Court bars Indian maid from pursuing case in US
March 17th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has restrained an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged "ill-treatment" by an Indian consulate employee in the ... Read more...
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Maid case: Court reserves order on government plea (Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief ... Read more...
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Court wants contract between Indian maid, government
March 13th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the central government for a copy of the contract signed with an Indian domestic help who was working with ... Read more...
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Government wants curbs on maid’s claim case in US (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to restrain an Indian maid, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged ill-treatment by an ... Read more...
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Maid case: India awaits final verdict
February 24th, 2012 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/New York, Feb 24 (IANS) India said Friday it will await the final verdict on the recommendation of a US judge that an Indian housemaid be paid nearly $1.5 ... Read more...
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Indian diplomat asked to pay $1.5 mn to abused housemaid
February 24th, 2012 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) A New York judge has recommended that a young Indian housemaid deserves nearly $1.5 million for her "barbaric treatment" at the hands of an Indian ... Read more...
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Former IMF chief gets bail, placed under home detention
May 20th, 2011 - 5:58 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 20 (IANS) A New York Judge granted bail Thursday for $1 million to former International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn charged with sexual assaulting a ... Read more...
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Freed 7/7 bombers’ helper supported killings of Americans
March 10th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.10 (ANI): Pakistani origin American terrorist Mohammed Junaid Babar expressed his support for violence against the United States in "occupied" Muslim countries at the time of his early release in ... Read more...
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Indian American jewellers found guilty of movie-style robbery
March 5th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 5 (IANS) Two Indian-American jewellers have been found guilty of staging a fake heist straight out of the movie "Snatch" to get a $7 million insurance payout.The ... Read more...
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US releases jihadist who trained 7/7 bombers after serving less than five of seventy year sentence
February 14th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 14 (ANI): Mohammed Junaid Babar, an American jihadist who had taught the process of making explosives to the 2005 London suicide bombers in his training camp, has reportedly ... Read more...
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Uma Thurman’s stalker sent to jail for more creepy calls
December 18th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 18 (ANI): Uma Thurman's stalker has been sent to jail by a New York judge over more creepy calls to the actress.Jack Jordan was dispatched to Rikers Island after ... Read more...
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Dina Lohan to appear on the Today show yet again
November 8th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Nov 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Matt Lauer has managed to convince Dina Lohan to appear on the “Today” show on Monday. The show will be aired on Monday morning and Dina ... Read more...
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Anand Jon gets a break in sex assault case
October 14th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 14 (IANS) A New York judge has dismissed some charges against Indian-American fashion designer Anand Jon, who is accused of rape and sexual abuse against several women including ... Read more...
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Bob Marley family loses copyright fight with Universal Music Group
September 15th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 15 (ANI): Bob Marley's family has lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late singer's best-known recordings.New York Judge Denise Cote ruled Universal Music Group (UMG) owned ... Read more...
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New York judge slapped with child porn charges
August 29th, 2010 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 29 (IANS) A former Manhattan criminal court judge is being probed after child porn images were found in his office computer, a media report said.
Pictures of naked teenage girls ... Read more...
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Saggy Pants Not A Crime Says New York Judge
July 30th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
July 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A New York judge has ruled in favor of saggy pants and said that though it is foolish, it is not a crime in the state. ... Read more...
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Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady’s wedding shooting lawsuit dismissed
May 28th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 28 (ANI): A lawsuit filed against supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her husband Tom Brady over an alleged shooting incident at the couple's Costa Rica wedding has been dismissed by a ... Read more...
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Cameron Douglas Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail
April 21st, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Hollywood actor and producer, Michael Douglas, was present at court yesterday. There, he sat and viewed his 31-year-old son, Cameron Douglas, being awarded a ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne joins Twitter before sentencing
February 23rd, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Rapper Lil Wayne has launched his own blog on social networking site Twitter just eight days before he's due to report to jail.
Contactmusic.com reports that the "Lollipop" hitmaker, ... Read more...
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Satyam’s Raju declared pauper by US court
January 28th, 2010 - 9:22 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 28 (IANS) A US court has declared former Satyam Computers chairman Ramalinga Raju, who last year was jailed after admitting to falsifying his company's accounts by ... Read more...
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Judge refuses to toss out Letterman case
January 20th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A New York judge has refused to toss out the David Letterman case, in which a TV producer was trying to extort money from him. ... Read more...
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David Letterman ‘extortionist’ to stand trial
January 20th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 20 (ANI): The producer accused of trying to extort money out of comedian David Letterman over his sexual affairs with female staff will be forced to stand trial.TV producer Robert ... Read more...
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New Google Books settlement restricts scale of project
November 14th, 2009 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New York/Hamburg, Nov 14 (DPA) Google has reached a new, more limited agreement with the US publishers over the Internet search giant's project to make millions of digitalised books available online.
The new ... Read more...
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Letterman extortion plot: Accused asks judge to dismiss case
November 11th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 11 (ANI): The man accused of trying to extort money out of comedian David Letterman over his sexual affairs with female staffers has asked a New York judge to dismiss ... Read more...
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New start for GM as it exits bankruptcy
July 11th, 2009 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 10 (DPA) Troubled US carmaker General Motors was given a new lease of life Friday, exiting a 40-day bankruptcy process.
GM signed the deal that would transfer its best assets ... Read more...
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GM close to bankruptcy exit, sale to government
July 10th, 2009 - 4:01 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 10 (DPA) US carmaker General Motors could exit bankruptcy in record time and come under the control of the US government by the end of this week, as ... Read more...
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Madoff gets 150 years for US’s biggest financial fraud (Lead)
June 30th, 2009 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 29 (DPA) Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of biggest financial fraud in American history, was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison, the maximum sentence possible,
New York Judge ... Read more...
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Will intimate Madonna-Ritchie divorce details be aired in public?
February 21st, 2009 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Speculation is rife that intimate details of the Madonna-Guy Ritchie divorce could be aired in court.
Mirror.co.uk reports that a New York judge is expected to rubber-stamp the couple's ... Read more...
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Court stops Heidi Klum’’s Project Runway over airing rights
September 30th, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 30 (ANI): German supermodel Heidi Klums hit reality TV design contest Project Runway has been stopped from moving to America''s Lifetime network by a New York judge, because of ... Read more...
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Borat deception charges thrown out by US judge
September 11th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 11 (ANI): A US judge has dismissed legal claims by a driving instructor and two etiquette teachers who accused the makers of Borat of deceiving them.New York judge Loretta ... Read more...
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50 cent granted visitation rights with son
September 9th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept 9 (ANI): Rapper 50 cent has been allowed to spend weekends with his 11-year-old son, while he fights custody case with his ex-lover Shaniqua Tompkins.The New York judge ... Read more...
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Harry Potter author wins lexicon copyright claim
September 9th, 2008 - 4:31 am ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 9 (DPA) Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won her battle to prevent publication of a Harry Potter lexicon after a New York judge Monday ruled that the planned ... Read more...
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Harry Potter encyclopaedia delayed
November 14th, 2007 - 10:29 am ICT by admin
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