Dhaka, January 20, 2012 The Bangladesh Army on Thursday claimed that an attempt by some mid-ranking Army officers to topple the Sheikh Hasina government was foiled by it. “Specific information [evidence] has been unearthed that some officers in active military service were involved in a conspiracy to topple the system of democratic governance through the Army,” Army spokesman Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq said at a press briefing here. A top Army ...
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Mar 5, 2011, LUDHIANA: A group of 18 couples from the city have decided to look beyond personal needs and serve the larger needs of the community. Coming together under the banner of Round Table, an international organization, these members have developed a sense of belonging even as they address social issues. The city has two chapters of the organization -- Ludhiana Round Table (LRT) and Ludhiana Invincible Round Table (LIRT). In 2005 while Narain Aggarwal, a resident of Mall Road had ...
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Ghaziabad,, February 9, 2011 PTI Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were on Wednesday made an accused in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi by a special CBI court which rejected the agency’s closure report in the over two-year old double-murder case. Judge Preeti Singh took cognisance of CBI’s closure report and issued summons to the parents to appear before her on February 28, making them accused on charges of murder, destruction of evidence, conspiracy and common intention to commit ...
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After several cases of honour killings being reported from Haryana, now a couple from Punjab are allegedly facing threat to life as they belong to the same village. Bhawna and her husband Harpreet Kumar are allegedly being hounded by Bhawna’s parents for eloping and tying the knot in 2009 against the consent of their families. The couple have a 10-month-old daughter. The couple have approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court pleading for police protection. The court has ...
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