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Salman Rushdie Speaks On 20-Year-Old Fatwa 19 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 symbol of persecution. "This is the albatross around my neck," the novelist said yesterday night during a conversation with author-ac..

CYBER ATTACK ON US BANKING MORE DANGEROUS THAN 9/11 :Officials 19 Jan 2009, 1003 hrs IST, PTI WASHINGTON: A top US intelligence official has said that a cyber attack on the US banking system could be several times more damaging to the country's economy than twin-tower attack by terrorists on September 11, 2001. "If instead of attacking the Twin Towers al-Qaeda had taken down a m..

AMENDMENT IN CrPC MAY MAKE DOWRY LAW TOOTHLESS 19 Jan 2009, 0043 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: Buried under vociferous calls by bar associations for court boycott and strikes, a largely unnoticed fallout of the CrPC amendments has begun to bother astute legal observers in the capital. Had lawyers agitating against the amendments highlighted this instead of issuing threats to shut courts, th..

COPS NOT READY FOR LIBERAL Cr.P.C. 19 Jan 2009, 0041 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The president's assent to the controversial CrPC amendment Bill is seen as a setback by certain senior police officials who readily admit they are ill prepared to implement it. One senior officer went to the extent of saying: "Delhi is not ready to usher in such liberal and revolutionary changes." H..

Reservation Leads To Surge In OBC Aspirants for IITs 18 Jan 2009, 2249 hrs IST, Hemali Chhapia, TNN MUMBAI: As reservation for backward category students rises in the Indian Institutes of Technology, competition among them has also stepped up. In fact, of the 3.95 lakh applications that the IITs received from aspirants wanting to take the Joint Entrance Exam in April, close to 40% ..

3,000 VILLAGE COURTS TO BE FUNCTIONAL IN MARCH:LAW MINISTER 1/18/2009 As many as 3,000 Gram Nyayalayas (village courts) will start functioning across the country to de-centralise and speed up delivery of justice, Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj said. The Finance Ministry has agreed to release Rs 600 crore for the project approved by the Cabinet, he said at a seminar organised by an ..

Barak Probe: CBI Seeks Israel's Co-operation 18 Jan 2009, 1203 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Three years after initiating probe into the alleged irregularities during purchase of Barak missiles in a Rs 1,150-crore deal, the CBI has approached the Israel government for its help in recording statements of some people besides details of some bank transactions in that country. A Letters Rogat..

Missing children's data lacks accuracy: NHRC 18 Jan 2009, 1051 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data on missing children "lack accuracy" despite it being the national repository of crime data, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said in its latest report. "NCRB data on missing children lacks accuracy. Despite being the national repositor..

Pak Law Allows Fugitives To Be Handed Over To India: Press Trust Of India New Delhi, January 18, 2009 Pakistan, which is claiming it has no legal arrangement with India for handing over terror suspects following the Mumbai attacks, is forgetting one of its own Acts which provides for transfer of such people to a country with which it has not signed an extradition treaty. The Extradition ..

SC Asks Govt To Take Immediate Steps To Check Bangladeshi Migrants 1/16/2009 The Supreme Court directed the Centre to take immediate and adequate steps to check illegal migration of Bangladeshis and asked it to submit within eight weeks the status report on the pilot project under which Identity cards are being issued to every Indian citizen. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrish..

Lawyers Stay Away From NCR Courts 14 Jan 2009, 1318 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Work in district courts in the National Capital Region was affected on Wednesday with lawyers going on strike demanding withdrawal of the proposed changes in the CrPC that gives police the discretion to arrest the accused in an offence punishable upto 7 year jail term. This is the second time that the lawye..

'Girls Over 10 OR 12 Years Are Eligible For Marriage' 14 Jan 2009, 1932 hrs IST, AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's senior-most cleric said girls as young as 10 years old can be married, local media reported on Wednesday. The powerful Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said in a speech late on Monday that Islamic Sharia law allows the practice of pre-teen girls getting married, and that crit..

HC Judges Furious Over Gowda's Letter 13 Jan 2009, 0044 hrs IST, TNN BANGALORE: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's obsession with the alleged irregularities in the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project reached a new high on Monday when he sent a controversial letter to Karnataka High Court judges airing his views on the issue. It was high drama behind the ..

Judge Tahaliyani Picked For Kasab's Trial 13 Jan 2009, 0235 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab may not have a defence lawyer yet but he is all set to get a trial judge. Sessions judge M L Tahaliyani is learnt to be the chosen one to conduct Kasab's trial for the 26/11 Mumbai attack. A police official said he was sounded out over the weekend. Tahaliy..

Madras HC: M S Ananth Returns As IIT Madras DirectorA division bench of Madras High Court stayed the operation of a single-judge order, setting aside the re-appointment of Mr M S Ananth, as Director of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), giving a sigh of relief to the beleaguered academician.On an appeal filed by Mr Ananth, the bench comprising acting Chief Justice S J M..