Cruel marriage law being misused, so don't rush to arrest: Centre to states

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.

Chinese parts in IAF encryption devices prompt security probe

Sunday 1 November '09

The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has ordered a high-level inquiry into the supply of encryption devices last year to the Indian Air Force...

Kalam accepted Govindasamy’s mercy plea in 2005, but Patil ignored letter

Saturday 31 October '09

On 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.

Govt to pardon first on mercy plea list

Friday 30 October '09

Clearing the first of the 28 pending mercy petitions before the President, the government has decided to pardon a murder convict, R Govindasamy....

Defence against Home’s dilution of AFSPA, Law told to redraft

Wednesday 28 October '09

Sharp 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....

Cutting backlog of cases top priority: Moily

Sunday 25 October '09

After 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....

Lights on, naturally

Sunday 25 October '09

A group of villages in Gurez, J&K, can finally turn off their diesel-guzzling generators, thanks to solar power....

Jharkhand polls in five phases from Nov 27

Saturday 24 October '09

Ending months of uncertainty, the Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for holding elections to the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly....

Secys to discuss China dam

Thursday 22 October '09

With Arunachal Pradesh and Assam raising the pitch over the reported construction of dams on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra....

Tainted person can’t be a judge: Moily

Thursday 22 October '09

In an apparent reference to Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing serious allegations....

PF scam: Asthana had complained of threat in letters, affidavit

Wednesday 21 October '09

Two contradictory affidavits, filed by Ashutosh Asthana, the main accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund (PF) scam, in a...

In affidavits, letters Asthana wrote he was under pressure

Wednesday 21 October '09

Two 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.

Need thorough probe into death of PF scam accused, says Moily

Tuesday 20 October '09

The mysterious death on Saturday of Ashutosh Asthana, main accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund (PF) scandal, has dealt a severe blow...

Twist in Justice Sen tale: Somnath writes to Ansari on ‘certain things’

Monday 19 October '09

In a fresh development in the Justice Soumitra Sen impeachment process, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has written...

No wrongdoing, open to any probe: Governor

Friday 16 October '09

Punjab Governor Gen S F Rodrigues (retd), who is also the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh....

Include PM and ministers in whistleblowers’ law, says panel

Wednesday 14 October '09

Cabinet of Secretaries orders revision of proposed Bill, wants it to be implemented by state govts too....

As PMO intervenes, changes in Foreign Education Providers Bill

Tuesday 13 October '09

The 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.....

New Bill to bring judges’ assets under RTI

Thursday 8 October '09

Law 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.

Kerala HC first to make assets of judges public

Tuesday 6 October '09

All 33 sitting judges of the Kerala High Court, including the Chief Justice, have posted details of their assets on the HC website.

UPA’s Bofors burial logic: we paid, so no case

Saturday 3 October '09

When the CBI files its application to close its case against Ottavio Quattrocchi today, it’s likely to introduce a new argument in the Bofors...

As states oppose, Bill to ban lottery shelved

Friday 2 October '09

Having 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...

Merkel wins 2nd term, this time with FDP

Monday 28 September '09

While 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.

Merkel confident of return, but allies undecided

Sunday 27 September '09

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger — ministerial colleague and Foreign Minister — Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic Party of Germany....

Germany could get a gay Foreign Minister

Saturday 26 September '09

Even as the debate over gay rights continues in India, Germany could soon have a Foreign Minister who is openly gay....

Anoushka ‘blackmailer’ arrested in Mumbai

Monday 21 September '09

The Delhi Police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to blackmail sitar player Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the...