Andhra minister’s remark angers bureaucrats
July 15th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 15 (IANS) Serving and retired bureaucrats in Andhra Pradesh are up in arms against a state minister's reported remark that officials who have no commitment to their work ... Read more...
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Ranbaxy settles issue with US health regulator
December 21st, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Dec 21 (IANS) Drug firm Ranbaxy Wednesday said it
has inked an agreement with the US health regulator for lifting a ban on import of drugs from its two facilities ... Read more...
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Pakistani parliament passes two bills for protection of women
December 13th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) Pakistani parliament's upper house, the Senate, Monday unanimously passed two landmark bills meant to protect women from negative customs and traditions and seeking severe punishments for ... Read more...
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Apex court suggests fine in cheque bounce cases
October 15th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has suggested that the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, could be amended so that a convict in a cheque bounce case is made ... Read more...
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Probe demanded into Goa land scam with Margaret Alva links
October 15th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 15 (IANS) The Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) has demanded a high level probe into a massive industrial plot allotment scandal by a state government-run industrial corporation, in ... Read more...
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Sukna land scam: Rath challenges revision order (Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 11 (IANS) The general court martial (GCM), which convicted former 33 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath in the Sukna land scam in West Bengal, reassembled here Monday ... Read more...
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Greece to ban animals in circuses
March 31st, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, March 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Greece is to ban circuses from using animals.The government has suggested an amendment in the law on animal rights that will increase the criminal liability ... Read more...
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Scottish lawyer advocates prosecuting men who knowingly wed forced-marriage girls
September 18th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, Sept 18 (ANI): Men who marry women even after knowing that their spouses had been forced into wedlock by their parents should be prosecuted, while criminalizing parents would defeat the very ... Read more...
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Companies Bill to factor in apex court verdict on Bhopal tragedy
September 2nd, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said the directive of the Supreme Court on a curative petition on the Bhopal gas tragedy will have to be "factored in" ... Read more...
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Ready to discuss modifications to n- bill: Chavan (Lead)
August 24th, 2010 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The government Monday said it was ready to consider and accept modifications to the civil nuclear liability bill to end the stalemate over passage of the ... Read more...
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CII rallies behind Keshub Mahindra on Bhopal gas verdict
June 23rd, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Industrialist Keshub Mahindra, found guilty of criminal laxity with six others in the Bhopal gas disaster, Wednesday found support from an apex chamber that wanted changes in ... Read more...
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Bhopal report ready with Anderson extradition recommendation (Lead)
June 21st, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The ministerial panel on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has recommended in its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson's ... Read more...
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Bhopal panel to submit report Monday
June 21st, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The ministerial panel on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is due to submit its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later Monday with key recommendations on ... Read more...
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Bhopal Tragedy: GoM likely to seek Anderson’s extradition
June 20th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): The Group of Ministers on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is likely to recommend filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to fix criminal ... Read more...
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Nuke liability bill meant to fulfill commitment to US: Karat
June 16th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The nuclear liability bill introduced in parliament is meant to safeguard the interests of the US companies who will supply reactors to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist ... Read more...
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Need law to fix liability for disasters: Chavan
June 8th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A legislation for fixing civil and criminal liability in case of disasters like the Bhopal gas tragedy is urgently needed, Minister of State for Science and Technology ... Read more...
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Bhopal verdict a travesty of justice: CPI-M
June 8th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday described the verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy as a "travesty of justice" that showed how the American suppliers and ... Read more...
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BJP to government: Reconsider n-bill in view of Bhopal
June 7th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Describing the Bhopal gas verdict as "painful", the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday linked it to the civil nuclear liability bill and said the government should reconsider ... Read more...
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Court orders Rs.6 lakh relief for kin
June 5th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has awarded a compensation of over Rs.6 lakh to the widow of a man who died in the Tihar Jail here in 2007.
Justice ... Read more...
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Tidal wave killed 100 in Chile: Report
April 12th, 2010 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, April 12 (IANS/EFE) At least 100 people were killed by the tsunami that hit coastal areas in central and southern Chile after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake Feb 27, the La Tercera ... Read more...
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Opposition to nuclear liability bill ‘unfounded’, says Congress
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Defending the nuclear liability bill which is facing stiff opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left parties, the Congress said Monday that their stand ... Read more...
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Supreme Court asks Gujarat to pay relief to Sohrabuddin’s kin (Lead)
August 11th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Gujarat government to pay Rs.1 million in ex-gratia to the mother and three brothers of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was wrongly ... Read more...
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Paying bank loan doesn’t absolve one of fraud: apex court
April 11th, 2009 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ruled that a person accused of having availed a bank loan through cheating, forgery or criminal conspiracy with bank officials would ... Read more...
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Kidney racket: CBI likely to invoke stronger law
February 29th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is planning to invoke the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of illegal transplant ... Read more...
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Apex court snubs one of its judges, revokes his ruling
February 21st, 2008 - 11:45 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday snubbed one of its judges by scrapping his controversial direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to restore the provision of anticipatory bail in ... Read more...
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Supreme Court refuses to stop Nasscom chief’s trial
February 21st, 2008 - 11:17 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday refused for the second time to stop National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) chief Som Mittal's prosecution for his alleged failure ... Read more...
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Apex court snubs one of its judges, revokes his ruling
February 21st, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday snubbed one of its judges by scrapping his controversial direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to restore the provision of anticipatory bail in ... Read more...
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