Kim wants to destroy Kris Humphries!
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, March 22 (IANS) Basketball star Kris Humphries' lawyers claim that his former wife Kim Kardashian is trying to damage his reputation.In a statement by Kris' lawyer, which was ... Read more...
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Rights group demands probe into Assam starvation deaths
February 9th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) A human rights group in Assam has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge for a probe into ... Read more...
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New doubts arise over Amy Winehouse’s inquest
February 1st, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Amy Winehouse’s official inquest may be declared invalid because the Coroner who carried the procedure was not qualified to do so. Suzanne Greenaway carried out the inquest ... Read more...
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Bankers to discuss cyber security
January 26th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Bankers and cyber experts will meet here Friday to discuss securing electronic banking transactions and improving customer convenience, an official said.The seminar 'Banking on e-Security - ... Read more...
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Analysts feel that Mississippi personhood law goes too far
November 9th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mississippi, Nov 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Voters in Mississippi will be given the opportunity to define who can be classified as a person. Pro-life and pro-abortion groups have often argued about whether a ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Internet content control rule has industry backing
August 3rd, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The internet content rule that allows telecom companies and blogging sites to remove "objectionable" content from the web without informing the users were framed by ... Read more...
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Return of Singur land welcomed, but CPI-M opposes ordinance
June 10th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Barring the CPI-M and its ally RSP, political parties in West Bengal Friday welcomed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision to return 400 acres of land ... Read more...
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New content control rules leave netizens sore
May 11th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) In the age of internet-fuelled information explosion, the government's new rule allowing telecom companies and blogging sites, among others, to remove "objectionable" content from the ... Read more...
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Chinese monk’s self-immolation was planned: Police
April 23rd, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr 23 (ANI): Police in China's Aba county have claimed that the self-immolation by a Kirti Monastery monk last month was planned and aimed at triggering disturbances.Rigzin Phuntsog, a 16-year-old monk ... Read more...
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No nepotism, need experts in panel for Lokpal Bill: Hazare (Roundup)
April 10th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Denying any differences among activist leaders, veteran social reformer Anna Hazare Sunday said that the process of drafting the Lokpal Bill needed experienced people ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
No nepotism in Lokpal panel, says Hazare as Ramdev retracts (Lead)
April 10th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's allegation of nepotism in forming the Lokpal Bill drafting committee was Sunday denied by social activist Anna Hazare, who said he ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Ramdev retracts, says also wanted Kiran Bedi on panel
April 10th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Sunday backtracked on his allegation of nepotism in the formation of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, saying he was not unhappy ... Read more...
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No nepotism in Lokpal Bill panel, says Hazare
April 10th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Rejecting allegations of nepotism in selecting the five civil society members on the joint drafting panel of the Lokpal Bill, social activist Anna Hazare Sunday ... Read more...
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50 percent women married as minors: Experts
March 28th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors - children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, ... Read more...
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Two US law experts meet Davis, discuss legal issues in double murder case
March 6th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 6(ANI): The US government has reportedly assigned two American legal experts to defend double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who is being tried in an additional district and sessions court ... Read more...
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Two US law experts reach Lahore to provide legal assistance to Davis
March 5th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 5(ANI): Two US law experts arrived in Lahore on Saturday to provide legal assistance to double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis.According to sources, the American law experts will meet Davis ... Read more...
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Wyclef Jean can’t appeal electoral decision, say Haitian law experts
August 25th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 25 (ANI): Haitian musician Wyclef Jean, who is looking towards a political career, has learned he can't appeal a decision that has restricted him from taking part in his native ... Read more...
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Need for national policy on cyber security: Experts
July 2nd, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Cyber law experts from India and abroad Thursday urged the government to unveil a national policy on cyber security as well as make cyber crimes non-bailable to ... Read more...
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Public servants ’spend 8482 hours a year on Twitter’: Kiwi study
June 27th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, June 27 (ANI): Public servants spend at least 8482 hours a year on Twitter, according to a study by Dominion Post.This is equivalent of a year's work for four ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Public servants ’spend 8482 hours a year on Twitter’
June 27th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, June 27 (ANI): Public servants spend at least 8482 hours a year on Twitter, according to a study by Dominion Post.This is equivalent of a year's work for four ... Read more...
Posted in World |
UN to investigate laws against HIV-infected people
June 24th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, June 24 (DPA) The United Nations launched a commission Thursday to investigate punitive laws that harm global efforts to respond to the decades-old HIV epidemic.
The commission will "help restore the dignity ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Trinidad PM invited for law conference in India
June 11th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Paras Ramoutar
Port-of-Spain, June 11 (IANS) Trinidad and Tobago's newly elected Indian-origin Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been invited to attend an international law conference to be held in New Delhi next ... Read more...
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Hafiz Saeed’s release disappointing: Krishna
May 28th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday expressed disappointment over the Pakistan Supreme Court releasing from house arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded the 26/11 ... Read more...
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Dhaka to enact law to make jute use compulsory
May 23rd, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 23 (IANS) Bangladesh is set to enact a law to make use of jute compulsory in packaging certain commodities, taking a cue from a 1987 law enacted by India -- ... Read more...
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Supreme Court restricts Juvenile life sentences saying that it is cruel
May 18th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, May 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday, that juvenile life sentence is cruel and unusual punishment for young offenders who have not committed murder. They ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Law experts say Pak Interior Minister Malik could be arrested
May 17th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 17 (ANI): Law experts have said that there is a possibility of police arresting Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik after sentences pronounced by an accountability court were restored by the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Clarke ’seeking legal advice to protect fortune from Bingle’
March 12th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, March 12 (ANI): Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke is believed to be seeking legal advice to protect his multi-million dollar fortune if he decides to break up with fiancee Lara Bingle over ... Read more...
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Jordan’s marriage to Alex Reid dubbed illegal
March 7th, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 7 (ANI): Jordan's month-old marriage to Alex Reid has been dubbed illegal after the minister who conducted the ceremony was found without a proper licence.Jordan's wedding certificate bears the sign ... Read more...
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Lawyers, activists seek ban on Japanese ‘rape game’
November 10th, 2009 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Child rights activists and cyber law experts have together demanded a ban on Rapelay -- a Japanese video game that challenges a player to rape women.
The protesters ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Ted Kennedys knighthood plans unconstitutional?
March 6th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 6 (ANI): Critics have pointed out that Senator Ted Kennedy''s knighthood is unconstitutional according to the Article I Section 9 of the US constitution. Article I Section 9 of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Cyber Law In India: Where Are We Heading To?
February 14th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by VKS
Cyber security is a big challenge for India. The government of India is not only unaware about the basics of cyber security but is also adamant about not bringing suitable changes. Whatever ... Read more...
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Passenger sues airline for giving him too much booze!
December 18th, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18 (ANI): A passenger has filed a lawsuit against an airline for serving him so much alcohol that led him to beat up his wife.Yoichi Shimamoto has sued United ... Read more...
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Zardari to decide on Musharrafs impeachment
June 10th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 10 (ANI): Pakistan Law Minister Farooq Naik has said that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will decide whether an impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf should be brought in ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
GII: A group that tracks Indian cyberspace
June 9th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Frederick Noronha
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) Does India have too many "cyber law experts"? What's wrong with the Blackberry service in India? How is BSNL's IPO shaping up? These and several such ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Poll panel split on Sharifs’ elegibility to contest by-polls
May 31st, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by admin
By Muhammad Najeeb
Lahore, May 31 (IANS) A two-member Election Tribunal Saturday delivered a split verdict on former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif's eligibility to contest the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |