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Ramadoss Moves SC Against Delhi HC Order Of Lifting Ban On Smoking Scene

   18 February 2009 at 23:09

Ramadoss Moves SC Against Delhi HC Order Of Lifting Ban On Smoking SceneDated:18-02-2009Source: UNIDELHI:Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgment on lifting ban on smoking scenes i ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   161 Views


Chief Election Commissioner cannot act on his own: Ashok Desai opinion

   18 February 2009 at 21:51

Chief Election Commissioner cannot act on his own: Ashok Desai opinionDuring the tenure of Chief Election Commissioner B. B. Tandon, the Election Commission of India sought the legal opinion of Ashok H. Desai, barrister, senior advocate, and former A ..

Posted in Others |   383 Views


Serial Killer Umesh Reddy Sentenced To DEATH By Karnataka HC

   18 February 2009 at 21:49

Serial Killer Umesh Reddy Sentenced To DEATH By Karnataka HCDated: 18 Feb 2009, 1844 hrs IST,Source: PTI Text: BANGALORE: Serial killer Umesh Reddy, who has been charged with ghastly rapes and murders of several women, was sentenced to death by the K ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   551 Views


Mortgage Plan To Help 9 Million People: OBAMA

   18 February 2009 at 21:45

Mortgage Plan To Help 9 Million People: OBAMADated: 18 Feb 2009, 2040 hrs IST, Source: AFP Text: PHOENIX: President Barack Obama on Wednesday revealed a mortgage foreclosure plan targeting up to nine million people, including a 75 billion dollar bid ..

Posted in Legal Documents |   400 Views


Home Loans

   18 February 2009 at 16:05

Home Loans As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s guidelines on lending to Priority Sector, the following types of home loans extended by the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) are eligible to be classified as Priority Sector Advances :-i) Loans upt ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   258 Views


Limit of overseas borrowing

   18 February 2009 at 16:04

Limit of overseas borrowing The current overseas borrowing limit for Indian Companies, other than those belonging to Hotels, Hospitals and Software Sectors, incorporated under the Company's Act, 1956 is US$ 500 million per financial year for Rupee ex ..

Posted in Others |   163 Views


Opening of bank accounts

   18 February 2009 at 16:01

Opening of bank accounts Raghuram Rajan Committee Report had observed that over 40 per cent of India's working population earn but have no savings. Some of the major recommendations of the committee include:i. expanding access to financial services;i ..

Posted in Others |   158 Views


Of Nithari and justice

   18 February 2009 at 14:24

It is not surprising that the first verdict in the gruesome Nithari killings — which involved at least 19 children who were brutally murdered in a house in Noida, near Delhi — evoked so much interest and such widespread notice. The story of abduction ..

Posted in Others |   163 Views


Genes that make us human

   18 February 2009 at 14:18

What is it that makes us human?This is no longer just a metaphysical question for philosophers to ponder over and debate but one that biologists are now able to seriously address in the laboratory. With the genomes of more and more organisms being se ..

Posted in Others |   185 Views


Food prices may increase 30-35 per cent in next ten years: UN

   18 February 2009 at 14:14

A top UN agency has warned food prices may increase upto 30-35 per cent within the next ten years, forcing those living in extreme poverty to spend 90 per cent of their income on it, if major changes are not made in food production and processing sys ..

Posted in Others |   156 Views