On Tuesday, a supreme court bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhanthe, while dismissing a petition by three convicts of 1993 Mumbai blasts seeking more time to surrender, said, "We have carefully gone through the review petitions and t
The supreme court has granted an extension of four weeks for surrender to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in a case relating to the 1993 bom blasts in Bombay. Dutt was supposed to surrender by April 18 according to the court`s March 21 order. But on W
Securities and exchange board of India (SEBI), the capital markets watchdog, has imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on five individuals for indulging in fraudulent trading of shares of Eltrol Limited. The regulator in orders issued on Monday
The Aligarh Muslim University Teacher’s Association (AMUTA) has noted that despite almost a year of the new university administration taken charge; teachers still do not have any idea of the outline of their vision for the university.
India is considering freeing prices of locally produced oil and natural gas from state controls in a bid to lure more foreign investment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said here. "We are at an advanced stage -- a Cabinet paper is und
New Delhi was the scene of all action related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Tuesday. While the spotlight remained primarily on actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in an Arms Act case and sentenced to five years in jail, Markanday Katju, a former Supr
Indian and EU trade negotiators agreed to continue their efforts to overcome the remaining issues, which have been blocking an agreement after more than six years of negotiations and shared the view that the talks in Brussels will give a new thrus
Three 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts` petitions for extension of time to surrender on the ground that their clemency pleas are pending before President Pranab Mukherjee, were today dismissed by the supreme court. Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi (70), I
Italy today questioned in the supreme court NIA`s jurisdiction to probe the case against its two marines for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen, a contention rejected by the government which assured the court that investigation will be complet
Amrit Das stood on the porch of the headmaster’s office in Salboni high school as his father spoke to one of his teachers, staring straight ahead, oblivious to the general air of chaos and cacophony around him. The conversation over, the boy
Over two centuries of the Asaf Jahi rule [from 1724 to 1947] of the Deccan created a cultural divide among the Telugu speaking people. While the Telugu people of the coastal and Rayalaseema districts progressed in economic, educational and cultura
Last year, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of the $34-billion News Corporation and an undisputed global media czar, urged investors not to “judge us the way you would a conventional company”. He added that News Corp’s corpor
Malati Jhodia, a young woman of Siriguda village in Orissa’s Kashipur, could have led a better life had she got what is legitimately hers, a scheduled tribe certificate. In absence of it she was denied the job of an anganwadi worker last yea
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be having a tough time courting its allies, both present and erstwhile. A day after Bihar chief minister put its NDA big brother on a deadline, giving it time till this yearend to announce its prime minist
The supreme court has ruled against the introduction of the African cheetah in India. The apex court, however, has approved the translocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh and given a six-month deadline for it to be completes. Wi
Workers work overtime, don’t get paid for it, the agency responsible for paying them accuses the official concerned in the government organisation where they allege misappropriation, that official cries foul, a probe committee is formed, the
Noting that public expectations on law and order and policing are increasing, the Centre today asked state governments to come onboard with it and implement the recommendations of the second administrative reforms commission (ARC). "N
On April 10, within hours of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and finance minister Amit Mitra being subjected to heckling by SFI activists in New Delhi, the state’s governor, MK Narayanan, in Kolkata asked the CPM politburo to apol
The Maharashtra state chief information commission on Saturday gave an order to the prison authorities to display on their website and also on notice boards details of undertrials who have undergone over 50 percent of the maximum prison term t
While India comes under the mandatory “review mechanism” in compliance under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) next month in Vienna, New Delhi has not made necessary efforts in fighting corruption. &ldquo
