Beirut: Syria says the year-old revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is over, but the army again shelled opposition areas on Saturday and rebels said they would not cease fire until tanks, artillery and heavy weapons are withdrawn. Washington and Gulf Arab states urged peace envoy Kofi Annan to set a timeline for "next steps" if there is no ceasefire, and Saudi Arabia repeated a call for rebels to be...
02:56 AM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Sunday welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on crackdown on Ramdev's supporters but said the charge of "contributory negligence" on the protesters needs to be debated and reconsidered as it amounts to surrender of the right to protest. In an article, Jaitley said the apex court judgement lays a "landmark law" as it upholds the right to protest in a peaceful way as a...
03:19 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Panaji: Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday said he was contemplating the possibility of filing an appeal against the Supreme Court judgement on the crackdown on his supporters at Delhi's Ramlila maidan in June last year. "My legal experts are considering an appeal against the verdict," he said. Ramdev alleged that edited CCTV was given to the Supreme Court, which was misguided by the police. The Supreme Court has held the...
12:41 AM, Feb 27, 2012
The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised both yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Delhi Police for the Ramlila Maidan crackdown. ...
11:41 PM, Feb 23, 2012
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11:41 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Top lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Thursday demanded resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram holding him responsible for the police action in Ramlila Maidan during yoga guru Ramdev's protest last year as the Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre and the Delhi Police for the incident. Jethmalani, who appeared for Ramdev in the Supreme Court in the case, said that the role of the Home Minister in...
10:38 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised both yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Delhi Police for the midnight crackdown on Ramdev's agitation at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi last June that led to the death of one person. The court called the police action an abuse of power and also held the yoga guru guilty of negligence. The court also ruled that Rs 5 lakh be paid as compensation, 25...
10:27 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday claimed victory in the Ramlila crackdown case after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the state and Delhi Police for the midnight violence. However, he said that it was not right to say that he was equally responsible for the incident. "It is not correct that I was equally responsible. Delhi police edited the CCTV footage which was shown to the...
04:53 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday said that the Supreme Court's order on the Ramlila crackdown proved that the government was responsible for the incident. "The SC order proves that MHA is responsible for the incident as the Delhi police is under the Home Ministry. The SC order has also proved that human rights violation took place there," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said. However, he said that the BJP does...
03:56 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Rajbala's family said they did not hold Ramdev responsible for the Ramlila Maidan crackdown. ...
02:50 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up yoga guru Baba Ramdev and the Delhi Police in the Ramlila Maidan crackdown case, saying that both the police and Ramdev were responsible. The Supreme Court ruling said that Ramdev is guilty of negligence in the midnight crackdown case, but at the same time the court also said that the police crackdown on June 5, 2011 was unnecessary. The Supreme Court has...
01:38 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Panaji: The State Excise department has begun intensive crackdown on the illegal stocking of liquor ahead of the March 3 Goa polls as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has feared use of alcohol to woo voters. Excise Commissioner P S Reddy told reporters today that flying squads, one for each taluka, have been formed, which has been raiding the suspected premises after receiving the complaints. "We have been finding...
07:01 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Beirut: Syrians closed their businesses and kept children home from school on Monday as part of a general strike, a powerful show of civil disobedience to pressure President Bashar Assad to end his 9-month-old crackdown on a popular uprising. The open-ended strike takes direct aim at the country's already ailing economy. It is designed to erode Assad's main base of support - the new and vibrant merchant classes who have...
01:29 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Reports say the Assad regime has threatened protesters in the city of Homs with bombardment if remain defiant. ...
07:58 AM, Dec 12, 2011
London: Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad has warned that Western military action against his country could cause an 'earthquake' that could create 'another Afghanistan' and burn the whole of the Middle East. His warning came hours after UN chief Ban Ki-moon asked Syria to 'immediately' end attacks on civilians, saying the violence is 'unacceptable.' Western countries "are going to ratchet up the pressure, definitely," Assad told the UK's Sunday Telegraph...
03:37 PM, Oct 30, 2011
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