CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Traffic police on Thursday directed vehicle users in the city to remove dark film pasted on the windows of four-wheelers. The move follows the Supreme Courts order banning the use of dark film on vehicle windows in response to a writ petition. The order came into force on May 5.Quoting the SC order, a press release from the Chennai Traffic Police said all vehicle users who...
08:41 AM, May 18, 2012
Colombo: Sri Lanka has rejected an Indian offer to upgrade a refinery that is built to refine only Iranian oil, a minister said on Sunday. Petroleum Minister Susil Premjayantha said the offer to upgrade the Sapugaskanda oil refinery had come from the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) but Colombo rejected it. He said since IOC already operates a majority of fuel stations in Sri Lanka and as a result increases the...
04:21 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Melbourne: Australian airliner Qantas on Friday flew the country's first commercial biofuel flight between Sydney and Adelaide using a mix of conventional fuel and refined cooking oil. John Valastro of Qantas said the flight this morning was a commercial first in Australia, and would have produced far less carbon emissions than if conventional jet fuel were used. "We're talking about a 60 per cent reduction in the overall life cycle...
10:03 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Augusta, Georgia: Tiger Woods is subject to discipline by the US PGA Tour for kicking his golf club after a poor shot at the Masters. Whether he is fined is not likely to be known, though, since the Tour doesn't comment on discipline. Woods, after a bad miss with a 4-iron into the par-5 15th hole on Friday, hit a poor tee shot with a 9-iron on the par-3 16th....
11:41 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: A major fire broke out at Assam's Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) on Saturday evening after a blast in one of its gas pipes. Disaster was averted after firefighters managed to douse the fire before it reached the reactors. No casualties have been reported so far. Banned insurgent group ULFA has claimed responsibility for the incident, which occurred on ULFA's raising day. The plant was shut down immediately as...
08:19 AM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said on Sunday that the Representation of the People Act should be fine-tuned to make penalties for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) more stringent but disfavoured giving statutory backing to the code. Speaking to reporters, Quraishi said the poll panel had the authority for conducting free and fair elections and did not require more powers. "But we need to fine-tune and...
01:23 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Thursday approved amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act, increasing steeply the fine to be paid for traffic rules violations. According to sources, a meeting of the Cabinet held on Thursday has approved the amendments to the Act for harsher punishments for offences like drunken driving and violation of traffic rules. The amendments are meant to deal the traffic offences seriously. Repeated violations will fetch very...
11:32 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: The next time a wave of affection overcomes you, think twice before you reach out to give your friend a warm hug - you may have to pay for it, in cash. This is what happened to Kuber Sarup, 25, on Thursday who was subjected to a harrowing ordeal by cops, whose moral sensibilities he outraged by hugging a girl goodbye, along with a peck on the cheek. Cops...
03:55 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Moscow: The bill, pushed by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, was backed by 28 out of 35 deputies in Kostroma town's legislature. A similar ban is already in place in the southern Astrakhan and central Ryazan regions but it was shelved in St Petersburg, Russia's second city, last November after MPs failed to agree on its "legal definitions". The legislation effectively outlaws any gay pride events while allowing authorities to...
01:05 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Madurai: District Collector U Sagayam has slapped a Rs 1.02 lakh fine on vehicles violating Motor Vehicles Act and other rules in surprise checks. The Collector who personally conducted the checks, slapped fines on more than 30 goods vehicles, besides fining drivers for not wearing uniforms and seat belts. Blinding headlights used by three omnibuses were also seized. The raids which started at 8 PM last night continued till 3...
11:53 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Helsinki: Australian regulators fined Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, for spamming customers and demanded the Finnish firm change its text message (SMS) marketing. The Australian Communications and Media Authority found that some of the texts Nokia sends to clients as tips to get more out of their phones promote Nokia without offering an "unsubscribe" option as required by local law. The regulator said in a statement Nokia...
03:23 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Mumbai: In the latest incident of duty evasions by the actors, the custom officials fined actor Dia Mirza a sum of Rs 1.25 lakh at the Mumbai International Airport on Saturday. The penalty was imposed on the actor for carrying undeclared goods while returning returning from Bangkok. She was let off after paying the fine. Mirza was carrying undeclared items worth Rs 2 lakh upon her arrival at Mumbai airport,...
10:30 AM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: Senior advocate of the Supreme Court and Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan has been slapped a fine of Rs 27.22 lakh by the Assistant Stamp Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. The Assistant Stamp Commissioner imposed the fine on Shanti Bhushan for not paying the full stamp duty on the purchase of land. Bhushan has been asked to pay the fine within one month. Calling the order politically motivated, Bhushan...
06:55 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Rome: Italy's anti-trust body has fined units of US technology group Apple Inc a total of 900,000 euros for failing to adequately inform customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance. The authority said Apple Sales International, Apple Italia and Apple Retail Italia did not properly inform customers that they were entitled to two years of free assistance under Italian law. Three Apple spokesmen contacted by Reuters weren't immediately...
10:45 AM, Dec 28, 2011
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