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Haneef's case was weak, show Australian ducuments
The Australian police orchestrated to have Mohamed Haneef, wrongly accused of involvement in the failed UK car bombings, indefinitely detained in the country despite their own intelligence revealing the case was weak. Documents released under freedom-of-information laws have revealed that at the time Mohamed Haneef was charged with a terrorism-related offence, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions was aware that the case against him was weak, a report said.
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Jaipur: 3 more sketches released
The sketches had been prepared on the basis of preliminary investigations into the blasts and descriptions given by owners of shops selling bicycles, bags and ball bearings which were used in the explosions, SP (North) R.Suhas told PTI in Jaipur on Thursday night.
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Godhra riots probe digs up bones at village
Bones suspected to be of victims of post-Godhra riots were found by a Supreme Court-appointed investigation team at Ode village in Anand district of Gujarat during an excavation of the place, sources involved in the operation said. The SIT has been conducting a search operation since a couple of days at three sites at Ode village where about 25 people were killed by rioters six years ago.
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E-mail owning up Jaipur blasts is far from real
Disclosing this on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh ADG of Police Brij Lal who also heads the state Special Task Force, told rediff.com, "The bicycle used in the blast looks like a racing model with a straight handle while the one visible on the e-mail was an ordinary one." "Furthermore, while reports from Jaipur suggested that the explosives used in the blast were tied to the handle of the bicycle, the e-mail visuals show explosives planted on the bicycle carrier at the back."
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Assault case: Former minister surrenders, get bail
A Congress worker in Bellary had alleged that Sriramulu, who is contesting the elections from Bellary, had assaulted him on Wednesday night. It was also alleged that BJP member of legislative council, Janardhan Reddy, had abetted the incident.
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No smooth sailing for BJP in coastal K'taka
In 2004, the BJP had bagged 15 out of the 19 seats, thus pushing the overall tally of the BJP to 79 in the Karnataka legislative assembly. This apart, the BJP also won all three Lok Sabha seats in 2004, thus proving that Coastal Karnataka was undoubtedly its stronghold. Political pundits feel that the scenario in coastal Karnataka (Dakshin Kannada, Uttar Kannada and Udupi) is changing slowly and this time around, it may not be a cake walk for the BJP as it was in the 2004.
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Karnataka 2nd phase: Facts & Figures
A survey conducted by the Karnataka Election Watch, a non-governmental organisation, states that the Bharatiya Janata Party has the highest number of candidates with a criminal background. The BJP tops the list with 13 while the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular come second and third with 9 and 8 candidates respectively.
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NRI in limelight over immigration debate
Immediately following his election, DeBenedittis closed down the day-labour centre that had been sustained by public funds and was located in a residential neighbourhood. In this, he had the backing of most members of the Town Council.
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41 pc Sikhs in New York report abuse
A report documenting the constant 'stream of bias and prejudices' against Sikhs, based on surveys of more than 1,000 members of the community in the five boroughs of New York City, was released in the city by the Sikh Coalition earlier this month.
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Vigorous foreign policy a necessity for India: Sen
Delivering the keynote at a conference on The Future of India's Foreign Policy, organized by the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia's Centre for the Advanced Study of India, Sen said this was particularly imperative in the context of today's world that is 'shaped by globalization, inter-dependence, inter-connectedness and rapid changes.
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