
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday welcomed the 2G trial court's order on P Chidambaram, dismissing the plea against him by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy. Welcoming the verdict, Mukherjee said, "Someone was unfairly persecuted. Even in the Supreme Court's order, it was never mentioned that the (then) finance minister's (P Chidambaram) directive was ignored. Rather, it was the Finance Ministry that was mentioned by the SC." Meanwhile,...

03:02 PM, Feb 04, 2012

New Delhi: The mining operations in Karnataka's Bellary district have stopped after a Supreme Court order but nearly 17 lakh workers have been left jobless as a result. They say their cultivable land has become infertile and jobless farmers are dependent on a pittance. Mountains being blasted, iron ore furiously dug up - Bellary district accounted for 20 per cent of India's iron ore. But now instead of the chaos...

07:41 AM, Aug 12, 2011

Delhi: A Pakistani court has ordered the arrest of a second US consular employee in connection with the fatal shooting of two men in Lahore. US diplomat Raymond Davis is in jail for the same crime - the subject of an intense diplomatic stand-off between US and Pakistan over his diplomatic status. Davis was arrested on January 27 after he shot and killed two armed men he said were trying...

02:30 PM, Feb 19, 2011

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order for February 21 on the CBI's plea seeking withdrawal of case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the over two-decade-old Bofors payoff scam. "This court has heard the argument. There is no point in holding back the order for the information of the Central Information Commission (CIC). Put the matter for pronouncement of order on February 21," Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...

03:46 PM, Feb 10, 2011

New Delhi: "I don't think I should have been born in India. There is no system. Innocent people are put behind the bars. Those who commit crimes are out," was how dentist Rajesh Talwar reacted to a Ghaziabad court order asking him to face trial on the charge of killing his daughter Aarushi. "Unfair is a mild word," said Rajesh Talwar reacting to the court order. "I want the country...

10:14 AM, Feb 10, 2011

A Pak court also ordered police to declare him a "proclaimed offender." ...

02:57 PM, Oct 30, 2009

The SC has upheld the government's ban on smoking in public places. ...

11:12 PM, Oct 01, 2008

CNN-IBN investigation shows Gujarat cops killed a man named Sameer Khan Pathan in cold blood. ...

03:01 PM, May 08, 2007

The Jabalpur HC first ruled that a blind student is eligible to study medicine but has now changed its mind on the issue. ...

09:31 AM, Apr 23, 2007

A Delhi High Court says Railway food is inedible, but railway officials argue no one has fallen ill after consuming it. ...

09:10 AM, Apr 19, 2007

Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Government to pay litigation cost of Rs 30,000 to 85-year-old freedom fighter Ashwini Kumar. ...

12:31 PM, Mar 08, 2007