Rajiv Trial

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  On Free And Fair Polls Query, Poll Body Chief's "Trial By Fire" Response

  While responding to a question on whether the people of Karnataka can trust the poll body for free and fair elections, Mr Kumar said results are accepted election after election and the transition of power each time has been smoothly done by ballot.

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  In Shahabuddin's Siwan, Thumbs Up For Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav Split

  In Siwan, 162 km from Bihar capital Patna and once the fief of Mohd Shahabuddin, gangster and former lawmaker from Lalu Yadav's RJD, a frail, 70-year-old man called Chanda Babu or Chandrakeshwar Prasad has welcomed Chief Minister Kumar's decision to partner with the BJP again in the state. It has rekindled his hope for justice, he says.

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  Our Jails As Good As Yours, Vijay Mallya Will Be Fine, India Tells UK

  Months before a London Court begins hearing into New Delhi's request to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, India has got down to countering attempts by the liquor baron to avoid returning to India to stand trial for defaulting on loans of over Rs. 9,000 crore.

• Re-trial can't be ordered due to new evidence in Rajiv assassination or Veerappan aides cases: Supreme Court

  Supreme Court today made it clear that it can't order a re-trial on grounds of new evidence. Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam said, "Now it has become fancy that Investigation Officer to make statements after twenty years that he has committed a mistake. We can't reopen the trial If we encourage this it will set a bad precedent and all cases w...

• Relief for Nalini. Madras High Court quashes trial for possession of mobile phone in jail

  The Madras High Court today quashed all proceedings by a lower court in Vellore against Rajiv Gandhi murder convict Nalini Sriharan for allegedly possessing a mobile phone in her cell inside the Vellore prison in April 2010.

• Aarushi murder case: Court reserves orders on whether trial can proceed against her parents

  In a crucial hearing in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case today, a Ghaziabad court has reserved its orders on whether the trial against Aarushi's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, can proceed further.

• Families of Veerappan's aides facing execution say trial was unfair

  A tense atmosphere prevails at Maatili village in Karnataka, home to the four associates of late sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, whose mercy petitions have been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.

• Rajaratnam insider trading trial: Intel's India-born executive Rajiv Goel deserves leniency, say US prosecutors

  Recommending a lenient sentence for Goel, Bharara said in a letter to Jones that Goel, "a highly significant witness ... substantially helped the government secure a conviction in one of the most significant and high-profile insider trading trials in history."

• Second runway opened at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

  Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Group, which operates the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here, said the second runway at the airport was inaugurated today after a successful completion of the trial run.

• Rajiv trial: Names of Prabhakaran, Pottu Amman dropped

  The names of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran and his deputy Pottu Amman have been removed from the list of accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by a designated court here as both were killed in the island republic army's offensive."The case against the absconding accused A1 Prabhakaran and A2 Pottu Amman, alias Shanmuganathan Sivasankaran, is he...

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  Prabhakaran, Pottu Amman's death would end trail in Rajiv case

  If the confirmation about the death of Prabhakaran was received, this would end the trial of the wanted accused in the Rajiv Gandhi case.