London: Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardising extraditions to many neighbouring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued on Thursday. On the final day of hearings to determine whether the Australian is freed from house arrest in Britain or flown out to face Swedish investigators, Clare Montgomery told the justices they could set a legal...
12:14 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: A 'disappointed' British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he would do 'everything he can' to 'encourage' India to reconsider its decision to acquire 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets instead of the UK-backed Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. "The decision is obviously disappointing. Of course, I will do everything I can, as I have already, to encourage the Indians to look at Typhoon," he said. Manufacturers of the Eurofighter Typhoon...
09:49 AM, Feb 02, 2012
London: A "disappointed" British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said he would do "everything he can" to "encourage" India to reconsider its decision to acquire 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets instead of the UK-backed Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. "Of course, I will do everything I can, as I have already, to encourage the Indians to look at Typhoon," Cameron told Parliament, a day after India announced that it will opt...
09:24 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Paris: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday said that he welcomed a decision by India's government to enter into "exclusive negotiations" with France's Dassault for the purchase of 126 Rafale jet fighter planes. In a statement, Sarkozy said talks over the contract would begin shortly, adding that the deal would include significant transfers of technology guaranteed by the French state. Dassault Aviation confirmed earlier that its fighter plane had been...
01:29 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: French company Dassault Aviation's Rafale has won the $10.4 billion deal to supply 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) to the Indian Air Force (IAF). According to sources, Rafale won the multi-billion dollar deal as it was found to be similar to the French Mirage 2000 fighter jet, which is already being operated by the IAF. Rafale beat the Eurofighter Typhoon to bag the deal. Rafale was preferred...
05:35 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Chennai: A civil group spearheading the protest against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) called off talks with the central government-appointed experts panel after the former's members were assaulted in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, an activist said. "We have no faith in the talks. None of the questions we had asked were answered and the documents we had asked were not presented to us. Meanwhile, our members have...
03:21 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roughed up the husband of his former best friend at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt to celebrate the success of his film Agneepath, conflicting accounts are emerging from various eyewitnesses of what really happened at the posh Juhu lounge where many of Bollywood's A-listers were present. Both Shirish Kunder and Khan were nonchalant following the altercation. Khan...
02:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roughed up the husband of his former best friend at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt to celebrate the success of his film Agneepath, conflicting accounts are emerging from various eyewitnesses of what really happened at the posh Juhu lounge where many of Bollywood's A-listers were present. Both Shirish Kunder and Khan were nonchalant following the altercation. Khan...
02:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New York: Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon appeared in a New York court for a pre-trial hearing. The Indian-born designer is accused of sex crimes against 12 women and girls. He was arrested in 2007 and has been sentenced to a minimum of 59 years in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14-years-old. The designer has maintained his innocence in all cases. ...
10:16 AM, Jan 21, 2012
London: Britain's Supreme Court said on Friday it had agreed to hear WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations. The court said a panel of three judges had considered a written submission and granted a two-day appeal beginning on February 1, meaning there is no prospect of Assange being sent to Stockholm until at least next year. In a statement, the court said it...
06:23 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: In a bizarre incident in the Capital, the director of an entertainment company was allegedly thrashed by its chairman, and threatened of rape, when she demanded her due salary. The victim, Jennifer (name changed on request), is a resident of Greater Kailash and has been working as director with an entertainment company situated in Malviya Nagar. The accused, identified as Bharat Kumar Bharmer, has been arrested. A senior...
11:58 AM, Nov 23, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to stave off his extradition to Sweden over sex-crime allegations, filing papers to see if he can win an audience and appeal to Britain's highest court. In the latest twist in Assange's year-long extradition battle, Britain's Judicial Office said Assange filed an application for the chance to persuade judges he should be allowed one last appeal in the Supreme...
08:27 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Ranchi: Two FIRs were on Wednesday registered at Ranchi Sadar police station in connection with assault on former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda inside a central jail in Ranchi on Monday. The police, on the basis of Koda's complaint lodged on Monday against the jail administration and unknown men, registered the FIR under various IPC sections like voluntarily causing hurt, voluntarily causing grievous hurt and wrongfully restraining any person, the...
12:07 AM, Nov 03, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will get to know on November 2 whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct in that country, the court hearing the case in London said on Friday. Lawyers for Assange, 40, have insisted that his extradition to Sweden would be "unfair and unlawful". He is wanted in Sweden to answer accusations of raping one woman and sexually molesting and...
06:37 PM, Oct 28, 2011
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