Indore: Taking cognisance of a complaint made by an accused in the Samjhauta Express blast case that he was unlawfully detained and subjected to torture, a local court in Depalpur town has issued a warrant directing the Ambala Jail Superintendent to produce him in the court on June 11 next. The accused Kamal Chouhan had alleged that he was kept in illegal custody from February 10-13 and subjected to torture....
02:24 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: After noting instances of delay in attending to graft cases by certain departments, the Central Vigilance Commission has decided to modify its policy to ensure timely resolution of complaints on corruption. Officials said the anti-corruption watchdog is devising ways by which citizens' grievances can be handled effectively and in time. "The CVC has decided to slightly modify its complaints handling policy in such a manner which would make...
04:20 PM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: A criminal complaint was filed against NCP leader Jitendra Awhad on Sunday in a Thane court for filing a false affidavit ahead of the 2009 elections and not declaring the ownership of his flat in the Adarsh Housing Society in his 2009 affidavit. According to the complainant, Praveen Wategaonkar, the CBI provided him details of flat owners of Adarsh during the hearing of his PIL against money laundering....
09:48 AM, Mar 05, 2012
The Rushdie controversy continues to cloud Jaipur's Literature Festival. The author is unlikely to be given permission to mark his presence through video conferencing at the festival tomorrow. According to sources, the police may reject the organisers' request for Rushdie's video conference session citing law and order concerns. A police complaint was, meanwhile, filed against organisers and the 4 authors who read from the banned book Satanic Verses. ...
10:29 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom firms will have to set up complaint centres and web-based monitoring systems for their customers within 45 days as per the new consumer grievance redressal guidelines announced on Thursday by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The new rules come into force with immediate effect. Every service provider will have to ensure redressal of the complaints and service requests in accordance with the time-frame as specified...
10:11 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Lucknow: UP Lokayukta on Thursday dismissed complaint against Chief Minister Mayawati and her close aide Naseemuddin Siddiqui, accusing the Chief Minister of benefiting to the tune of Rs 250 crores in the liquor trade. He said no sufficient evidence was provided against Mayawati. However, he also added that even if there was an evidence against Mayawati he couldn't act against the Chief Minister since she is out of Lokayukta ambit....
05:03 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Lucknow: A complaint has been filed before the UP Lokayukta against Chief Minister Mayawati and her close aide Naseemuddin Siddiqui. The complaint accuses Mayawati of involvement in liquor trade. The complaint says that the chief minister has benefited to the tune of Rs 250 crores in the liquor trade. Meanwhile, Siddiqui is already being probed by the Lokayukta in a separate case. The election scene in Uttar Pradesh has been...
01:36 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of complaints over appearance of porn star Sunny Leone in TV reality show 'Big Boss', the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has asked TV channel Colors to ensure that she does not use the programme to promote her 'pornography business'. Sources said that the issue was discussed at a meeting of the BCCC on Friday where several complaints regarding Leone's appearance on the TV show...
02:39 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Seoul: Samsung Electronics has filed new claims in its patent war with Apple Inc over alleged patent infringements in Germany, a spokesman for the company said on Monday. The tech giant added four patents to its ongoing infringement case related to the telecommunications standard technology WCDMA for 3G mobile handsets, which was filed in April, the spokesman said. The four new complaints, including use of emoticons, come as the worldwide...
10:31 AM, Dec 19, 2011
Greater Noida: A court in Noida has registered a complaint case on charges of dacoity, intimidation, hurt and mischief on the application of four women from Bhatta Parsaul village of Greater Noida, a lawyer said on Friday. The cases were linked to the violence allegedly perpetrated by police after the protests against land acquisition in May. On the complaint of Archna, wife of farmer Neeraj Malik, Kanti Devi, wife of...
12:29 AM, Dec 03, 2011
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government on Monday withdrew two defamation complaints filed against Chief Minister Jayalalitha by the previous DMK government. The court had on April 25 issued summons to Jayalalithaa asking her to appear before it on June 21 in connection with the defamation complaints. In the complaints, the government had accused her of allegedly issuing press statements which damaged and undermined the reputation of Karunanidhi (the then CM)....
09:59 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Hoshiarpur/Lucknow: Two separate complaints were on Wednesday filed in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh against Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh for allegedly calling Baba Ramdev a "thug". In Hoshiarpur, additional chief judicial magistrate Jaswinder Shimar accepted the complaint seeking registration of a criminal case under Sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 500 and 501 (defamation) against...
07:52 PM, Jun 08, 2011
Sydeny: Philip Roth, the much-lauded author of 'Portnoy's Complaint', won the biennial Man Booker International Prize on Wednesday, adding to a collection of prizes that includes two National Book Awards. Roth, whose work includes his noted 1959 debut 'Goodbye, Columbus', has also won the Pulitzer Prize for 'American Pastoral', featuring favoured narrator Nathan Zuckerman. In October, he told Reuters that he disliked e-books and the distracting influences of modern technology,...
02:02 PM, May 18, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom giant Bharti Airtel is on top when it comes to receiving customer complaints regarding billing and service related issues with 3,571 complaints filed in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. "TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has been receiving complaints against telecom service providers, alleging various problems which include billing, metering and tariff related issues and activation of chargeable value added services without...
12:55 PM, Mar 10, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Diplomat Anil Verma, accused of physically assaulting his second wife in London, has a history of domestic violence. Exclusive details accessed by CNN-IBN show that this was not the first time that Anil Verma has faced allegations of domestic violence. CNN IBN has accessed an FIR filed in 1998 by Vermas first wife alleging dowry harassment. Anil Verma's first wife had accused him of dowry harassment and...
07:44 PM, Jan 27, 2011
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