire from IPL

    One of cricket's batting greats, Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid has said that he will retire from the Indian Premier League, after the Champions League T20 later this year. "I am 41 and 12 months are a long way ahead," was Dravid's reply to a media query on whether he will play the next season of the IPL. With the Royals qualifying for the Champions League T20 beginning Sep 17 in India, ...

  • Helpline to be launched Sunday ahead of CBSE results

    To help students and parents cope with anxiety and stress before and after the CBSE results, a free, confidential helpline will be launched here Sunday that also promises to provide career guidance to the students. Available between from May 26 to June 2 between 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., 'Hopeline' -- 011- 65978181 has been launched by NGO Snehi. Students can also seek help online and the by sending ...

  • Tamil playback legend T.M. Soundararajan dead

    Tamil playback legend T.M. Soundararajan, popularly known as TMS, passed away at his residence here Saturday, family members said. He was 91. TMS was ailing for some time and was getting medical attention at his residence, they said. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. An undisputed king among playback singers in the Tamil cinema world, TMS rendered numerous hit songs for ...

  • Heat wave toll in Andhra mounts to 274

    Andhra Pradesh continued to sizzle with the severe heat wave conditions claiming a heavy toll. Disaster management department officials Saturday said the heat claimed 274 lives since April 1. The officials had Friday put the toll at 84. They, however, have not specified the number of casualties on Friday and Saturday. The statement released by Commissioner Disaster Management T. Radha said ...

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