New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna was on Saturday sent to 14-day judicial custody. Balkrishna was arrested on Friday in a fake passport case after he failed to appear at a Dehradun court. The court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him. Balkrishna is accused of using fake documents to procure a passport. ...
02:55 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Hyderabad: In a stunning claim, an Andhra Pradesh lower court judge arrested in the cash-for-bail scam, has said that a whopping Rs 100 crore was offered by relatives of former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy to secure bail for him. In a confessional statement to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), K Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, Chief Judge of Small Causes Court, said Dasaradharami Reddy, a relative of Gali Janardhana...
10:28 PM, Jul 20, 2012
London: Beloved classics like Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wuthering Heights' are getting a steamy makeover following the success of EL James' erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. An enterprising publisher has decided to release a raunchy remix of the classics under 'Clandestine Classics' collection where the old texts have been twisted to include more racy scenes. The publisher is free to adapt the classics as the...
07:02 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: Upset over the ruling of a Pakistani court on the 26/11 case, India on Tuesday said evidence collected by a Pakistani judicial commission here had evidential value to punish those involved in the worst ever terrorist attack in the country. "Our belief is that the evidence collected by the Commission is of evidential value," Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters. He was reacting to the ruling of a...
03:00 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of 26/11 Mumbai attack suspects on Tuesday ruled that the report of a commission that visited India to question key witnesses was illegal. The anti-terror court said the commission's report will not be made part of the evidence against the Mumbai attack accused. The judicial commission had visited India in March and held a close-door meeting in Mumbai with special public prosecutor...
12:24 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Jalandhar: A local court today sent Jaswant Singh, an accused in African student assault case, to 14-day judicial custody. Police have produced Jaswant Singh alias Bantu before court after completion of his two-day police remand from where the court has sent him to 14 days judicial custody, sources said. Another accuse Harsh Gosain, who has surrendered before a court on Wednesday evening, will be produced on Monday. "We have arrested...
12:46 AM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Going by statistics, it will be very difficult for India's lone judoka Garima Chaudhary to even end up with a top-five finish leave alone a medal at the London Olympics. But in contact sports, there are times when lesser known individuals have punched above their weight to spring surprises and the 22-year-old Meerut girl will try to do the same in the 63kg weight category. Not many people,...
12:57 PM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: Little known Garima Chaudhary from Meerut, the sole judoka representing India at the London Olympics, feels winning a gold medal is not a far-fetched dream for her. The 22-year-old qualified for the Olympics in the 63 kg weight category, based on the latest rankings released by International Judo Federation (IJF) May 6. Garima, who is ranked 88th in the world, secured the continental quota spot along with Turkmenistan's...
09:35 AM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of India losing an arbitration case against an Australian company over delayed judicial decisions, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday emphasised on the need to improve the "structure" of the courts. "White Industries' arbitration against Coal India went against us. I don't believe that our system had in any deliberate, conscious way tried to give less than the equal treatment that all litigants deserve...
05:15 PM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: Where has all the creativity gone, wonder television viewers who find that an increasing number of soaps have annoyingly familiar stories, taken from one Bollywood blockbuster or the other. From 'Kya Hua Tera Vaada' to 'Hitler Didi', many serials are taking a cue from the movies, whipping up storylines and adding some small screen flavour to keep the track going for as long as possible. The twists and...
01:19 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Mumbai: When it comes to ad filmmaking, Gauri Shinde doesn't need any guidance. But for her first feature film English Vinglish, which marks Sridevi's comeback to the big screen, she takes useful tips from her husband, director R Balki, as he has already proved his mettle with Cheeni Kum and Paa. "I started directing even before R Balki started. I have been directing for years now. I was an ad...
11:22 AM, Jul 04, 2012
It's been over 17 months since the central probe agency registered the FIR naming 14 people. ...
12:28 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: The elder sister of Bhanwari Devi on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of the murder case out of Rajasthan, claiming that the witnesses were being threatened. Though she did not name anyone, but alleged that the case will not get a fair hearing in Rajasthan. After hearing the petition, the apex court issued notice to the CBI and the Rajasthan government. Earlier, accused Kailash Jakhar,...
01:33 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the Adarsh Housing Society scam, saying the allotment of land in Mumbai city is governed by the Government Resolution of 1999 and Directions from the Chief Minister's Office, both of which clearly state that for allotment of land in Mumbai city, the approval has to come from the CM. Chavan was the revenue minister...
12:44 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Croatia's Ivo Karlovic called Wimbledon's credibility into question and accused line judges of bias after he was foot-faulted "11 times" in his second-round defeat by Andy Murray on Thursday. The big-serving Croat lost 7-5 6-7 6-2 7-6 to the British fourth seed, but was unhappy with the way officials persistently penalised him for foot-faulting in a tight match on Centre Court. Karlovic said the officials were influenced by the fact...
12:22 PM, Jun 29, 2012
New Delhi: YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's judicial custody ends on Monday. The CBI is expected to seek further custody as they claim he hasn't been cooperating during questioning. He may get bail. Jagan was arrested on the May 27 in an alleged illegal assets case. The Kadapa MP says in the bail plea that he has never interfered with CBI's investigation or influenced any witnesses since the FIR...
07:26 AM, Jun 25, 2012
London: No matter what David Nalbandian achieves in his career, it is unlikely he will ever forget a moment of madness that left a linesman bloodied, an angry crowd feeling short-changed and an opponent bewildered. The Argentine has long had a reputation for being a hot-head, and 10 years after being thrown out of the Vina del Mar tournament in Chile for hurling a torrent of verbal abuse at a...
09:54 AM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: Rejecting allegations of corruption levelled by Team Anna, Law Minister Salman Khurshid has hit back saying it is difficult to concede them the "monopoly of patriotism and honesty" and advised Anna Hazare that there was still time to bring his movement to the "legitimate" path. In a stinging letter to Anna Hazare, Khurshid, who is among the 13 ministers against whom Team Ann had sought a probe, said...
03:16 AM, Jun 15, 2012
The Federation of International Cricketers Association CEO Tim May had threatened to take legal action over the non payment of dues. ...
12:47 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Kochi: Describing Indian judiciary as a very 'valuable' institution, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday stressed the need to strengthen it to combat corruption rather than substituting judges. "... by strengthening the profile and position of Indian judges and not by substituting judges by anyone else can corruption be fought," he said while speaking on 'Building a Corruption free India' as part of the fifth KS Rajamony memorial lecture at...
02:30 AM, Jun 12, 2012
