Supreme Court of India

The man who banned bar dancers

R.R. Patil had a controversial tenure as Deputy Chief Minister The four-time MLA will be known for his moral policing Some of his utterances proved embarrassing to his party MUMBAI: Deputy Chief Minister Raosaheb Rao Patil, 50,...

Bush loosening up on his presidential legacy

WASHINGTON (AP): President George W. Bush says history will judge him, but he is getting his own crack at it first. On Monday, World AIDS Day, Bush was heralded for his leadership in fighting the disease, a point that even his...

Political, caste-based programmes should be banned in law college: court

CHENNAI: Regulating admission of students through a Common Entrance Test, renovating the heritage college building and the men’s hostel, increasing the sanctioned strength of teaching faculty and improving the standard of legal...

Madurai Bench acquits railway employee

MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has reversed the sentence awarded to a former employee of the Golden Rock Railway Workshop, Tiruchi, for allegedly withdrawing money from his colleagues’ Provident Fund accounts by...

Opposition protests rock Telangana region

Parties take to the streets against construction of Babli and 11 other irrigation projects by Maharashtra – Photos: Uppu Damodar & M. Murali United fight: Cadres of TDP, TRS and Left parties staging a dharna in front of...

UNP to censure the Government - Ranil vows in a press meet

By Ruwan Weerakoon – for Asian Tribune RanilThe leader of the opposition Ranil Wickramasinghe, in a press conference held today pointed out that, they now have all the documentary evidence to prove that all the Cabinet...

Delhi High Court pulls up municipal council for callousness

The Delhi High Court Monday pulled up New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) for its 'callous attitude' towards a land acquisition case pending for over 30 years and asked the agency's chairman to appear before it.

Sobhraj moves UN for justice

Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a life sentence in Kathmandu for the 1975 murder of an American tourist, has now moved the UN for justice, filing a complaint against the government of Nepal. This is not the 64-year-old...

Will Bill Clinton capitalise on Hillary's success by taking over her Senate seat?

With Hillary Clinton almost certain to become President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of State on Monday, former President Bill Clinton can capitalise on his wife's success by taking over her New York Senate seat.

Swedish Academy member Sten Rudholm dies aged 90

Stockholm, Dec 1 (DPA) Long-serving Swedish Academy member Sten Rudholm, 90, has died, aged 90, the body that awards the Nobel Literature Prize said Monday. An academy statement said Rudholm died Saturday.

               

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