Orissa HC intervenes, super cyclone victim gets ex gratia1/2/2009A victim super cyclone has finally received the ex-gratia announced by the government after nine years following the intervention of Orissa High Court.The ex-gratia amount was paid to o ..
Actor Held For Trying To Extort Money3 Jan 2009, 1932 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: A former TV and Bollywood actor and his aide were arrested in the capital for allegedly making threatening calls posing as underworld don Chhotta Shakeel's henchman to ex ..
US Airline Apologises To Muslim Fmily3 Jan 2009, 1425 hrs IST, PTI WASHINGTON: A US airline has apologised to members of an Indian-origin Muslim family including three children, who were off loaded from a plane after co-passengers overheard what the ..
Man Gets Life Term For Killing Nine-Yr-Old Son3 Jan 2009, 0503 hrs IST, TNN THANE: Vashi resident Pralhad Kharadkar (35) would spend the rest of his life in jail for killing his nine-year-old son, Yatish, whom he had stoned to death in June 2006 and ..
Court Gives Vijit 5 Days To File Reply3 Jan 2009, 0349 hrs IST, TNN JAIPUR: The session court on Friday granted hit-and-run case accused Vijit Singh five days' time to reply to the bail cancellation application filed by the police. Vijit, the step-g ..
CBI To Hand Over Scarlett's Organs3 Jan 2009, 1559 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has agreed to hand over vital organs of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, which were removed during autopsy in India, her lawyer ..
Ordinance To Provide CISF Cover To Private Industries2 Jan 2009, 1616 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Having failed to get the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Bill, 2008, passed by Parliament, the government on Friday decided to promulgate an ..
Three Youths Get Life Sentence For Murder2 Jan 2009, 0532 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: Sessions judge B D Kapadnis on Monday sentenced three youths to life imprisonment for murdering a footwear shop owner in a hotel in Swargate in 2005. The convicts are Kaila ..
Indian jailed for killing employer1 Jan 2009, 1100 hrs IST, IANS JOHOR BARU: An Indian youth working as a barber here has been jailed for killing his Malaysian employer, also an ethnic Indian, who allegedly used to sexually abuse him. Nagarajan Vait ..
Separate pay commission for armed forces1 Jan 2009, 1511 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: In a New Year gift to its armed forces, the government has decided to set up a separate pay commission for defence personnel and to place the 12,000-odd lieutenant colon ..