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Delhi cops get five-day custody of Sreesanth, two other cricketers

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A Delhi court today extended by five days the police custody of cricketer S Sreesanth, his suspended Rajasthan Royals teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, and eight bookies for alleged spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier Le...

Two prisoners escape from Gujarat prison

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

Two undertrials, facing rape charges, escaped from the Godhra sub-jail, police said today.

4 dead, 5 injured in road accident near Ahmedabad

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

Four persons died and five were today injured in an accident involving a dumper truck, a car and a motorbike on Anand-Bavla highway at Sanand near Ahmedabad, police said.

Sreesanth's laptop, iPad seized by Mumbai Police from hotel where he checked into with bookie

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Tanima Biswas; edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 18, 2013

Cricketer S Sreesanth had independently checked into a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai on May 13, alongwith friend and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan, just two days before they were arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of...

Sreesanth, bookie Jiju Janardhan checked into 5-star hotel in Mumbai; cash worth Rs 72,000 recovered

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Tanima Biswas; edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 18, 2013

Cricketer S Sreesanth had independently checked into a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai on May 13, alongwith friend and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan, just two days before they were arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of...

IPL spot-fixing: Delhi Police teams fan out across country to track money trail

Reported by Tanima Biswas; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday May 18, 2013

Teams of Delhi Police's special cell have been sent to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Kolkata to conduct searches and track the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing case. One of them has reached cricketer Ajit Chandila's house in Faridabad for inter...

Gujarat police launches mobile phone helpline for women

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

Gujarat police on Friday launched its most ambitious emergency response system - 'Help Emergency Assistance Rescue Terminal' (HEART) - a helpline which will enable women to seek immediate help of police through mobile phones in times of emergency.

Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers' guidance helped in Test format: Cheteshwar Pujara

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

Pujara, who made his first double hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012 and followed up with another double century against Australia in March 2013, said scoring heavily in Test matches has helped him gain in confidence.

Narendra Modi government now rethinks death penalty for ex-aide Maya Kodnani

Rohit Bhan | Tuesday May 14, 2013

The Gujarat government has decided to withhold a permission it had given to file death appeal against former state minister Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, convicted for their role in the Naroda Patiya massacre, a 2002 Gujarat riot...

Now, Gujarat tourists may get to see Asiatic Lions in Amreli too

Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2013

Tourists visiting Gujarat to get a glimpse of the Asiatic Lions might get to see them at a new address at Ambardi in Amreli district, the eastern end of Gir Sanctuary, by this year-end.

Plea against Kai Po Che for 'biased' portrayal of Gujarat riots

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2013

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking cancellation of the Censor Board's clearance to Hindi film 'Kai Po Che', claiming that it slanders the Hindu community with its depiction of 2002 communal riots in the stat...

Court orders arrest warrant against missing Gujarat cop linked to Ishrat Jehan case

Edited by Mala Das | Thursday May 2, 2013

A CBI court in Ahmedabad has ordered a lower court to issue an arrest warrant against a senior Gujarat police officer who is accused of killing Mumbai student Ishrat Jehan and three others in a fake encounter in 2004.

Five persons killed in dumper-car collision in Gujarat

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Five persons were killed this morning when their car collided with a dumper coming from the opposite direction on Mehsana-Radhanpur highway in North Gujarat's Patan district, police said.

Top cop Sanjiv Bhatt did not attend Narendra Modi's February 2002 meeting, says SIT

Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2013

The Supreme Court-appointed SIT today said that as per all the evidence gathered, IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was not present during the high-level meeting held on February 27, 2002, in which Chief Minister Narendra Modi had allegedly instructed the pol...

Caught on camera: VIP treatment for senior Gujarat cop arrested in Sohrabuddin case

Reported by Rohit Bhan; Edited by Mala Das | Monday April 29, 2013

When Rajkumar Pandian, suspended police officer, arrived in Ahmedabad, a local news channel began filming his visit.