Bangalore: Vulture Aviation, a team of Class XII students of Bishop Cotton Boys School, has qualified for competition conducted by NASA. The team is among the three from across Asia, which have qualified for the final round of International Space Settlement Design Competition conducted by NASA. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the 12 students said they would participate in the finals to be held on July 29 and...
02:01 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday disposed of a habeas corpus petition filed by the parents of a devotee of Nityananda, after he deposed before the court that he was "not illegally detained" by the self-styled godman. The court disposed of the petition filed by Munnur Krishnamurthy and Jayanthi after their son Santhosh said he had not been illegally detained, joined the ashram on his own will and refused...
09:39 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Ahmedabad: A contempt petition was on Tuesday filed against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers for rejecting sanction to prosecute cabinet minister Purshottam Solanki in an alleged Rs 400 crore fishing contract scam without taking Governor's sanction as directed by the court. The high court had directed the Gujarat government in its March 30 order to decide the plea seeking sanction to prosecute Solanki under Section 19...
11:50 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Mumbai: Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh, who is on the death row in Pakistan, is confident that Bollywood actor Salman Khan's initiative will help in the release of her younger brother. "I felt really good after talking to Salman Khan. Today we are having a press conference at Raza Murad's residence at 2 in the afternoon," Dalbir Kaur told IANS. "I came yesterday (Sunday) morning and met Salman Khan...
07:01 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has launched an online campaign for Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan. He is urging people to sign a petition that he plans to give to the Pakistan government in a bid to free Sarabjit. "For over 20 years, Sarabjit Singh is in a Pakistan prison for a crime he did not commit. He and his family have suffered for too long....
05:58 PM, Jul 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the candidature of UPA's presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee accusing him of abusing his office as Finance Minister and securing "pecuniary favour" in the form of votes from various political parties in the upcoming Presidential election. The petition, filed by an advocate, had sought registration of a case against the ex-finance minister under the Prevention of Corruption Act for...
05:39 PM, Jun 29, 2012
New Delhi: Eight-time champions India will start their campaign against The Netherlands on July 30 in the men's hockey competition of the 2012 London Olympics. The London Olympic Organising Committee (LOCOG), alongwith the International Hockey Federation (FIH), unveiled the 12-team hockey competition schedule on Tuesday, that will be held from July 30 to August 11. India, who have been clubbed with Germany (No.2), Korea (No.6), New Zealand (No.7), Belgium (No.11)...
05:52 PM, May 22, 2012
The Union Public Service Commission, popularly known as UPSC, was accorded a constitutional status as an autonomous entity in the new constitution on 26th January, 1950. One of the major functions of the Commission is recruitment to services and posts under the Union through conduct of competitive examinations. The Commission usually conducts a number of examinations every year on an all-India basis for direct recruitment in various fields, such as...
03:36 PM, May 22, 2012
Lasith Malinga's Middlesex debut is expected on June 21 after Sri Lanka's series against Pakistan. ...
11:18 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday withdrew its review petition in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The government had in its review petition sought clarification from the Supreme Court on its February 2, 2012 judgment that said that all natural resources must be auctioned. The ruling of the apex court had favoured auctioning of natural resources. The Centre had alleged judicial overreach by Supreme Court in its decision...
07:25 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin hearing the Centre's review petition in the 2G spectrum case. The Centre had alleged judicial overreach by Supreme Court in its decision cancelling 122 2G licences on February 2 this year. The Centre alleged that the executive's policy powers were usurped by the court, implying judicial overreach. ...
07:55 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: A special leave petition filed against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the mining scam was withdrawn on Monday after the complainant reportedly told the Supreme Court that the matter before the Chief Justice Bench and the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) "should be pursued without any hindrance". However the CEC recommendations for a CBI probe against Yeddyurappa will be heard by the SC. The fate of Yeddyurappa...
01:24 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea by telecom companies to review its February 2 judgement cancelling the licences of 122 companies in the 2G spectrum scam. The apex court, however, admitted the government's review petition in the scam. The petition has been listed for hearing in open court on April 13. Seven petitions filed by telecom companies and one plea each by the PMO, the Centre,...
08:34 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is likely to hear a host of pleas by the Centre and Telecom firms seeking a review of its verdict. The apex court had cancelled 122 2G Spectrum licenses on February 2 granted by former Telecom Minister A Raja and had held that the first-come-first-served (FCFS) policy could not be used for the allocation of natural resources. Seven petitions filed by Telecom companies...
06:34 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Justice KS Radhakrishnan has been put on the Supreme Court bench to hear a bunch of pleas by the Centre and various telecom firms, seeking reviews of various aspects of the verdict cancelling 122 2G spectrum licences. He replaces AK Patnaik, who came in the place of Justice Asok Ganguly, who has retired. Justice GS Singhvi, who is heading the bench in the 2G matters, earlier on March...
01:07 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the CBI on Nupur Talwar's review petition in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case, which questioned the trial court taking cognizance of the offense of Aarushi's murder against Nupur. Normally a review plea is heard by the bench in chamber but a bench of justices AK Patnaik and JS Khehar accepted the couple's plea for an open court hearing....
03:34 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback to West Bengal's Nandigram violence victims, the state government on Friday withdrew its petition from the Supreme Court ordering an investigation into the 2007 firing incident. This, in effect, quashes any probe into those accused in the case, which included several high-ranking officers of the Bengal police. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now expected to start an investigation and submit a chargesheet....
04:54 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Expressing concern over delay by the Centre and state governments in deciding mercy pleas of prisoners on death row, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought from them the records of all such cases. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay said the home secretaries of all the states would send the records of all cases of mercy pleas to states within three days to the Centre,...
12:40 PM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: Aggrieved by cancellation of its three licences by the Supreme Court, Tata Teleservices on Monday said it will file a review petition against the order as the company had applied for these licences more than 18 months before the 2008 licensing process began. TTL's three licences for Assam, North-East and Jammu and Kashmir were cancelled as part of 122 2G licences issued by former telecom minister A Raja...
08:18 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: The big divide between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rural Development Minsiter Jairam Ramesh over the minimum wage level under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or the NREGA is set to worsen, with the former favouring filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) with the Supreme Court, challenging a Karnataka High Court judgment that says MNREGS wages cannot be less than the minimum wages notified by the states....
06:42 PM, Jan 22, 2012
