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Allahabad HC: Awas Vikas Parishad employees entitled to pension

   04 February 2009 at 06:05

The Allahabad High Court directed that the employees of the Uttar Pradesh Awas Vikas Parishad be given family pension and gratuity. The directions were given by the Lucknow Bench comprising Justice Uday Krishna Dhawan and Justice B A Zaidi.The office ..

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Delhi HC asks DDA why SC, ST of other states included in housing draw

   04 February 2009 at 06:02

The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to inquire from its Chairman Lt Governor Tejender Khanna why applicants of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) from other states were included in the housing draw mea ..

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Defaulting credit cards will attract 49% interest now

   04 February 2009 at 05:59

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed MNC banks to charge hefty penal interest up to 49% on defaulted credit card payments, ending the respite that lakhs of card holders have had since September last year when the National Consumer Disputes Red ..

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SC does a U-turn, says bandhs OK in democracy

   04 February 2009 at 05:58

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday termed bandhs as legitimate means of expressing people's feelings in a democracy, reversing a trend judiciary has followed since 1997 when it had come down hard upon political parties for causing inconvenience to t ..

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Deep-rooted insecurity led Mohala to create hijack drama: Experts

   03 February 2009 at 07:15

NEW DELHI: Jitender Kumar Mohala could be suffering from what psychiatrists call a frustration aggression syndrome. Mohala was arrested on Sunday night and was sent to jail for 14 days for creating a hijack scare on board an Indigo flight, leading to ..

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SC puts states on notice over population control

   03 February 2009 at 07:12

Appalled by the indifference of state governments to the implementation of the national population policy to tackle the problem posed by rapid population growth that put dwindling food stocks under strain, the Supreme Court on Monday put their chief ..

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Kissing in public by married couple not obscene: HC

   03 February 2009 at 07:11

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has stayed criminal proceedings against a couple wondering how and why an "expression of love by a young married couple" in this case allegedly by stealing kisses in public should attract the charge of obscenity. Justi ..

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CEC's letter accuses Chawla of leaking info

   03 February 2009 at 07:10

NEW DELHI: Strange as it may sound but election commissioner Navin Chawla was in favour of issuing notice to Sonia Gandhi on her `Maut ke Saudagar' speech but did not want the outside world to know it. In fact, the entire event is part of the CEC's l ..

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CHEAP CHINESE MOBILE - SECURITY THREAT TO INDIA

   02 February 2009 at 18:35

Cheap Chinese mobile phones are posing as a security threat to India as unlike proper, branded handsets, these duplicate copies have fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. They are also eating into earnings of branded manufacture ..

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RECOMMENDATION OF CEC - SHOCKING CONSTITUTIONAL OVERREACH

   02 February 2009 at 18:29

Shocking constitutional overreachThe “recommendation” of Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami to the President that Election Commissioner Navin Chawla should be removed on the ground of bias is a gross constitutional overreach that is shocking ..

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