Conviction of an accused on the basis of unreliable and untrustworthy evidence is "unsafe" as it may lead to miscarriage of justice, the Supreme Court has held."It will be unsafe to convict a person on the basis of such unreliable and untrustworthy e ..
Two British nationals were on Monday told by the Supreme Court to appear in a police station in Mumbai twice a month till the appeal against their acquittal in a case of paedophilia was decided by it.Duncan Grant and Allan Jhon Waters, whose passport ..
GOVT NOT TO BAIL OUT SATYAM : Kamal Nath19 Jan 2009, 1518 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath on Monday made it clear that government would not bail out Satyam Computers. "There is no question of bailing out ..
PUNE City Records 70 Juvenile Offences In Two Weeks: 19 Jan 2009, 0151 hrs IST, KALYANI SARDESAI, TNN PUNE: In the first two weeks of the new year, the city registered as many as 70 cases of juveniles in conflict with the law. "We have two more mont ..
Salman Rushdie Speaks On 20-Year-Old Fatwa19 Jan 2009, 1204 hrs IST, AP NEW YORK: Nearly 20 years after being driven underground by a religious decree, he is now Sir Salman Rushdie, properly famous and free, yet still burdened by his status as a sym ..
Kasab Remanded In Police Custody Till Feb 219 Jan 2009, 1156 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI:Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested in the November 26 terror attacks in the city, was on Monday remanded in police custody till February 2 in the CS ..
ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE ARE CORRELATED19 Jan 2009, 0202 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: The average alcohol consumption per person per year in India is around 2.5 litres. "And, with the rising alcohol production in the country, the number of alcoholics is also in ..
Labour Unions Don't Have Public Trust19 Jan 2009, 0205 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: "Over a period of time, the nature of strikes by labour unions have changed tremendously," said Michael Goldfield, a professor at the Wayne State University in Detroit (USA). G ..
Fresh Case Of Forgery Against Whistle-Blower Deepak In DDA SCAM19 Jan 2009, 1319 hrs IST, Rahul Tripathi, TNN NEW DELHI: The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has registered a fresh case of cheating and forgery against Deepak Kumar in the DD ..
Raju May Have Siphoned Cash: NYT Report19 Jan 2009, 1223 hrs IST, REUTERS NEW YORK: B Ramalinga Raju, the founder and former head of Satyam Computer Services may have skimmed huge amounts of cash from the company, rather than padded its books as he c ..