After the acquittal of the Lajpat Nagar blast accused after 16 years in jail, a debate is raging on over the credibility of the police investigation. The question is whether it is a case of innocents being incarcerated for decades or are criminals being set free due to a weak prosecution. ...
09:55 AM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Criminal proceedings in heinous and serious criminal offences cannot be quashed by courts on the ground that the accused and the victim have compromised, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. "Heinous and serious offences of mental depravity or offences like murder, rape, dacoity, etc cannot be fittingly quashed even though the victim or victim s family and the offender have settled the dispute. Such offences are not private...
09:16 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Chandigarh: Claiming that Sikhs are being shown in a bad light in the 'Son of Sardaar' trailer, the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) has urged the clergy to take action against actor-producer Ajay Devgn. In a letter to Akal Takht head Gurbachan Singh, AISSF president Karnail Singh demanded action against Devgn for hurting the religious sentiments of Sikhs. The Akal Takht is the highest temporal seat of the Sikh...
11:23 AM, Aug 29, 2012
The lawyer of Luke Pomersbach denied the cricketer had confessed to the police of having inadvertently touched or molested US citizen Zohail Hameed. ...
10:05 PM, May 21, 2012
London: The Force India Formula One team must pay legal costs of more than $1 million Dollars within two weeks after a copyright case involving rivals Caterham and the operators of an Italian wind tunnel, a judge ruled on Friday. Court sources said Mr Justice Arnold awarded Mike Gascoyne, Caterham's chief technical officer, an interim payment of costs of 400,000 Pounds and 1Malaysia Racing Team of 250,000 Pounds. 1Malaysia Racing...
01:50 PM, May 05, 2012
Meera turns citizen journalist to get justice for her dead husband. ...
09:39 PM, Jul 23, 2011
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is planning to teach acting to people at a homeless shelter as part of her community service. The Los Angeles Downtown Women's Center want Lohan to help them in their theatre workshops, reports a website. A spokeswoman said they were "extremely interested in having Lindsay contribute her talents". "Lohan is interested and she believes it would be a perfect fit for her community service," said a...
12:48 PM, Apr 29, 2011
Mumbai: A day after a court ordered the attachment of two properties of Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt over a financial row with producer Shakeel Noorani, the actor's lawyer on Wednesday claimed that he received extortion calls from the underworld in 2005 at Noorani's behest. The film producer rubbished the allegation. "Sanjay Dutt does not owe a single penny to Shakeel Noorani. Noorani, in the past, has been demanding money from...
06:09 PM, Dec 29, 2010
Bondage fantasy turned painful as wife, girlfriends barged in, says alleged victim. ...
12:58 PM, Sep 11, 2009
A Bihar court on Wednesday began hearing the defamation case. ...
06:01 PM, Feb 18, 2009
Sworn enemies SP and Congress joined hands while nuke deal inked. ...
05:34 PM, Feb 10, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire is certainly topping all lists. ...
11:21 PM, Jan 27, 2009
The court on Friday will take up the three cases against Sharif. ...
11:39 AM, Sep 04, 2008
Mumbai: India team might have been routed 0-4 by Australia in the Test rubber and failed to make the finals of the tri-series Down Under, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has kept the base price for home international games in the new broadcast rights to be bid for, at a slightly higher level. The BCCI's Marketing Committee, which met here on Wednesday, has kept the...
10:55 AM, May 01, 2008
Rajiv Shukla, N Srinivasan and media manager, GS Walia claim that the press reports are exaggerated. ...
11:56 AM, Apr 27, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka's sports minister dissolved the country's cricket administration Friday amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage will appoint an interim committee to run the sport, department spokesman Harsha Abeykoon told The Associated Press. Aluthgamage has not announced plans for elections for a new board. Abeykoon said the minister will announce the new administration later on Friday. Sri Lanka Cricket has been run by successive interim...
02:18 AM, Feb 08, 2008
Media fraternity condemns the sentence handed out to journalists. ...
02:39 PM, Sep 21, 2007
Sabharwal's sons linked to mall owners benefited from the sealing, say lawyers. ...
11:58 PM, Sep 20, 2007
Maradona had earlier denied the charges in a television interview. ...
06:23 PM, Sep 04, 2007
Ottavio Quattrocchi intends to sue unnamed Indian political leaders for 'political persecution' against him. ...
05:48 PM, Jun 18, 2007
