Refusing to take sides in a case in which an employee of French consulate in Bangalore was charged with raping his daughter, French President Francois Hollande on Thursday said he has full faith in Indian judicial system. ...
10:40 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Nearly two months after retiring as the Chairman of Tata Group, Ratan Tata is taking up a new role by joining hands with global leaders, including former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and WTO Director General Pascal Lamy, to launch the Global Ocean Commission (GOC). ...
12:28 PM, Feb 12, 2013
French Consulate official Pascal Mazurier, accused of raping his minor daughter, has been denied permission by a local court to visit his children. However, the court granted his parents permission to meet their grandchildren. ...
05:11 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Bangalore: French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, who is accused of raping his daughter in Bangalore, has said that he's been framed. Pascal has filed a police complaint seeking investigation. He claims that there is no DNA evidence against him in his daughter's rape case. Pascal also said that he wanted the safety of his children first. He said he hadn't got any access to his children since he came out on...
02:42 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Bangalore: French embassy official Pascal Mazurier, who was accused of raping his four-year-old daughter, has been granted bail by the Karnataka High Court. Mazurier, who was the Chief of Joint Chancellerie in the Consulate of France, was arrested and sent to judicial custody after his Indian wife Suja Jones accused him of sexually harassing their daughter in June 2012. Pascal has to surrender his passport and cannot leave without the...
11:17 AM, Oct 17, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court will on Monday hear the bail plea of Pascal Mazurier, the French diplomat accused of raping his three-year-old daughter. Mazurier, who was the Chief of Joint Chancellerie in the Consulate of France, was arrested and sent to judicial custody after his Indian wife Suja Jones accused him of sexually harassing their daughter in June this year. After having his bail plea rejected by a Fast...
09:32 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Bangalore: French diplomat Pascal Mazurier was on Monday chargesheeted for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter. "City Police today chargesheeted Mauzurier under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code for raping his minor daughter," DCP (Central) Ravikante Gowda said. Mazurier, deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France, was arrested on June 19 on a complaint by Suja, a native of Kerala, that he had raped their minor daughter. Earlier on...
05:20 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier's bail plea in connection with a molestation case till August 30. Mazurier was accused by his wife of molesting their three-year-old daughter, following which a case was filed against him. Mazurier is currently lodged in the Parapana Agrahara jail. ...
01:19 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Beijing: A book written by veteran Indian diplomat Pascal Alan Nazareth on Mahatma Gandhi's outstanding leadership qualities, which have great relevance in today's world plagued by violence and terrorism, has been translated into Mandarin and will soon hit the stands in China. The Mandarin edition of Nazareth's book entitled "Gandhi's Outstanding Leadership" will be published in China at a time when the new generation of Chinese intellectuals is showing interest...
04:26 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Bangalore: A court in Bangalore on Monday is likely to decide on the bail application filed by French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, arrested on charges of raping his four-year old daughter. The court held an in-camera hearing on the bail plea on July 16. During the 40-minute-long in-camera proceedings held by Fast Track Court Judge GR Patil, counsel for Pascal Mazurier, Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France in...
11:13 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Bangalore: A court in Bangalore on Monday held in-camera hearing on the bail application of a French diplomat, arrested on charges of raping his four-year old daughter, and posted it to July 23 for orders. During the 40-minute-long in-camera proceedings held by Fast Track Court Judge G R Patil, counsel for Pascal Mazurier, Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France here, claimed diplomatic immunity for the accused, sources...
07:24 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Bangalore: The DNA report of the French diplomat, Pascal Mazurier, accused of raping his daughter was inconclusive. The Bangalore police said that it will need more clarifications. The police have cited several contradictions in the DNA report and said the report was confusing. On the basis of the report, the Bangalore police said it was not 100 per cent clear whether Pascal's DNA matches the semen traces on his daughter's...
01:01 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Bangalore: A court in Bangalore on Tuesday extended by 14 days the judicial custody of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, arrested on the charge of raping his four-year-old daughter. "A magisterial court has extended Pascal's judicial custody for next 14 days," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Ravikante Gowda said. Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France in Bangalore, Mazurier was arrested on June 19 on the basis of a...
07:35 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Bangalore: The Bangalore Police on Tuesday seized the passport of the French diplomat, who has been accused by his Indian wife of raping their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The abuse began in 2010, claimed the diplomat's wife, when their daughter was a mere toddler aged one. Pascal Mazurier was arrested on Tuesday morning after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) gave a clearance, saying the diplomat did not enjoy any immunity. The...
12:40 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Bangalore: France on Monday refused to interfere in a rape case involving an official of its consulate in Bangalore, saying Indian law will take its own course as the accused does not enjoy diplomatic immunity. French government sources said in Delhi that Indian law will take its course as the accused does not hold a diplomatic passport and enjoys no immunity. Police have registered a case of rape against Pascal...
02:51 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Bangalore: The French diplomat in Bangalore who was accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter does not enjoy any immunity, sources said on Monday. Pascal Mazurier was detained on Thursday night for questioning, after his wife, who is an Indian, accused him of raping their minor daughter. However, the police had said that they could not arrest him since he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. However, sources now say that Mazurier holds a...
01:50 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Bangalore: In a shocking story of alleged sexual abuse from Bangalore, a French diplomat's wife has accused him of raping their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter over the last one year. Even though a complaint has been filed against Pascal Mazurier, and he was detained for questioning on Thursday night, he has not been arrested, as he enjoys diplomatic immunity. Ravikanthe Gowda, DCP, Bangalore Central, said, "A case of child molestation and abuse...
08:45 AM, Jun 16, 2012
New Delhi: India recorded exports growth of 16 per cent in 2011, the fastest in the world in volume terms during last year, even as the global trade expansion slowed to five per cent, according to the WTO report. "India had the fastest export growth among major traders in 2011, with shipments rising 16.1 per cent. Meanwhile, China had the second-fastest export growth of many major economy at 9.3 per...
07:28 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: The 2010 French rom-com 'Heartbreaker' finally reached India with really bad dubbing. All the witty French puns are probably at the bottom of the sea in Monaco and all we are stuck with is a 'done to death' predictable love story. The dubbed version seems to have lost all the wit. Rumour has it that 2012 Bollywood film 'Jodi Breakers' is a copy of this films plot "...
03:46 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Chennai: The day may not be far away when an elevator attendant asks your preferred destination - low earth orbit (LEO) or geostationary orbit (GSO). Research is fast progressing in advanced countries on designing a space elevator, according to an Indian space expert. "Space scientists and engineers are looking at the possibility of designing an elevator to travel into space. It is also time that Indian research institutions looked at...
11:52 AM, Jan 10, 2011
