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WWII bombing victims in China sue Japan

September 10th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS

Beijing, Sep 10 (IANS) Survivors of a series of bombings on a city in southwest China during World War II are seeking compensation from the Japanese government, more than seven ... Read more...

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Air India reinstates nine sacked pilots (Lead)

July 23rd, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Air India management Monday informed the Delhi High Court that it has so far taken back nine of the 101 pilots who were sacked ... Read more...

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Court dismisses Tiwari’s plea to keep DNA report confidential

July 20th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari's plea that the report of his DNA test be kept confidential till the conclusion ... Read more...

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Keep DNA report confidential, N.D. Tiwari tells court

July 18th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari Wednesday urged the Delhi High Court to keep the report of his DNA test confidential till the conclusion of the ... Read more...

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Web content case: No relief to Facebook India (Lead)

May 30th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday dismissed the application of Facebook India seeking removal of its name from a civil suit against various social networking ... Read more...

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Court dismisses Facebook India plea

May 30th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday dismissed the application of Facebook India seeking removal of its name from a civil suit against various social networking sites ... Read more...

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Court reserves order on Facebook India’s plea

May 14th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday reserved its order on the plea of Facebook India seeking removal of its name from the civil suit against various ... Read more...

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Enough is enough, apex court tells N.D. Tiwari (Lead)

May 1st, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) "Enough is enough," the Supreme Court said Tuesday while reprimanding veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari for having disobeyed an order to give a blood ... Read more...

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Jaya Jaitley refused visiting rights to meet George Fernandes

April 16th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has refused to grant visiting rights to Jaya Jaitley, close friend and political colleague of former defence minister George Fernandes, ... Read more...

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Court to hear Swamy’s plea on dues from IIT-Delhi

February 26th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Dismissing a plea of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, a court has accepted a plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking recovery of his ... Read more...

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Brazil seeking $10 bn from Chevron for oil spill

December 16th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 16 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking 20 billion reais (some $10 billion) in damages from US oil supermajor Chevron and Swiss-based Transocean for an oil ... Read more...

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Review law on property rights: Supreme Court

September 30th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said that parliament may consider abolishing or amending a law that enables a trespasser take the title of a building or ... Read more...

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Court appoints guardians for 86-year-old litigant

September 29th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has appointed two guardians to look after an 86-year-old man who wished to withdraw his civil suit against his relatives over ... Read more...

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Soumitra Sen: Celebrity lawyer, judge’s downhill journey

August 19th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) From being hailed as an authority in constitutional matters during his almost three decade-long legal career to becoming the first member of the judiciary against ... Read more...

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Maid sues Strauss-Kahn over hotel encounter

August 9th, 2011 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS

New York, Aug 9 (IANS) The New York hotel maid accusing the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape has filed a civil suit ... Read more...

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Ex-Egyptian bank chief pleads guilty of sex abuse

June 25th, 2011 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS

New York, June 25 (IANS) Former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria here Friday pleaded guilty of sexually abusing a maid, Xinhua reported.Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, 74, was charged ... Read more...

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Man sentenced in Cowbell assault case

May 5th, 2011 - 1:59 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt

Starkville, May 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for assaulting another person with a cowbell. The judge also ordered the accused to pay a fine ... Read more...

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Court declines to stay release of ‘Chalo Dilli’

April 27th, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday declined the plea of prominent music composer Anandji Virji Shah for staying the release of tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi's ... Read more...

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Court restricts cable operators from showing ‘Thank You’

April 7th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday restrained cable operators nationwide from distributing, telecasting and broadcasting the forthcoming release "Thank You" and/or otherwise infringing the copyright, ... Read more...

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Items from Machu Picchu return to Peru after nearly a century

March 31st, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS

Lima, March 31 (IANS/EFE) A first batch of nearly 400 Machu Picchu objects arrived here Wednesday from Yale University almost 100 years after they were taken away from the ... Read more...

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Oksana to file civil suit against Mel Gibson

March 14th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt

Los Angeles, Mar 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Oksana Grigorieva according to TMZ.com is planning to sue Mel Gibson for emotional distress, battery, defamation and others.Gibson recently pleaded no contest to charges relating to ... Read more...

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Malaysian Indian loses court appeal over LTTE link charge

March 10th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS

Kuala Lumpur, March 10 (IANS) A Malaysian Indian activist accused of having links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has lost his defamation appeal before a court.One ... Read more...

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Split verdict in army firing compensation case

March 9th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS

Gandhinagar, March 9 (IANS) An appeal seeking compensation for the death of a man due to "negligent firing by army personnel" during riots in Gujarat in 1985 has been referred ... Read more...

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Sikh group to challenge diplomatic immunity for Kamal Nath

January 27th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS

By Arun Kumar Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) A Sikh community group says it will challenge any effort by the Indian government to get diplomatic immunity for Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath for his ... Read more...

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Anti-Sikh riot case: Legal process on Kamal Nath role still unfolding: US

January 25th, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI

Washington, Jan.25 (ANI): The United States States has said that it is closely following developments related to a civil suit filed against India's Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath.Briefing newspersons here on Monday, ... Read more...

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US reviewing immunity for Kamal Nath in 1984 Sikh riots case

January 25th, 2011 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS

By Arun Kumar Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) The United States is still reviewing whether Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, who has been summoned by a New York court for his alleged role ... Read more...

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Jackson’s doctor faces death charge

January 4th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS

London, Jan 4 (IANS) The doctor accused of being responsible for late pop legend Michael Jackson's death is due to appear in a Los Angeles court to face a charge of ... Read more...

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Chhattisgarh minister sends notice to Congress legislator

December 16th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS

Raipur, Dec 17 (IANS) A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister in Chhattisgarh has sent a legal notice to a Congress legislator after the latter alleged that he had tried to ... Read more...

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Kin of New York victims file Mumbai terror attack civil suit against ISI, Laskar-e-Toiba

November 23rd, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI

New York, Nov.23 (ANI): Relatives of two New Yorkers murdered at a Hasidic center during the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, have filed a civil suit against Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency ... Read more...

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California man thrown out of San Diego airport for refusing full-body scan, pat down

November 16th, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by BNO News

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- An Oceanside, California man on Saturday morning was thrown out of the San Diego International Airport after he refused a full-body scan and threatened a security ... Read more...

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British Government to track every mail and website visit

October 21st, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt

London, Oct 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Citizens in Britain are bracing themselves up for a possible “Big Brother” peep on their calls, email and even the website they visit.The new coalition government in ... Read more...

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NY University Club a hotbed of ‘relentless sexual harassment’

October 17th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI

New York, Oct 17 (ANI): A Manhattan jury described the University Club as a hotbed of 'relentless sexual harassment' for six young waitresses, who were victimised by their boss.Banquet captain Mel Guzman, ... Read more...

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Hearing on plea for delaying Ayodhya verdict put off (Third Lead)

September 22nd, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday deferred the hearing on a petition seeking to restrain the Allahabad High Court from pronouncing its verdict Sep 24 on a title suit ... Read more...

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