Thursday 19 November '09
Embarrassed by the stand taken by its lawyer in Wednesday’s hearing in the Supreme Court of the RIL versus RNRL gas case...Tuesday 3 November '09
For years, there has been loud debate and even orders from courts to do away with or, at least, amend Section 498 A of IPC, which deals with the offence of matrimonial cruelty.Sunday
1 November '09The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has ordered a high-level inquiry into the supply of encryption devices last year to the Indian Air Force...Saturday
31 October '09On September 30, 2005, the then President A P J Abdul Kalam had accepted the mercy petition of R Govindasamy, who the Centre has now decided to pardon.Friday
30 October '09Clearing the first of the 28 pending mercy petitions before the President, the government has decided to pardon a murder convict, R Govindasamy....Wednesday
28 October '09Sharp differences between the Ministries of Home Affairs (MHA) and Defence over proposed amendments to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) have forced the Centre....Sunday
25 October '09After months of deliberation, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Saturday unveiled its Vision Statement for bringing down the backlog of cases and speeding up the justice delivery system....Sunday
25 October '09A group of villages in Gurez, J&K, can finally turn off their diesel-guzzling generators, thanks to solar power....Saturday
24 October '09Ending months of uncertainty, the Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for holding elections to the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly....Thursday
22 October '09With Arunachal Pradesh and Assam raising the pitch over the reported construction of dams on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra....Thursday
22 October '09In an apparent reference to Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing serious allegations....Wednesday
21 October '09Two contradictory affidavits, filed by Ashutosh Asthana, the main accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund (PF) scam, in a...Wednesday
21 October '09Two contradictory affidavits, filed by Ashutosh Asthana, the main accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund scam, in a space of less than three weeks show the kind of pressure that Asthana was under, especially from his co-accused.Tuesday
20 October '09The mysterious death on Saturday of Ashutosh Asthana, main accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund (PF) scandal, has dealt a severe blow...Monday
19 October '09In a fresh development in the Justice Soumitra Sen impeachment process, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has written...Friday
16 October '09Punjab Governor Gen S F Rodrigues (retd), who is also the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh....Wednesday
14 October '09Cabinet of Secretaries orders revision of proposed Bill, wants it to be implemented by state govts too....Tuesday
13 October '09The long-pending Foreign Education Providers Bill proposed to facilitate entry of foreign institutes in India is set to undergo changes after the PMO’s intervention.....Thursday
8 October '09Law Ministry will introduce a new bill making it mandatory for judges of the SC and the HCs to declare their assets on a regular basis to their respective Chief Justices.Tuesday
6 October '09All 33 sitting judges of the Kerala High Court, including the Chief Justice, have posted details of their assets on the HC website.Saturday
3 October '09When the CBI files its application to close its case against Ottavio Quattrocchi today, it’s likely to introduce a new argument in the Bofors...Friday
2 October '09Having failed to get major political parties as well as many state governments to agree to a plan to have a law banning lottery trade across the country...Monday
28 September '09While a formal announcement is expected to be made early next week, it is certain that Chancellor Angela Merkel would rule as head of a Black-Yellow alliance comprising the Christian Democratic Union.Sunday
27 September '09German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger — ministerial colleague and Foreign Minister — Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic Party of Germany....Saturday
26 September '09Even as the debate over gay rights continues in India, Germany could soon have a Foreign Minister who is openly gay....
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