BOYFRIEND CHARGED OVER 2003 MURDER OF OZ-INDIAN FAMILY Posted: Dec 30, 2008 at 1045 hrs ISTBrisbane Police in Brisbane have charged the boyfriend of a 24-year-old Indian origin girl with the 2003 murders of the Singh siblings. Max Sica has been charg ..
CHINA MILK SCANDAL : TWO MORE FACE TRIAL 30 Dec 2008, 0949 hrs IST, AFP BEIJING: Two more suspects in China's tainted milk scandal were set to go on trial Tuesday, bringing the number to 17 who are facing court over the nation's worst food safety ca ..
IT ACT AMMENDMENT BILL: LOK SABHA PASSES THE BILL23-12-2008 11:19:10 IST The lower house of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha passed the Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2006 on December 22. The Bill added new provisions to the existing Infor ..
TO GIVE JUDGES BIG SALARY HIKE, CABINATE TO PASS ORDINANCE 29-12-2008 17:45:06 IST At the fag end of its tenure, the UPA government has decided to make judges happy. Using its extraordinary powers, the cabinet is all set to give judges a threefold hi ..
RAJ THAKRAY ARRESTED, RELEASED ON BAIL29 Dec 2008, 2225 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI:Acting on a Jamshedpur court order, city police on Monday arrested Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, whose party launched a violent campaign against North Indi ..
LAW STUDENTS HELP UNDERTRIALS WITH THEIR PAPERWORK29 Dec 2008, 0336 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: More than 150 inmates of Arthur Road jail have chosen to take advantage of plea bargaining, which facilitates a quick release from jail for an accused who admit ..
HC INTERFEREING IN SIKH'S "RELEGIOUS AFFAIR'S" 29 Dec 2008, 0530 hrs IST, TNN AMRITSAR: Admitting that the definition of Sehajdhari Sikh submitted by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in High Court was wrong, SGPC president Avtar Singh M ..
WITNESSES IN NEW YAORK REFUSE TO RETURN TO INDIA :1984 RIOTS29 Dec 2008, 1217 hrs IST, PTI NEW YORK: Two key witnesses in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots have again ruled out returning to India to depose before the courts, but their testimony has been reco ..
YEDDYURAPPA FILES CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST KUMARASWAMY:29 Dec 2008, 1304 hrs IST, PTI BANGALORE: Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa filed a criminal and civil suit against former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, for level ..
QUEENSLAND PREMIER FAVOURS APOLOGY TO HANEEF (INDIAN DOCTOR)29 Dec 2008, 1005 hrs IST, PTI MELBOURNE: Australian government should "take responsibility" and apologise to the "innocent" Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef, whose detention in connection wit ..