Mumbai: Days after the special CBI court granted bail to seven accused in the Adarsh Society scam, two more accused have filed their bail applications. Former city civic chief Jairaj Phatak and former state chief information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari approached the sessions court on Monday, saying the CBI has not filed the charge sheet even 60 days after their arrest. If Phatak and Tiwari are also granted bail, then all...
02:13 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: More than 17 years after being caught demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 100 from a patient at a government hospital, the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of two employees under Prevention of Corruption Act. But since the incident was nearly two-decades-old and the duo - Mukut Bihari and Kalyan Mal - had undergone considerable trauma during the protracted litigation, the court reduced the punishment to...
08:47 AM, May 27, 2012
Beed: A doctor couple has been arrested following a woman's death during an abortion; while a 28-year-old woman has been arrested in another case for allegedly killing her day-old baby girl. Beed district has become infamous for the worst child sex ratio in Maharashtra, as per the 2011 census. Dr Sudam Munde and Dr Sarswati Munde, the accused husband-wife, run a clinic in the Parli tehsil, police said. According to...
05:54 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: Babies who are breastfed gain less weight over their first year of life compared to babies fed either breast milk or formula from a bottle, according to a U.S. study. The report, in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, is one piece of a growing body of evidence that breastfeeding appears to be the best choice for a newborn and protect against obesity later in life. Lead...
03:47 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday will decide whether Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy can be prosecuted under the stringent anti-terror law of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The court had earlier declined from framing charges against Ghandy under the law due to a procedural goof-up by the police. The court said that there was no evidence to prosecute Ghandy. The police filed a fresh plea after that. The police...
08:03 AM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday questioned two senior executives of the Vectra Group in connection with alleged irregularities in the supply of all-terrain Tatra Vehicles to the Army. Chief Financial Officer of Vectra Investments, Vikram Kakaiya and another senior executive Anil Mansaramani were grilled at length by CBI sleuths at the agency headquarters regarding ownership pattern of the group and association with Tatra Sipox UK which is under scanner...
08:30 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Bhopal: President Pratibha Patil has granted her assent to the long-pending Madhya Pradesh Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention (Amendment) Bill which proposes seven-year imprisonment for cow slaughter. The Gau-Vansh Vadh Pratishedh (Sanshodhan) Vidheyak has received the Presidential approval following which it has become an Act and has subsequently been published in the extraordinary gazette, an official release said on Tuesday. In fulfillment of its commitment to protecting and conserving cow progeny,...
02:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi/Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy may be questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering and foreign exchange violations case registered against him and his associates. Official sources said the Kadapa MP could be asked to appear before the agency either in Hyderabad or Delhi this week for a detailed questioning as the initial probe has been conducted after questioning few officials...
03:41 PM, Dec 18, 2011
Bangkok: Rescue workers scrambled to reinforce make-shift walls and sand-bags around Bangkok on Saturday as the worst floods in half-a-century threatened Thailand's low-lying capital after swamping entire villages in the north. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has sought to reassure Bangkok's 12 million people they should largely escape floods that have covered a third of the country since July, killing at least 289 people and causing about $ 3 billion in...
02:04 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Pathum Thani: Thailand raced on Tuesday to build floodwalls on the outskirts of Bangkok to prevent the worst floods in half a century from inundating parts of the capital later this week when water flowing from the north reaches the low-lying city. At least 269 people have been killed by heavy monsoon rains, floods and mudslides that have battered 27 of Thailand's 77 provinces since late July, according to the...
01:07 PM, Oct 11, 2011
Artificial ripening of fruits is illegal and prohibited under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. ...
06:13 PM, Jul 01, 2010
New Delhi: Medical Practitioner Dr Binayak Sen is ailing and fears a heart attack. He has spent almost two years in prison now. The Raipur High Court that denied him bail is now dragging its feet on granting him medical treatment at a hospital of his choice. Sen was arrested under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act. he has been denied bail twice,...
07:58 PM, Apr 12, 2009
Chidambaram assures the govt would take care of everyone's aspirations. ...
03:18 PM, Dec 17, 2008
BJP has called it the UPA's reluctant attempt at being tough on terror. ...
10:28 AM, Dec 17, 2008
UPA Government on Tuesday introduced two bills to deal with terrorism. ...
01:39 AM, Dec 17, 2008
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