New York: An Indian maid, who had accused her former employer, an IFS officer, and her husband of harassment and "slavery", has received a favourable ruling from a US court, which approved her petition that she be awarded $ 1.5 million as compensation by the couple. In his order, US District Judge Victor Marrero "adopted in entirety" the report of US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas in which Maas had recommended...
06:03 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New York: A US judge's recommendation that an Indian diplomat and her husband, accused of "slavery" by their Indian maid should pay nearly $1.5 million as damages is likely to become the final ruling of the court as no objection has been filed in the case till now. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas had said in a February 22 recommendation filed with Judge Victor Marrero of the US District Court...
06:34 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Paris: Google Inc is donating $11.5 million in grants to fight modern slavery and its hold on 27 million people worldwide, the technology company said on Wednesday. The donation is believed to be one of the largest corporate initiatives ever to fight slavery. Google said on its charitable website that its grants will "free more than 12,000 people from modern-day slavery" and prevent "millions more from being victimized." The company...
02:42 AM, Dec 15, 2011
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01:06 PM, Jun 27, 2008
CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts discusses Mumbai Indians' clash with Rajasthan Royals. ...
11:26 PM, Jan 27, 2008
Karachi: The captain and the coach may have questioned his fitness but chief selector Mohsin Khan has no doubt that Shoaib Akhtar is still a match winner, who can do well for Pakistan in the ongoing cricket World Cup. "I still have lot of faith in Shoaib. He has always been a match-winner under all conditions and I am confident he will make an impact with his bowling in this...
04:16 PM, Dec 21, 2007
Dhaka: Bangladesh, battered in their opening World Cup match by India, can bounce back by beating either England or the West Indies in Group B, according to former skipper Habibul Bashar. India beat Bangladesh by 87 runs on Saturday as opener Virender Sehwag and middle-order batsman Virat Kohli hit 175 and 100 respectively to pile up a massive 370-4 before dismissing Bangladesh for 283-9. "Bangladesh have played the toughest team...
01:34 PM, Dec 19, 2007
New Delhi: Virender Sehwag says it's a revenge game, while skipper MS Dhoni says he hasn't even thought about it once in the last four years. For Bangladesh though the win against India in the opening game of the 2007 World Cup continues to be a source of great inspiration with a chorus of players saying that they can do an encore. True, India might be the hot favourites to...
09:43 PM, Dec 17, 2007
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