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National Investigation Agency (NIA)- Radha Vinod Raju Named As Chief New Delhi: The government on Thursday named Radha Vinod Raju, an officer of the Indian Police Service, or IPS, as head of the newly set up National Investigation Agency, or NIA—an omnibus agency to fight terror, on the lines of US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Addressing a press conference, home minister P. Chidamb..

NHRC Asks Report From Delhi Govt On Boy Getting HIV Infection 15 Jan 2009, 1929 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports of a boy getting HIV infected blood at a hospital here, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Delhi Government for a "factual" report on the matter within two weeks. Considering it as a serious issue of vi..

26/11 Witness Says She Was Taken To US, Questioned 15 Jan 2009, 1753 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: Anita Uddaiya, the woman who saw the six terrorists involved in the November 26 terror attacks arrive in the city, claims she was taken to Anita Rajendra Uddaiya is back in Mumbai home after her sudden disappearance, at Macchimar Nagar in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) the US and questioned by investigating..

Madras HC Directs Dean, Medical College To Examine Woman Prisoner 1/15/2009 The Madras High Court has directed the Dean, Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore, to examine a 55-year-old woman prisoner, who was allegedly beaten up in the prison, and provide her with medical treatment, if required, and file a report on January 19. A division Bench of Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and R ..

CAs now allowed to advertise services:While practising company secretaries would be allowed to advertise their services from January 1 itself, for the chartered accountants and cost accountants it is not likely before April as the matter has to get approval by their respective governing bodies. "It is a big step for practising professionals. The freedom to advertise services and ar..

Wrongly Jailed Men Gget Jjustice After 13 Years In China11 Jan 2009, 0935 hrs IST, REUTERS BEIJING: Two men in Central China who were wrongly jailed for robbing a post office have been declared innocent after a 13-year effort to clear their names, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. Postal worker Zou Shujun and his friend, Yuan Haiqiang, were convicted of robb..

SC Permits Setting Up Of Night Safari Park In Greater Noida 1/9/2009 The Supreme Court cleared the decks for setting up of Night Safari Park in Greater Noida. The safari Park is being set up on 100 hectares of land, at an estimated cost of about Rs 400 crore. The safari would provide a natural habitat for animals, birds, reptiles and other fauna. The visitors would move around in ve..

Maharashtra Govt on Friday challenged in the Supreme Court an order of the Bombay High Court constituting an interim committee headed by retired apex court judge B N Srikrishna to recommend steps for preventing terror strikes like the 26th November Mumbai massacre. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan sought a response from a lawyers' body and some Mumbai residents on whose petiti..

Get Real Info Of HC Cases On Mobile 9 Jan 2009, 0359 hrs IST, TNN NAGPUR: The High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Nagpur, has gone online. It has not only started its own user-friendly website (www.hcbanagpur.com) that provides case positions in all 13 courtrooms of Nagpur bench even on cellphones in real time. The HCBA Nagpur is first bar association in the country to provide this f..

Delhi: Bar associations on strike to protest amendment in CrPC 1/7/2009 All bar associations in Delhi announced a day-long strike to urge the Centre to reconsider its recent decision about anti-society, anti-advocate and anti-public amendment in Criminal Procedure Code, which grant discretion to police to arrest a person accused of cognizable offence, which carries imprisonment up to seven y..

ON 6.1.09 THE MADURAI SESSIONS COURT HAS DISMISSED THE BAIL PETITION FILED FOR 52 AIADMK PARTY CADERS INCLUDING A MLA FOR ALLEGED OFFENCE OF ATTEMPT TO MURDER. ..

Haryana Public Service Commission advertises various posts for the Executive branch. for details pls refer to the The Tribune dated 04-01-2009...

In a landmark order, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi State Government to make the Anti Hemophilic Factor (a life saving drug) available to people suffering with Hemophilia [Vide Civil writ Petition No. 16326/2006]. The Government of NCT of Delhi will be setting up a special facility to treat hemophilia patient and give AHF facility at Lok Nayak, DDU and GTB Hospitals. in pursuance ..

JAMSHEDPUR: A practising lawyer here has expressed willingness to take up the case of the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist in the Mumbai terrorist attack, Azmal Amir Kasab. In a letter to the Chief Justice of India, the lawyer Rajiv Kumar Singh said he wished to take up Kasab's case as no lawyer has shown interest to defend him. It was admitted that Kasab was a terrorist who was invo..

US Airline Apologises To Muslim Fmily 3 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 they thought was a "suspicious" remark. The family was not allowed to board the AirTran flight to Orlando from Washington after they ..