The Delhi Police was quick to act on Friday after CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 aired its exclusive report on illegal buses plying in the city right under the noses of the security officials. The police sought a copy of the CD of the report. ...
12:18 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Indians are reportedly among thousands of illegal immigrants willing to pay human smugglers up to 1,500 pounds to flee the UK. A new BBC undercover documentary has revealed that the foreign nationals are put in the back of trucks and transported to Calais in France before making their way to other European destinations. ...
06:01 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and eminent lawyer Arun Jaitley believes India's legal system is "lazy". At a BJP state legal cell lawyers conference in Bangalore on Sunday, the senior party leader spoke about the need for legal reforms which hasten the process of an otherwise "lazy" legal system in India. ...
04:26 AM, Jan 21, 2013
With Delhi gangrape case highlighting the perception that people shy away from rushing accident victims to hospital fearing legal hassles, police have come forward to assure residents that they will not face any harassment after helping people in distress. Delhi Police came out with advertisement titled "whenever seconds count, questions don't", saying that doctors need not wait for police to reach for providing medical aid and the person who brings...
03:59 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Casinos in Goa will now be monitored and for gamblers, entering licensed gambling hubs would be akin to walking into an income tax office. In a fresh modification of the existing guidelines to casino operations, the Goa government has introduced stringent measures, which includes casinos requiring customers to fill up a Know Your Customer forms and bringing money laundering and terror financing activities under vigil. ...
07:40 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) member K Ripunjaya Reddy after raids on his house and that of his friends and relatives led to unearthing of disproportionate assets worth Rs 4 crore, officials said on Thursday. ...
09:41 AM, Dec 27, 2012
New Delhi: The central government is taking adequate steps to curb illegal infiltration from Bangladesh into northeastern states like Assam, the Lok Sabha was told on Tuesday. "The government has taken steps like equipping the BSF (Border Security Force) with modern equipment, reducing gaps between border posts and intensifying patrolling along the India-Bangladesh border. Fencing along the international border has been strengthened and a scheme for flood lighting along the...
12:25 AM, Dec 19, 2012
London: Ireland on Tuesday announced it will legalise abortions when the mother's life is at risk, weeks after the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who died after being refused an abortion in the European country. The decision comes after a huge public outcry over the death of 31-year-old Savita, who died on October 28 at Galway University Hospital. She had been 17-week pregnant and was found to be miscarrying....
10:20 PM, Dec 18, 2012
New Delhi: Border Security Force has identified specific spots along Bangladesh and Pakistan borders used for illegal migration and human trafficking and deployed additional manpower and special surveillance equipment at these places, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Mapping of Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders is being carried out to identify the spots vulnerable to crimes like illegal migration, human trafficking and smuggling, Minister of State Home Mullappally Ramachandran said...
05:27 PM, Dec 12, 2012
New Delhi: A team of young lawyers is trying to make a difference. They are helping NGOs access specialised legal help and that too free of cost. CNN-IBN met up with some of them to find out more about their 'I-Probono' initiative. 29-year-old Swathi Sukumar, an alumnus of Columbia Law School, isn't a regular lawyer. Alongside her private intellectual property law practice, Sukumar provides a platform to lawyers to do...
09:36 AM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju on Monday clarified that his remark '90 per cent of Indians are fools' was meant to awaken people to the realities of social evils like casteism, communalism in the country. "I have been misquoted in the press reports, but it is true that I have said that 90 per cent Indians (not all) are fools. My intention in saying so was not to...
10:54 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Chennai: A Madurai court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to the son of DMK MP Alagiri, Durai Dayanidhi, who is wanted in 30,000 crore illegal granite mining scam. A total of 17 FIRs have been filed against eight companies, including Olympus, in connection with the scam. As many as 60 people have been named in the FIRs including Dayanidhi. Tamil Nadu Police had issues a lookout notice against Dayanidhi on...
11:22 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Hyderabad: A special CBI court here on Wednesday extended till December 19 the judicial remand of YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case involving him. Jaganmohan Reddy, arrested by CBI on corruption charges and presently lodged in Chanchalguda prison here, was produced under heavy security before the First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases, along with former AP...
12:11 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Hyderabad: A special court here on Tuesday dismissed another bail petition of YSR Congress Party leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court dismissed the bail petition of Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known. This was his second bail petition dismissed by the court in a week. The court Nov 28 dismissed the first petition, in...
04:10 PM, Dec 04, 2012
San Francisco: Twitter Inc's steadily tightening grip over the 140-character messages on its network has set off a spirited debate in Silicon Valley over whether a social media company should or should not lay claim over its user-generated content. That debate has now landed in court. A San Francisco judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order compelling Twitter to continue providing access to its "Firehose" - the full daily...
11:16 AM, Dec 02, 2012
Bellary: Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, lodged in Andhra Pradesh jail in connection with illegal mining case, is all set to contest the Assembly elections in Karnataka due in May next year on BSR (Congress) ticket. Janardhana Reddy was arrested in September last year by CBI in connection with the case. "Janardhana Reddy will contest next Assembly polls as candidate of Badava Shramika Raitha Congress BSR...
04:28 PM, Dec 01, 2012
New Delhi: Assam government has launched a special drive to seize illegal arms allegedly being kept by different groups in some areas, including Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). "It is a fact that there are illegal arms in Assam. Not only in BTC areas but in other areas also. Many groups are keeping illegal arms," Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said at a press conference in New Delhi. He said a special...
01:05 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Hyderabad: A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Monday dismissed the bail plea of mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the illegal mining case involving his Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC). This was the sixth bail petition of Gali Janardhan Reddy since his arrest in the OMC scam in September last year, which was again dismissed on Monday. Janardhan Reddy, a sitting MLC from Karnataka,...
04:43 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has rejected the plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation to prosecute Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao in connection with the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The Cabinet will recommend the Governor to turn down the plea. Rao has been accused of alloting state-owned land worth crores at a very low price to Jagan's aides in the controversial...
12:05 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Friday refused to give permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute a senior state cabinet minister in YSR Congress party leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's illegal assets case. The state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, rejected the CBI request to sanction prosecution of Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao. Minister for Information and Public Relations D.K....
10:02 AM, Nov 24, 2012
