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New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear the appeal proceedings against the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convicts from January 11, 2011.

A bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan also issued notices to the convicts on the appeal of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking enhancement of punishment for them.

The bench, however, inquired from Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium the delay of 880 days in filing the appeal for enhancement of punishment.

Subramanium attributed the delay to the voluminous 4,300-page judgement of the special and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court, which, he said, the prosecution had to minutely examine before filing the appeal.

The special TADA court had convicted 100 people in the Mumbai blasts case.

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to six years in jail under the Arms Act, but was exonerated for terror offences under the stringent TADA act.

At least 257 people were killed and over 700 others injured in the blast.

12 convicts were awarded death sentence and 20 were given life imprisonment in the blast case. (ANI)

Balasore (Orissa), July 26 (ANI): India on Monday successfully test-fired a ballistic missile interceptor from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Wheeler Island off the Orissa’’s coast.

The target missile, a modified indigenously built “Prithvi”, was first lifted off from a mobile launcher from the ITR’’s launch complex-3 at Chandipur-on-sea.
Minutes later, the interceptor missile getting signals [...]

New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Defence Minister A. K. Antony on Monday said the central government would provide all assistance to the armed forces to protect every inch of the country.

Stating that there was possibility of recent U.S. military aid to Pakistan being used against India, Antony said: “We feel that there is every possibility [...]

New York, July 26 (ANI): Legendary singer Michael Jackson loved Nazi videos and Judy Garland TV specials and dramas that showed troubled boys in dysfunctional families.

According to the King of Pop’s former movie peddler, Jackson displayed the tapes along the walls of his video vault at the Neverland ranch.
“Michael Jackson was a very special client [...]

London, July 26 (ANI): Cheryl Cole is set to make a comeback on reality show ‘X Factor’ after beating malaria.

She would start shooting for the show again after making an amazing recovery from the potentially lethal bug.
“Cheryl loves the show and is desperate to get back to work,” the Daily Star quoted a source as [...]

London, July 26 (ANI): Cameron Diaz left everyone shocked when she foul mouthed during the high-speed racetrack challenge on hit motoring show �Top Gear�.

The beauty took part in the programme’’s �Star In A Reasonably Priced Car segment�, and attempted to beat her �Knight and Day� co-star Tom Cruise’’s track time.
But she forced producers on the [...]

New York, July 26 (ANI): Paris Hilton has apparently shown her ex boyfriend Doug Reinhardt the way out from a club, while partying with a Malaysian big-spender.

Hilton has been vacationing in St. Tropez on the yacht of mysterious Malaysian Jho Low, who has been repeatedly spotted spraying her bikini-clad body with bubbly.
On Thursday, Hilton and [...]

New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Tourism and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja will inaugurate a two-day national workshop “Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India” here on Tuesday.

The six-session workshop will aim at evolving a “Sustainable Tourism Criteria” for India on the lines of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC).
The sessions of [...]

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Ferozepur (Punjab), July 26 (ANI): Floodwaters continue to wreak havoc across Punjab.

The DRD Nath post of Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab’s Ferozepur District has been submerged by floodwaters, after several breaches occurred in the Phida drain bridge near Gajniwala village.
According to a senior official, the border tracks have been damaged by the water.
“Damage [...]

New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports M S Gill on Monday said the cases of sexual harassment that have rocked the women’’s hockey team would be dealt with in a professional and impartial way.

“The Ministry is focused on any one of these, every one of these maliciously (made) statements, [...]