President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday expressed concern over the 31 million pending cases in Indian courts, noting that justice delayed is justice denied. He said that the strength and effectiveness of the judiciary, which is the guardian of the country’s democracy, depends on the two pillars of justice delivery system – quality and speed. “Of these […]
Twenty-two satellite phones were seized from a group of European tourists in northern West Bengal’s Jalpiguri district Saturday, a police officer said. Following a tip off from the army, police raided a hotel at Chalsa in the Dooars forest and got hold of the phones, said Jalpaiguri’s Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal. The group of […]
Internet facility on mobile phones and dongle appliances was Sunday suspended across the Kashmir Valley to prevent spread of rumours by anti-social elements, official sources here said. Although service providers such as BSNL, Airtel, Aircel, Idea and Reliance remained tight-lipped about the suspension of services, official sources said internet access on mobile phones and dongle […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday arrived in Odisha on a two-day tour. Hundreds of Congress workers and leaders greeted him and gave him a rousing welcome when he landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Gandhi is scheduled to address a public meeting, interact with party leaders and workers and hold road shows […]
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Friday his government was determined to push through the Jan Lokpal bill in the Delhi assembly, saying it did not need a central government nod. In a communication made public, Kejriwal urged Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung not to bow down to pressures from the central government aimed at spiking what […]
The Supreme Court Friday rejected a batch of petitions seeking to restrain the government from moving a bill to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana on the ground that it was violative of the principles of federalism and the basic structure of the constitution. A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice S.A. Bobde, while […]
A court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur framed charges against spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, over five months after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, a lawyer said. Pradeep Choudhary, one of the lawyers representing Asaram, said the court of district and sessions judge, Jodhpur (rural) has dropped section 26 of Juvenile Justice Act, […]
The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to alleged Maoist conduit Soni Sori and her nephew Lingaram Kodopi but asked them to stay in Delhi and report to a police station once a week. Both are also barred from entering Chhattisgarh. However, the court said that both Sori and Kodopi would be escorted to Chhattisgarh by […]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Friday turned down a plea by Shabir Ahmad Khan — accused by a woman doctor of trying to sexually assault her — to move for bail in Jammu instead of Srinagar. Khan, who resigned Friday from the post of minister of state for health, has been accused by a […]
President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the National Agricultural Expo “Krishi Vasant” in Nagpur Sunday during his two-day visit to Maharashtra, starting Feb 8. Over 500,000 farmers from all over India will take part in the five-day long agro fair-cum-expo organised jointly by the union ministry of agriculture, Maharashtra government and the Confederation of Indian Industry […]