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Sanjay Dutt shifted from 'anda' cell, to remain in Arthur Road jail for now

May 20, 2013

Maharashtra police on Monday said it would take at least 15 days to decide whether to keep actor Sanjay Dutt in the high security Arthur Road jail in Mumbai where he is presently lodged or to shift him elsewhere. #India #Supreme Court #Sanjay Dutt #Arthur Road Jail #1993 Mumbai blasts #Yerwada Jail #Taloja Jail
Images: Sanjay Dutt mobbed as he surrenders before TADA court

May 17, 2013

Actor Sanjay Dutt has surrendered before the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) court in Mumbai. Here are the images. #Sanjay Dutt #ImagesOfTheDay #Mahesh Bhatt #Court #TADA #1993 serial blasts
Sanjay Dutt back in jail; court allows him access to medicines, home-food

May 17, 2013

The court allowed the actor access to medicines, home-food, fan and take his mattress and pillow during his stay in the jail. #NewsTracker #Sanjay Dutt #Mumbai blasts #Priya Dutt #Manyata Dutt #1993 Mumbai blasts cases #Sanjay Dutt surrenders

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An open letter to Justice Markandey Katju

Apr 03, 2013

Dear Justice Katju, allow us to pick your scientific brains on a few issues and questions which, given your professional background. #Supreme Court #Sanjay Dutt #InMyOpinion #Justice Markandey Katju #1993 serial blasts
Unsolved Pune blasts: Its all about low officer pay

Aug 06, 2012

The low pay is sure way of attracting only those who patrol, less those who want to solve crime, which by its very nature demands a higher calibre and higly motivated force. #ConnectTheDots #Mumbai #Sushilkumar Shinde #Pune blasts
The New Year greeting I didn't send Advani after Wrath Yatra

Nov 05, 2011

#WhyNow #Lal Krishna Advani #Mumbai blasts 1993

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Narathiwat hotel bomb blast wounds 6

2013-05-18 19:08:00

NARATHIWAT : Six people were injured in a bomb blast at a hotel in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok municipality yesterday as police named two guests as suspects. DAMAGE DONE: Police officers examine the site of an explosion on the third floor of the Asia Hotel #
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At least 12 killed in blast at Chinese factory

2013-05-20 10:51:00

BEIJING — A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media reported. Rescuers were take care to avoid setting off additional explosions as they w #China
Shropshire Star
Second body found at blast house

2013-05-20 08:13:00

May 20, 2013 09:00 The body of a woman has been found in a Newark house where a man died in a suspected gas blast more stories A second body has been discovered in the remains of a terraced house which was destroyed by a suspected gas blast. Nottinghamsh #

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Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

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