Berkeley (California): A federal appeals court has said it cannot decide if California's gay marriage ban is constitutional until the state's highest court weighs in on whether Proposition 8's sponsors have the authority to defend the measure. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order asking the California Supreme Court to decide if ballot proposition backers can step in to defend voter-approved initiatives in...
11:03 AM, Jan 05, 2011
New Delhi: Congress, on Sunday amended its constitution to extend its party president's term to five years from the current three years. An amendment to this effect was passed at the 83rd Congress plenary which began in Burari on the fringes of the national capital. The resolution was moved by senior leader Oscar Fernandes and approved by other party leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence...
01:18 PM, Dec 19, 2010
New Delhi: Voicing concern over the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sought to reach out to the people there, saying their grievances have to be addressed and promised talks within the Indian Constitution with those who abjure violence. As his government weighs options to deal with the situation in Kashmir, Singh emphasised on the need for better delivery of services and generating avenues for...
03:58 PM, Sep 13, 2010
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Medical Council of India (Amendment) Bill without discussion as members were busy staging protests demanding more hike in their salaries. The MCI (Medical Council of India) bill entails reconstitution of the council within one year from the date of its replacement. Until then a board of governors will exercise the powers and perform the council's functions. The bill states that the...
06:22 PM, Aug 20, 2010
The Calcutta High Court says there is no provision for reservation on religious grounds in the Constitution. ...
06:48 PM, Jul 02, 2010
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The historic signing of the unanimously passed 18th Amendment into an act of parliament by President Asif Ali Zardari has been rightly described as the ...
12:29 PM, Apr 22, 2010
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It was "Benazir Day" as Pakistan's President Zardari in his address to the Parliament rightly said, "we are making history by restoring the 1973 Constitution ...
05:07 PM, Apr 11, 2010
President Zardari has backed the amendments, which still need the approval of the Senate. ...
08:46 PM, Apr 08, 2010
Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on women's reservation bill. ...
08:29 PM, Mar 14, 2010
If there is a hung Parliament who would the President call? ...
07:10 AM, May 11, 2009
There are more than two lakh undertrails lodged in various jails. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 22, 2009
The amendment gives powers to the President to dismiss the PM. ...
12:16 PM, Mar 19, 2009
Rs 7 cr is being spent on a restaurant, billiards room and spa. ...
08:28 PM, Dec 18, 2008
Once a legislation is passed, Putin will be allowed to serve 12 years not eight. ...
03:50 PM, Nov 13, 2008
Union Home Minister says he is for a federal agency to deal with terrorism. ...
12:12 AM, Jul 29, 2008
Wellington: Fast bowler Mark Gillespie, the comeback story of New Zealand's Test series against South Africa last summer, has missed out on a national contract for the next season. Gillespie was recalled to the New Zealand team for the second of its three Tests against South Africa in March after an absence of four years from the national squad. Gillespie ran through the South Africa top order in the second...
02:07 AM, Jun 02, 2008
Mohali: India's World Cup squad was greeted by a crowd of about 150 fans as they arrived at their first training session at the PCA Stadium ahead of Wednesday's much-hyped semifinal against Pakistan. The team was led off the bus by star batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Local hero Yuvraj Singh was the last to head into the stadium, but was the only player to stop to sign autographs. While the rest...
09:06 PM, Jan 08, 2008
Karachi: Exactly two years after the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan players made Pakistan a no-go zone for foreign teams, PCB is hoping that international cricket would return to the country with the Lankans and Zimbabwe showing interest in coming for tours. "One thing is clear if international cricket is to return to Pakistan later this year it will be an Asian or African cricket board that will have to...
11:07 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Melbourne: Australian batsman Michael Hussey was so upset by the selectors' decision to drop him from World Cup squad that he wanted to prove his fitness by playing in a Sheffield Shield fixture on Sunday only to be stopped by Cricket Australia, a report claimed. Hussey was dropped from the Australian World Cup squad as he had a surgery a month back to repair the hamstring tendon that ripped off...
09:49 PM, Dec 19, 2007
London: Kevin Pietersen must go back in time and start constructing his innings as he did at the start of his international career in order to ignite England's World Cup challenge, according to former team mate Geraint Jones. "In the World Cup you need your big guns to fire," Kent wicketkeeper-batsman Jones told Reuters in an interview. "Kevin did that for the Twenty20 World Cup triumph last year and will...
12:58 AM, Dec 15, 2007
